Microsoft wants to buy Yahoo. Watch your debit card transactions. Your bank may be giving you an overdraft loan which is very short term loan with a very high interest rate also know as “Overdraft Protections” . The Minority Serving Institute Bill has been resurrected and making its way through Congress again. HR 694 passes the House and goes on to the Senate as S 1650

• Center for Responsible Lending :: Check out this report on Overdraft Loans
• Gov Track :: Status of the Consumer Overdraft Protection Fair Practices Act
• Gov Track :: Status of S1650- Senate Version of Minority Serving Institution Digital and Wireless Technology Opportunity Act

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This is a first in a series of podcast from the National Educators Computing Conference in Atlanta. The podcast features the keynote address at the Digital Equity Summit-Engaging and Empowering 21st Century Learners featuring Sylvia Rousseau
Professor of Clinical Education; Rossier School of Education
Ed.D., Pepperdine University, California

• Digital Equity Page at ISTE ::

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The IC3 or Internet and Computer Core Certification is must for anyway in the workforce seeking to stay employed and to advance today including teachers. New royalty rates affect independent and small net broadcasters. Don’t buy the $99 Xbox 360 wireless antennae, use a cheap wireless router instead.

• Certiport's website- :: IC3 certification information
• Broadcast Law Blog :: Internet Royalty Rates
• Survey My Podcast ::

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Better late than never. Are Apple and Microsoft at war again? When will we have State of the Black Union in Technology discussion? Job attacks teacher unions.

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The FCC releases a scathing report on the cable industry. The FCC does an end-run around Congress and opens the door for the telcos to implement IPTV in local markets with no build-out restrictions. The courts have ruled that schools, corporations and certain organizations must keep emails in the event that they are needed for legal proceedings.

• FCC Press Relaease :: FCC Adopts Rules to Ensure Reasonable Franchising Process for New Video Market Entrants.
• Schools must archive emails :: E-school news website
• FCC Report on Cable Rates :: FCC Releases Report on 2005 Cable Industry Prices.

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