Archive for the ‘Technology’ Category

How Google’s Ear Hears

The new voice-search application for the iPhone marks a milestone for spoken interfaces.Read the Full Article

The Coming Wireless Revolution

If you believe some radio researchers and engineers, within the next couple of years, high-bandwidth, far-reaching wireless Internet signals will soon blanket the nation. Thanks to a decision by the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) last week, megahertz frequency bands that were previously allocated to television broadcasters will be opened to other device manufacturers.Read the Full […]

Microblogging and Relevancy

Some college professors and campus services are using Twitter simply because it is a mode of direct communication with students that is reliable and fast. Those who use the technology to communicate directly with students note that they can receive responses in minutes rather than the hours it would take using e-mail or blogs. Additionally, […]

The future of the cloud

SAN FRANCISCO–The cloud was omnipresent at the Web 2.0 Summit as industry executives discussed the migration from the client to millions of virtualized servers as the information pipe. Read the Full Article

FCC OKs use of white spaces to deliver broadband

WASHINGTON (AP) _ Federal regulators have approved a plan to open up unused, unlicensed portions of the television airwaves known as “white spaces” to deliver wireless broadband service.Read the Full Article

The Virtual Worlds and Web 3.0 Examined, Compared and Analyzed in Detail

DUBLIN, Ireland, Nov 03, 2008 (BUSINESS WIRE) — Research and Markets ( http://www.researchandmarkets.com/research/17b2f6/virtual_worlds_and) has announced the addition of the “Virtual Worlds and Web 3.0: Examined, Compared, Analyzed” report to their offering. Read the Full Article

Moving to Moodle: Reflections Two Years Later

Adopting an open source learning management system combined benefits and challenges, with lessons for change managementRead the Full Article

Hands on with the Blackberry Bold

When I finally got my hands on one of the year’s most highly-anticipated smartphones of the year late last week, I was dubious that the BlackBerry Bold would live up to the hype.Read the Full Article

Campus IT Budgets Down, Open Source Looking Up

Nearly half of public universities and public four-year colleges in the United States reported central IT budget cuts in fall 2008, according to new research released Wednesday by The Campus Computing Project. TRead the Full Article

Who Will Control Your Data in the Web 3.0 World?

“Imagine what your cell phone could know [about you],” pondered Sandro Hawke (Semantic Web Developer, W3C), at the Web 3.0 Conference and Expo in Santa Clara, CA this week.Read the Full Article