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SALT LAKE CITY — The world of healthcare information is growing and changing rapidly. Across the nation, healthcare systems and medical facilities continue to improve information systems according to the industry’s newest high-tech standards and best practices. Read the Full Article
Online associate, bachelor’s and master’s degree programs in the electronics and engineering fields to start in JulyRead the Full Article
Why do certain songs become hits while others flop? How can individuals be encouraged to consider the public good rather than act selfishly? Why are casual relationships sometimes as important as connections to friends and family?Read the Full Article
A new supercomputer installed at Purdue University in West Lafayette, IN is being compared to a “fleet of thousands of bike messengers.” Individually they don’t carry much freight, but they use less energy and are more effective in some situations. At least, that’s the hope. Gerry McCartney, vice president for IT and CIO at Purdue, […]
SOUTH BEND, Ind. — Indiana University President Michael A. McRobbie today (June 20) announced completion of the “backbone” of a high-speed, fiber-optic network that will provide every public and private college campus in Indiana with digital communications at least 20 times faster than a typical home Internet connection.Read the Full Article
A YouTube channel from Stanford made its debut Monday, featuring Oprah Winfrey’s keynote speech at the university’s Commencement ceremony on Sunday, June 15. The channel, at http://www.youtube.com/stanford, also includes nearly 200 other videos, and Stanford will continue to add additional content as it becomes available. Read the Full Article
Like a Doppler weather map with red blotches tracking the paths of major storms, a new tracking software service co-developed by Columbia University computer science professor Tony Jebara instantly shows people where the hottest clubs or hangouts are, in real time. Read the Full Article
A new Web content management system that will be made available to a group of selected “early adopters†starting this summer will allow more of a focus on content, rather than maintenance, on campus Web sites.Read the Full Article
Philadelphia and Chicago — Comcast Corporation and the Big Ten Network announced Wednesday (June 19) that they have reached a long-term multimedia agreement for Comcast to carry Big Ten Network programming across television, broadband and video-on-demand in time for the 2008 college football season.Read the Full Article
The State of Victoria has invested $100 million in an effort to build Australia’s largest supercomputer and the world’s largest life sciences supercomputer facility.Read the Full Article