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Visually impaired struggle with smart machines

For Leventhal, even laundry has become a task requiring the help of a sighted person. The washers he uses now takes smart cards instead of quarters, issuing instructions on a digital screen that he can’t read.Read the Full Story

DARPA Demonstrates Network Centric Technologies

The demonstration was held as part of a joint military exercise at White Sands Missile Range, N.M.Read the Full Story

eCollege Provides New Level of Flexibility for Managing Large Online Programs

DENVER – April 19, 2005 – eCollege® [Nasdaq: ECLG], a leading provider of value-added information services to the post-secondary education industry, today announced the release of its enhanced Program Administration System, providing a new level of flexibility for administrators to more effectively manage large-scale online programs. The enhancements are part of eCollege’s overall product advancement […]

When iPod goes collegiate

When Kenneth Rogerson walked into his newspaper journalism class on the first day of the school year, the professor could barely contain his excitement.Read the Full Story

AppWorx Certified Compatible with SunGard SCT Banner 7

The AppWorx Enterprise Scheduler is designed to complement SCT Banner by helping higher education customers automate manual processes, reduce errors, eliminate latency, shorten processing windows and improve output management and distribution. AppWorx has been tested and certified for use with supported SCT Banner through version 7.“We are very pleased to earn certification on SCT Banner […]

Agilix Partners With Blackboard to Deliver Mobile Learning Solutions to Educational Institutions Worldwide

Orem, Utah – April 12, 2004 – Agilix Labs, Inc. has entered into a partnership with Blackboard Inc. (NASDAQ:BBBB) to deliver offline, mobile learning solutions for students, instructors and system administrators, and to extend Blackboard’s vision of the Network Learning Environmentâ„¢. Read the Full Story

WebCT unveils first-of-its-kind program harnessing e-learning data to drive education excellence

LYNNFIELD, Mass., April 18, 2005 – WebCT, provider of higher education’s most flexible and widely used e-learning solutions, today announced the Quality Assessment Innovation Project, a first-of-its-kind initiative to help colleges and universities improve education by analyzing the student performance data they collect in the WebCT Vista academic enterprise system.Read the Full Story

Speedera and Macromedia Partner for Secure Flash Video Delivery

Macromedia has long boasted that its Flash Video is the perfect combination of easy content creation and reliable delivery with the oft-touted figure of 98% penetration of all desktop computers.Read the Full Story

Social Bookmarking Tools (I): A General Review

We are here going to remind you of hyperlinks in all their glory, sell you on the idea of bookmarking hyperlinks, point you at other folks who are doing the same, and tell you why this is a good thing.Read the Full Story

U.S. GAO Counts on Pathlore

Pathlore is a global leader in providing learning management software and services to industry and government. The software maker says its solution not only gives GAO a way to launch and manage courses from one, integrated high-tech platform but also analyze the outcome of training. And the learning-management solution offers GAO the means to run […]