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An increasingly popular class of software lets consumers make duplicate DVDs as backups by copying movies onto inexpensive blank discs using a personal computer. With two mouse clicks, one such package creates a near-perfect copy of a two-hour feature in as little as 20 minutes. Read the Full Article
Congratulations to the recently elected members to the NUTN Advisory Board. The following individuals will fill the six elected positions: Christine Geith, Michigan State University Jeanne McGrath, Penn State University Cindy Elliott, Fort Hays State University Andy Casiello, Old Dominion University Richard Hezel, Hezel Associates Susan Rogers, WXXI Public Broadcasting Council The Board will meet […]
The letters, which were sent in mid-May to approximately advertisement 1,500 companies around the world, warned that commercial users of Linux might face legal liability for using the operating system without a license from SCO, formerly known as Caldera.Read the Full Article
In combating digital piracy, the film, music and software industries have supported legislation and developed technologies that threaten the health of the public domain, free speech and ultimately our cultural heritage, according to Stanford law Professor Lawrence Lessig.Read the Full Article
BLOOMINGTON, Ind. — A special issue of the Federal Communications Law Journal, co-published by the Indiana University School of Law-Bloomington, features a timely re-examination of a famous speech by former Federal Communications Commission Chairman Newton N. Minow to national broadcasters, in which Minow called television “a vast wasteland.”Read the Full Article
This report examines how Texas state agencies and universities utilized Internet technology and other e-learning strategies in the delivery of state-mandated training during fiscal 2001. Its findings are based on a targeted survey of all agencies and universities as well as relevant industry research. E-learning can be defined as instructional content or learning experiences delivered […]
The 50,000-member federation, which bills itself as the largest U.S. organization representing blind people, awarded its initial certificates to the online arms of Wells Fargo Bank, Hewlett Packard Co. and the Social Security Administration.Read the Full Article
FCC Commissioner Kathleen Q. Abernathy organized the forum to hear specific, concrete suggestions for reforming the eRate program, which has provided advertisement 66 percent of U.S. public schools with discounts on their telecommunications services, internet access, and internal wiring since its inception five years ago.Read the Full Article
Tuition Rates The Board today approved tuition rates for the Fall 2003-04 and 2004-05 academic years, which vary by institution. In developing tuition proposals, campuses had to evaluate their financial conditions considering many factors: impacts on students, current biennium General Fund reductions already taken by institutions, expected enrollment growth, the ability to support low-income students […]
Tuition for Indiana residents will be $2,266 per semester, a 4.9 percent increase of $106, and $6,475 per semester for out-of-state students, a 7 percent increase of $425. The fee levels are effective for the first summer session, which begins today.Read the Full Article