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Wi-Fi Goes Airborne

While the title of the punk band Dead Kennedys 1987 album, “Give Me Convenience or Give Me Death” may be a little extreme, people today have gotten pretty bellicose in their demands for service.Read the Full Story

HaiVision Ships Record Volume of the hai500 MPEG-2 Encoder/Decoder

These results follow closely on HaiVision’s acquisition of the video conferencing and broadband video communication assets of Miranda Media Networks and the MAC500 codec series earlier this year. Throughout, HaiVision’s customers have praised the company’s smooth transition, its new corporate identity, and the rejuvenated focus on developing technologies for broadband video communication applications.“The performance of […]

Internet Gives Teenage Bullies Weapons to Wound From Afar

But it did not end there. Read the Full Story

Internet machine shop offers custom tooling

Programs for computer-aided design, or CAD, have been around for decades, but eMachineShop.com appears to be the first service that checks whether a design can be made, tells the customer how much it will cost. Read the Full Story

Dallas Independent Schools Partners With Blackboard

WASHINGTON, Aug. 25 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ — Blackboard Inc. (Nasdaq: BBBB – News) announced today that the Dallas Independent School District, the 12th largest school district in the nation, has selected Blackboard to provide its online learning platform district-wide. The school district will adopt the Blackboard Learning System(TM), the Blackboard Portal System(TM). Read the Full Story

Back to School Online: K-12 and Higher Education Benefit from Elluminate eLearning and Web Conferencing Solutions

Elluminate, Inc., a leading provider of live eLearning and Web conferencing solutions for education, announced today continued market momentum in the adoption of Elluminate Live! among K-12, higher education institutions and virtual schools. To celebrate back to school for the 2004/2005 academic year, Elluminate is offering a special discount to qualified customers. Read the Full […]

Internet2: 2004 and beyond

Using high-definition videoconferencing technology available through the Internet2 network, he can give individual instruction to students half a world away with CD-quality sound and DVD-like images.Read the Full Story

Disruptive Technologies Spark Upheaval in Corporate Learning Technology

In the latest news from Training Fall Conference & Expo and Workflow Institute, the market for corporate learning technology is in a state of flux.Read the Full Story

NISH Renews Hosted LMS Contract with GeoLearning

GeoLearning, Inc., the leading provider of ASP-hosted human capital management and development (HCMD) solutions, announced today that NISH has renewed its contract for the company’s GeoExpressâ„¢ learning management platform. NISH is the national non-profit agency that helps state and private not-for-profit agencies participate in the Javits-Wagner-O’Day Program (JWOD), which provides employment opportunities for people who […]

Blackboard Content System Release 2.0 Available Now

WASHINGTON, Aug 23, 2004 /PRNewswire-FirstCall via COMTEX/ — Blackboard Inc. (Nasdaq: BBBB) announced today the launch of the Blackboard Content System(TM) (Release 2.0), in time for the start of the 2004-05 academic year. Read the Full Story