Wireless Wonder Chip
HP’s tiny chip could offer a new way for storing and sharing video, audio, and pictures.Read the Full Story
Archive for the ‘Technology’ Category
Special Report >>Open Source Vision
Increasingly, colleges and universities are turning to open source as a way to meet their technology infrastructure and application needs. It’s time to weigh the benefits—and the challenges.Read the Full Story
Networking, Not Politics
Glenn Reynolds. Markos Moulitsas Zúniga. Jessica Coen. They’re just a few of the big boys and gals of the blogosphere. Each day, they reach hundreds of thousands of readers with intense interests in politics, gossip, entertainment and sex.Read the Full Story
Proctor 2.0
It’s time for final exams. You’re a student in Tokyo and your professor works in Alabama. It’s after midnight and you’re ready to take the test from your bedroom. No problem. Flip open your laptop, plug in special hardware, take a fingerprint, answer the questions and you’re good to go.Read the Full Story
Skype’s Hype
Paul Hanson uses a free online voice communication service to stay connected with his students and colleagues around the world. A research scientist at the Center for Limnology at UW-Madison, Hanson said sometimes e-mail just won’t do. Read the Full Story
Home Broadband Penetration Up 40 Percent In Past Year
Washington, D.C. — May 29, 2006 — Adoption of high-speed Internet at home grew twice as fast in the year prior to March 2006 than in the same time frame from 2004 to 2005, according to a report of the Pew Internet & American Life Project, titled “Home Broadband Adoption 2006.” Read the Full Story
Getting Fiber to Homes Faster
Circuits that integrate electronic and optical components might help spread the fiber revolution.Read the Full Story
New PBS chief backs jumping into technology
The future of public broadcasting rests in technology, the new president of the Public Broadcasting Service said yesterday in her first public speech. Read the Full Story
States Struggle to Computerize School Records
Nearly all states are building high-tech student data systems to collect, categorize and crunch the endless gigabytes of attendance logs, test scores and other information collected in public schools — and the projects in some states seem to have gone haywire.Read the Full Story
Linked to lectures: More students are tuning in to online classes
Eric Payne dreaded having to take an on-campus history class, especially if it lasted three or more hours. Read the Full Story