Linux Gains Respect
At LinuxWorld in San Francisco last week, IBM and Compaq differed, not on whether Linux will penetrate the corporation, but mainly on how far it can go with its current capabilities
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California State University Boosts Training Curriculum With Playback Media
Playback Media™, a provider of a suite of streaming video corporate training programs focusing on business-critical issues, recently announced an agreement with the California State University (CSU) system to offer the Playback Media eLearning solution to its campuses. In addition to conventional business-competency training, the Playback eLearning service includes courses encompassing a range of employment […]
Internet helping with homework
A majority of US teenagers is using the internet to do school projects at home, a study suggests.
Back to School With New Software
Many parents hope educational software will give kids a learning boost as they head back to school. There’s a lot of good software out there, much of it reasonably priced. But there’s also a lot of dreck. Here are some considerations for parents.
Adobe Announces Availability of Acrobat Approval 5.0 Software for Enterprise-Level Electronic Forms Solutions
New Acrobat 5.0 Family Member Enables Organizations to Abandon Paper-Based Processes, Deploy Cost-Effective Adobe PDF Forms
Linux World: Red Hat CEO Wants Open Source In Schools
In a call to arms, Red Hat CEO Matthew Szulik said open source developers should counter a growing threat from commercial software makers by getting involved in local school districts and getting free open source code installed on the districts’ machines.
Low-Cost Computers for the People
From a communications-saturated vantage point here in North America, sometimes it’s easy to forget that the majority of the world’s population has never made a telephone call, let alone used the Internet. In many developing countries, the very cost of a computer can amount to more than the average worker’s annual salary. In an attempt […]
Technology Provides Little Assistance With the Work-Family Juggling Act
Despite technology’s promises, Americans feel the demands of juggling work and family are increasing rather than easing. According to a recent nationwide survey released today by the American Association of University Women (AAUW) Educational Foundation, 58 percent of women and men say it is getting harder to juggle work and family demands compared to four […]
CENTRINITY ANNOUNCES BETA TESTING FOR UNIX VERSION OF FIRSTCLASS
Centrinity Inc. (TSE: CTI), which develops and markets FirstClass Unified Communications and Collaborative Groupware technologies, today announced it is now in beta testing for its UNIX version of FirstClass. The company plans to support three strategic variants of UNIX including Sun SolarisTM, Linux and Apple Macintosh OS X®. Centrinity plans to begin shipping its first […]