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Artisoft and Polycom to Offer Standards-Based IP-PBX Solution

Flexible solution enables businesses to easily migrate from circuit-switched to VoIP telephony

Why Movies Make Readers

When a book becomes a movie, a child’s relationship to the page does not have to suffer. Quite the opposite

The Next Computer Interface

The desktop metaphor was a brilliant innovation—30 years ago. Now it’s an unmanageable mess, and the search is on for a better way to handle information.

Technology provides new teaching experience for MC

Maryville College personnel showcased a new classroom that cuts the technological umbilical cord for students during a seminar last week.

Multimedia important in children’s asthma education

Multimedia packages can be seen as supplementary tools for educating asthmatic children about the disease and encouraging them to manage their condition better, say researchers

Wireless celebrates its 100th anniversary

At 12:30 p.m. on Dec. 12, 1901, Guglielmo Marconi, sitting in a makeshift radio shack on Signal Hill in St. John’s, Newfoundland, plucked from the ether the telltale dot-dot-dot that represents the letter s in Morse code from a transmission sent from Poldhu, England 2,200 miles away .

Microsoft Wows Crowd with New Windows Media

Microsoft Corp. (NASDAQ:MSFT) Tuesday wasted little time making some noise at the Streaming Media East 2001 show when it demonstrated its new Windows Media platform, a product whose key striking feature is that it kills the “infamous buffer” snag that irks streaming media lovers.

Large-Scale E-Learning Curricula for Manufacturers to be Showcased by The Society of Manufacturing Engineers

The Society of Manufacturing Engineers (SME) will showcase the new training and education courses and products available through its recently launched Learning Center during an Open House on Monday, December 10, 2001. The Open House takes place from 9 a.m. until noon at SME Headquarters at One SME Drive in Dearborn. The event is free […]

Ghosts of kaftans, kipper ties and flares

To commemorate 30 years of Open University science television programmes, Mike Bullivant of the university’s Science Faculty will be giving a light-hearted presentation about the developments of OU broadcasting over the past three decades, on Thursday December 13. When the Open University and the BBC joined forces, more than 30 years ago, to make teaching […]

Saba Emerges as the Preferred e-Learning Provider for the Life Sciences Industry

During a time when the life sciences industry faces new challenges and intensified pressures, Saba (NASDAQ:SABA) is helping these organizations meet their most important goal — to produce and more quickly bring to market new products, while ensuring compliance with federal regulations. Saba, the leading developer of Human Capital Development and Management (HCDM) solutions, has […]