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COMDEX – The winding road ahead for home networking

A myriad of home networking tools were available for the choosing at Comdex in Las Vegas last week, but wider use of those products will only come about after more consumers get the fat pipes necessary for high-speed Internet access, to facilitate bandwidth-intensive applications such as video-on-demand and audio file sharing, analysts said.

Too Close For Comfort?

Some experts fear that ties between Microsoft and Blackboard could diminish colleges’ choices

Brown accuses MP3 users of violating copyright laws

Some students who downloaded MP3 files through the Brown University network received an e-mail last week from Computing and Information Services concerning copyright infringement.

Canada’s Education Ministers Endorse High-Speed Network

The education ministers from Canada’s provinces and territories have called on the Canadian government not to postpone plans for a national high-speed computer network, which they said is essential for expanding online learning.

Is digital music crippling the music industry?

The music has died for Toones in Allentown, once one of the nation`s largest independent record stores. The store went out of business for good Nov. 11.

Microsoft expands tech training programs

Microsoft on Wednesday added yet another way to recruit Windows users: A program to train students in high schools, vocational schools and two- and four-year colleges to work with the software maker’s latest technology.

All the News That’s Fit for You

Microsoft’s video clipping service aims to ease your information overload.

Victor Valley College Becomes the 26th California Community College to Choose Datatel for Fully Integrated, Open-Architectured Information Technology System

Datatel, Inc. announced that Victor Valley College, a California Community College in Victorville, Calif., has chosen Colleague, Datatel’s all-encompassing solution for higher education, to provide a fully integrated information management system for campus-wide administration. The implementation of the multi-faceted solution will have a major impact in helping the college achieve its ongoing mission of technological […]

ITU Telecom Africa 2001 Wraps Up African Telecoms on Track for Massive Growth

The event, was opened on Sunday 11 November by the South African Minister of Communications, Dr Ivy Matsepe-Casaburri, was hailed as a triumph by many of Africa’s leaders, who came to help promote telecoms development on the African continent. AFRICA 2001 was notable for the commitment and tremendous spirit of optimism expressed by government ministers, exhibitors, […]

Grid computing gets push from Sun, IBM

The grid computing playing field, which already has caught the attention of IBM and Sun Microsystems Inc., now has another player: Compaq Computer Corp.