Windows starts to show some supercomputing strength
While Windows is ubiquitous on the desktop and well represented in the server racks, until recently it has been nearly absent from the world’s largest supercomputers.Read the Full Article
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Desire2Learn Pays Off Blackboard, Migrates All U.S. Clients to Learning Environment 8.3
Learning management system provider Desire2Learn Thursday said that it’s finished migrating all of its clients in the United States to Learning Environment version 8.3.Read the Full Article
Now students take field trips online
High fuel prices make virtual field trips popular with schools – but no substitute for the real thing.Read the Full Article
Linked Data Leaders: The Semantic Web Is Here
Two Linked Data visionaries say the standards are in place and the Semantic Web vision is a reality — you just have to know where to look.Read the Full Article
Acrobat Gets Multimedia Makeover
Adobe adds Flash, video, and Web services to its venerable Acrobat software. Read the Full Article
The Future of Mobile Social Networking
Whrrl combines activity recommendations with real-time location data. Read the Full Article
Semantic Web to revolutionise internet search
The future of the web has arrived. Earlier this month, internet startup Powerset revealed its Semantic Web search service – a way of searching that should provide users with a more satisfying experience.Read the Full Article
Researchers identify key ed-tech trends
One-to-one computing, online assessment on the rise in schools–but keeping up with bandwidth needs is a problem Read the Full Article
Alarming Open-Source Security Holes
How a programming error introduced profound security vulnerabilities in millions of computer systems. Back in May 2006, a few programmers working on an open-source security project made a whopper of a mistake. Last week, the full impact of that mistake was just beginning to dawn on security professionals around the world. Read the Full Article
Microsoft Offers Free Advanced Design Programs to Students
For no charge, college students can now get their hands on advanced Microsoft development and design tools—the DreamSpark suite of programs—without the software giant or any other outside vendor getting their hands on students’ personal information.Read the Full Article