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Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer on Feb. 11 announced a program to give equipment and software reportedly worth $50 million to teacher colleges, education departments, and regional training centers over the next three years. His announcement came at the company’s Connected Learning Community Technology Summit in Seattle, Feb. 11-13. Read the Full Story http://eschoolnews.com/news/showStory.cfm?ArticleID=3513
Cornell University announces two new online professional education courses in the field of Human Resources Management from its School of Industrial and Labor Relations (ILR): ‘Selection and Staffing’ Proven, practical techniques to build on the Human Resource professional’s skills and knowledge in recruiting, screening, hiring, succession planning, and other major performance areas. ‘Fundamentals of Compensation’ […]
Tennessee’s Belmont University is part of a growing lineup of more than a dozen out-of-state institutions considering teaching college classes in Mississippi via distance learning. Read the full story http://www.clarionledger.com/news/0202/09/m06.html
Members may take advantage of 100 interactive, Web-based course titles in 17 subject areas during 2002. Subject areas include Java, project management, Cisco, Windows network security, Unix, and HTML. Many courses are focused on helping computing professionals prepare for certification exams, such as MCSE and CCNP/CCDP. Read the full story http://computer.org/DistanceLearning.
Managers of high-speed computer networks say the best way to keep up with scientists’ research needs may be to build a new international backbone network capable of handling the fast, large-capacity connections the researchers require. Read the full story http://chronicle.com/free/2002/02/2002021201t.htm
The University of Jordan is trying to make it into Guinness World Records by constructing a computer lab of more than 14,580 square feet that will have at least 400 computers linked to the Internet. Read the full story http://chronicle.com/free/2002/02/2002021202t.htm
Michael Robertson’s last startup, MP3.com, helped ignite the digital music revolution, attracting a big buzz and lawsuits from major record labels. Robertson’s latest gig is no less ambitious: an operating system called Lindows that aims to run programs designed for Microsoft Corp.’s Windows OS. Read the full story http://eschoolnews.com/news/showStory.cfm?ArticleID=3512
The nano future is emerging through the haze of hype: the road to terabit memory and cheap flat-screen displays will be paved with carbon nanotubes. Read the full story http://www.techreview.com/articles/rotman0302.asp
Two years ago when Microsoft started talking about becoming the architect of a new networked world, many observers dismissed its plan, dubbed .Net, as “vaporware.” Today, Microsoft begins selling the first product that could turn its blueprints into reality — the virtual hammers and nails to build it. Read the full story http://www.siliconvalley.com/mld/siliconvalley/2658823.htm
While telecom and dot-com companies across the region were flaming up and out in the past few years, another tech sector — online education — quietly took root and is now beginning to emerge as a stable and potentially lucrative industry. Read the full story http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A60674-2002Feb11.html