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Results: Researchers in India have developed a communications protocol to increase the coverage area of Wi-Fi mesh networks. In a conventional Wi-Fi network–like the ones that are now common at many urban cafEs and airports–a base station with a wired connection to the Internet exchanges radio signals with users’ portable devices.Read the Full Story
On the Late Show some years ago, David Letterman slipped into his cranky-old-man persona to lament the notion of video on the Internet. Closing his eyes to his trademark squint, he looked at the camera and wondered why anyone would want to watch some herky-jerky picture “that’s the size of a postage stamp.”Read the Full […]
Researchers at Penn State and other universities have developed a tool to help educators and researchers search for and exchange large academic or scientific files more easily–using the principles most associated with trading music and movies illegally.Read the Full Story
AbstractThe previous report in this series (Report #44) discusses current attitudes to distance education technology, with specific reference to the counter-productive effects of learning management systems. The current paper pursues this theme in relation to the evolution of online audio-conferencing systems in DE, and revisits the notion of the “productivity paradox†proposed by Solow (1987). […]
WALLINGFORD, Conn. – September 21, 2005 – VBrick Systems, Inc. (www.VBrick.com), an industry leader in affordable video over IP network solutions, today announced EtherneTV Media Distribution System 3.0, a turnkey platform to record, distribute, and manage digital video across IP networks. EtherneTV 3.0’s integrated console for Windows Media and MPEG video empowers organizations to simplify […]
The hardware and software developed by a European project aims to unleash the full potential of digital media by offering the secure creation, delivery and consumption of audiovisual media across a wide range of hybrid networks and platforms.Read the Full Story
Web Portal Will Enhance Campus CommunityCambridge, MA, September 21, 2005 — Jenzabar, Inc., the pioneer of Total Campus Management (TCM) solutions for higher education, today announced that Flagler College has selected Jenzabar’s Internet Campus Solution (JICS) to provide Web-based services to its student population. Specifically, Jenzabar’s Internet Campus Solution will be used to strengthen the […]
Consumers clearly like the concept of getting TV, music, photos, and other feedback whenever and wherever they want it. And they’re becoming intrigued with a means to remote reception called “place-shifting.”Read the Full Story
Thanks to an emerging wireless technology known as WiMax, students at the Instituto Agropecuario de Monte in Buenos Aires, Argentina, now can use the internet for research in their classrooms–and from locations in the countryside several miles away. Read the Full Story
When Adobe upgrades its creative suite of compelling publishing, graphic, and Web design productivity tools, educators take notice. Adobe Creative Suite 2 consists of five tightly integrated applications representing some of the most popular software products for Macs and PCs. Suite applications include Adobe Photoshop CS2 with ImageReady CS2 to finesse image editing; InDesign CS2 […]