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Broadband over Power Line (BPL) can provide consumers with the freedom to access broadband services from any room in the house without adding or paying for additional connections by simply plugging a BPL device into an existing electrical outlet. BPL may be able to provide an additional means for “last-mile” delivery of broad band services […]
But the researchers think the gap probably still exists among students who are not headed for college. Read the Full Article
Blackboard Inc. obtained a court order last weekend preventing Billy Hoffman, a computer science major at Georgia Tech, and Virgil Griffith, a student at the University of Alabama, from discussing vulnerabilities in the card system at a hacker convention in Atlanta. Read the Full Article
Judge Anne Workman, of Superior Court in Decatur, Ga., issued the temporary restraining order on Saturday at Blackboard’s request. The students — Billy Hoffman, of the Georgia Institute of Technology, and Virgil Griffith, of the University of Alabama at Tuscaloosa — were set to discuss security holes in the Blackboard Transaction System at a conference […]
The pending settlement still needs final court approval, so schools aren’t likely to begin receiving benefits until 2004 at the earliest. Read the Full Article
The May 2001 agreement—in which the Farmington Hills, Mich.-based company promised to deliver IT services in human resources, financial and budget operations, student information services, and special education—reportedly marked the first time a major city school district had enlisted the help of a private company to manage every aspect of its IT department.Read the Full […]
The students — Billy Hoffman, of the Georgia Institute of Technology, and Virgil Griffith, of the University of Alabama at Tuscaloosa — received the order on Saturday as they were preparing to talk about the system at an Interz0ne computer conference, in Atlanta. Read the Full Article
The penalties have not been disclosed publicly, but they stopped short of expulsion or court-martial.Read the Full Article
The commission hopes its proposed rules changes will spawn competition, innovation, and investment in wireless broadband s advertisement ervices, as well as build out the educational services offered within the spectrum band in question. Read the Full Article
The bill, HR 1417, was proposed by Rep. Lamar Smith, a Texas Republican. Among other things, it would assign all royalty disputes to a single permanent judge, rather than creating a new three-member arbitration panel every time a dispute arises. Read the Full Article