eSN Today: Online-learning patent dispute heats up

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Top News ... Online-learning patent dispute heats up With a lot of intricate back-and-forth on the legal front lately, online-learning enthusiasts might be forgiven for wondering whether a high-stakes patent dispute between Blackboard Inc. and Desire2Learn Inc. (D2L)--two companies that make enterprise software for web-based course management--will be resolved anytime soon. In a recent development, a magistrate... | Full Story Around the Web ... Virtualization homes in on desktops When Parallels Desktop was released in June 2006, it opened the door for hundreds of thousands of Apple users to run Windows at the same time as they ran the Mac... | Full Story Online school testing still a long way off The Minnesota Department of Education once touted "Online by '09" as its mantra for replacing pencil-and-paper tests. But many school officials now say the goal of totally... | Full Story California teen drivers told to stay off phone Teenage California drivers will need to single-task when they are behind the wheel, according to a new law signed last week by Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger. SB-33, introduced... | Full Story More from eSchool News Online ... Report slams Va. Tech's response to shootings Virginia Tech failed to properly care for a mentally troubled student gunman and waited too long to warn faculty and students after he killed his first two victims in a shooting... | Full Story School library research makes the case for more targeted support The average school library today is a well-connected facility with significant numbers of computers for students and staff to do research, according to a major survey of... | Full Story Low-cost school computing set to take off Get ready for the $40 school computer. One way or another, the idea of ubiquitous, low-cost computer access for schoolchildren, both in the United States and abroad, is fast... | Full Story Push for 'net neutrality' stalls Supporters of "net neutrality," the idea that all internet sites should be equally accessible to all web users, suffered a blow Sept. 6 when the Justice Department (DOJ) said... | Full Story Announcements from ed-tech providers ... $1 Million Broad Prize for Urban Education awarded to New York City Department of Education, four finalist districts | Read the full announcement File storage in Ohio provides homework file access from home | Read the full announcement Honeywell incorporates intelligent video analytics into Fusion iii v3.5 DVR | Read the full announcement Porchlight Entertainment launches KidVideos.com to host videos for kids...by kids...in a secure family-friendly environment | Read the full announcement Novell ships teaming and conferencing to increase customer productivity and cut costs | Read the full announcement The JASON Project launches new curriculum line | Read the full announcement Club Z! tutoring offers a new perspective on gift giving this holiday season | Read the full announcement Laurent Odic joins Interwrite Learning as education development manager Europe | Read the full announcement Scopus chosen by two more Australian Universities | Read the full announcement ETS launches new version of its award-winning CriterionSM instructional tool for successful writing practice | Read the full announcement From the latest generation to the greatest generation: take a veteran to school day | Read the full announcement Discovery Education honored with 2008 Teachers' Choice Award for the classroom | Read the full announcement	September Online Specials You Don't Want to Miss... 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