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New Homes To Be High in Fiber

SBC Communications — the U.S. telco in the midst of a $6 billion broadband building spree — is stepping up plans to offer ultra-fast fiber connections.

iGeneration Partners With Centra to Provide Live, Online Learning for Internet Professionals

iGeneration, the pioneer in creating Internet professionals, has partnered with Centra, to create a live synchronous Web training solution for iGeneration’s Internet training and certified professional programs. In addition, iGeneration and Centra have agreed to leverage their partnership to maximize lead generation and sales for each organization. “We are pleased to endorse Centra as a […]

Pockey: A Small But Mighty Portable Hard Drive

It may be smaller than your hand, but the Pockey Portable Hard Drive ($280 street) is not short on storage. This pocket-sized drive packs in 20GB of storage (10GB units are available as well) into a case measuring just 5.0 by 3.0 by 0.5 inches (HWD). Its only real limitation is its USB connection: Transfers […]

NetScreen’s firewall, VPN unit fast in tests

The powerful NetScreen-500 firewall and VPN combination with a Gigabit fiber interface delivers exceptional high-bandwidth throughput, transferring data at almost 750Mbps across the firewall and as fast as 243Mbps with 168-bit Triple DES encryption through a site-to-site virtual private network tunnel in eWeek Labs’ tests.

XML finding favor among developers

Web developers have increased their use of extensible markup language (XML) over the last six months, an international study has found.

Michigan Virtual University Expands Learning Capabilities Through Partnership with Learnframe, Leading e-Learning Platform Developing Company

Lansing, MI, Draper UT, May 8, 2001 — Michigan Virtual University (MVU), a private, not-for-profit organization dedicated to online education and training, and Learnframe, the leading developer of e-Learning infrastructure technologies and KnowledgE-Commerce™ solutions, today announced their partnership to support the statewide Information Technology Training Initiative in Michigan. The Initiative, announced by Michigan Governor John […]

Microsoft to Mac fans: Forget the past

REDMOND, Wash. — Microsoft has a message for all those who still see the software giant as a rival to Apple Computer: Get over it.

XML Databases Offer Greater Search Capabilities

EXtensible Markup Language is emerging not only as a Web page markup standard, but as a database technology with the potential to simplify and speed future Web operations.

Astound Teaches the World a Lesson in Technology

Astound Showcases the Latest Technology in Web Based, e-Learning and Collaboration Tools At World Education Market Expo, Vancouver, B.C., May 21 – 24, 2001

PrimeLearning.com Raises Business Skills eLearning Standards With Groundbreaking Changes to eLearning System

Increased Confidentiality, Customization Ability, and Learner Retention are Key Gains.