US Net Radio legislation crosses the hundred member markMay 27th, 2007 – 11:45 UTC A bill that would save the Internet radio industry from a dramatic increase of fees webcasters pay to play music has gained the support of its 100th member of the US House of Representatives. Introduced by Representatives Jay Inslee (D-WA) and… Finish Reading Milestone in the Save Net Radio campaign
Today is Monday, May 28, when we observe Memorial Day here in the United States of America. On the last Monday of May each year, we honor those in the military, first responders and others who have given their lives in service to their country. These men and women are American heros who have paid… Finish Reading Memorial Day and the Concept of Accessibility
I am sitting here doing some day job work on this Memorial Day weekend. I agreed to do this in exchange for yesterday and two days off later in the week. Despite this arrangement, I am now quite angry! The anger is, of course, not at all related to my agreement to work today, but,… Finish Reading Freedom Scientific Needs to Focus on Innovation and JAWS Stability Rather Than Litigation!
The Columbian, WA, USAFriday, May 25, 2007 Silent threat By BRETT OPPEGAARD, staff writer Caption: Nick Wilks, a student at Washington State School for the Blind, has nearly been hit twice in recent months at this intersection of East Reserve Street and East McLoughlin Boulevard. He has to make the crossing to reach his classes… Finish Reading Silent threat
Since our Wedding Anniversary is approaching, Karen found and posted one of her pre-wedding KDD’s (Karen’s Daily Dose) starting with a summary that we wrote to explain its contents. Enjoy. Like many Couples, there are many decisions to make when planning a Wedding. It is very stressful no matter whether its a very large one,… Finish Reading Wedding Planning and Decisions to make : 04.06.06 10:36 a.m
In an effort to move work related instant messaging traffic in house, my employer has decided to switch away from AOL Instant Messenger (AIM) to a solution that can be deployed on an internal server. The server will be based on the open source Jabber (XPP) protocols. As soon as I learned the protocol to… Finish Reading Changing Instant Messaging Platforms at Work, Will the New One be Accessible?
Hello Everyone, First of all, please allow me to thank all of you for your excellent, supportive comments to this blog concerning Freedom Scientific’s current lawsuit against Serotek. It is the support of those in the blind community that keeps Blind Access Journal and many other initiatives alive and inspired to continue. Second,… Finish Reading Excellent Comments Appreciated, Please Sign The Petition
Barry Campbell from ACB Radio Interactive reports the following: According to the website http://www.dcrtv.com XM Offers 87-Cent Refund For Outage – 5/23 – USA Today reports that DC-basedXM is offering a pro-rated refund for Monday/Tuesday's 24-hour satelliteradio outage. But, subscribers have to call XM's customer service number(800-XM-RADIO) to request an 87-cent refund of the $13… Finish Reading XM offers refund
Karen contributes the following heartfelt KDD (Karen’s Daily Dose) concerning the issues between Freedom Scientific and Serotek currently rocking the blindness access technology industry. At 6;15, I arrived to work, in plenty of time,Hope all is fine,I am struggling to keep awake, that will be difficult to do,And how are you? Only a couple hours… Finish Reading Today’s KDD: Help,not hinder!
Executable installerhttp://www.EmpowermentZone.com/kitsetup.exe Zip archivehttp://www.EmpowermentZone.com/kitsetup.zip HomerKit 2.1Released May 23, 2007 Fixed The Select Chunk command, Control+Space, not extending the selectionwith subsequent key presses. Fixed the Jump command, Control+J, going tothe line before the one specified. Fixed common dialogs, such as Open File, Save File, or Browse for Folder,sometimes not becoming the active window when used for… Finish Reading HomerKit 2.1 released