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IBM Mindspan Solutions and VIP Announce IBM Software Services for Enhanced Distributed Learning Environment for e-Learning Initiatives

IBM Mindspan Solutions™, the worldwide leader in e-learning solutions, and VIP Ltd., Inc. (VIP), an IBM Premier Business Partner, today announced the addition of IBM Software Services for the enhanced distributed learning environment (EDLE) to the IBM Mindspan Solutions portfolio of e-learning offerings. Jointly developed by VIP and IBM Global Services (IGS), EDLE provides a […]

Speech technology for applications inches forward

An early version of an emerging technology that will allow users to control software applications using the human voice was released to developers Wednesday. Read the Article http://idg.net/ic_819403_1794_9-10000.html

The best cameras and software for digital filmmaking

PC World looks at seven digital video camcorders and seven video-editing software packages to see which applications can best help you craft your rough footage into a polished movie. Read the Article http://idg.net/ic_817217_1794_9-10000.html

Analysts: iMacs flying off shelves

Apple Computer’s new iMacs appear to be off to a good start, say Wall Street analysts, who cite anecdotal evidence in new reports. Read the Article http://zdnet.com.com/2100-1103-842623.html

Pennsylvania Colleges and Universities Select the Campus Pipeline Web Platform

Campus Pipeline, Inc. announced that five Pennsylvania colleges and universities have purchased licenses to use the Campus Pipeline(TM) Web Platform to provide centralized Web access to campus information and services, e-learning, and communities. The institutions purchasing traditional licenses to use the Campus Pipeline Web Platform include: Drexel University in Philadelphia, Pa, www.drexel.edu, Lehigh University in […]

Aspen LMS and LCMS Platforms Pass New SCORM 1.2 Compliance Tests

Click2learn (Nasdaq:CLKS) today became the first vendor to prove its technology is fully compliant with the Advanced Distributed Learning Sharable Content Object Reference Model (SCORM(TM)) 1.2. standard. The final version of the SCORM 1.2 conformance test suite was released on February 15, 2002. Within one business day, Click2learn’s quality assurance team verified the Aspen Enterprise […]

Ohio-Based Education System Turns to Norstan for New Voice and Data Network

Norstan, Inc. announced that an Ohio-based educational consortium – comprised of the Cuyahoga Falls School District, the Summit County Educational Service Center and the Northeast Ohio Network for Educational Technology (NEOnet) – have chosen Norstan Communications, Inc. to design and install a new, district-wide communications network. Norstan, in partnership with Cisco Systems, is upgrading the […]

Internet Broadband Technology Spreading

The growth of Internet commerce in online medicine, telecommuting, distance learning and video entertainment on demand depends on broadband Internet access, says economist James K. Glassman. But more than two-thirds of Internet users still use dial-up modems with top speeds of around 56 kilobits per second compared to broadband speeds of about 400 kilobits.

AltaVista puts stop on free e-mail

AltaVista said Tuesday that it will discontinue its free Web e-mail service, the latest online amenity to get axed as a result of cost-cutting measures. Read the Full Story http://zdnet.com.com/2100-1106-840733.html

Top 15 Office PCs

A new Systemax PC carrying AMD’s 1.6-GHz Athlon 1900+ CPU muscles its way onto the power side of the chart. Read the Full Story http://www.pcworld.com/reviews/article/0,aid,78068,00.asp