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New portables equipped with Intel’s high-powered Pentium III Processor-M CPU nearly pulled off a clean sweep of our power chart this month. The new processor’s bus speed increases from 100 MHz (the PIII chip’s standard) to 133 MHz, and the secondary cache doubles to 512KB. The top-rated Dell Inspiron 8100, which carries a PIII-M-1000/733 chip, […]
Volume 13, Number 1 October 2001 ISSN 1042-1726
The research library and higher education communities are faced with the challenge of trying to influence legislative action that is favorable to research institutions in a rapidly changing political environment. As a result, coalition building has become a crucial element of the Federal Relations and Information Policy program.
It has been two weeks of international politicking without bitterness since the 31st General Session of the United Nations Educational Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) began in Paris, France. Bukola Olatunji, who is covering the event, which rounds off on Saturday, reports.
The Commerce Department’s National Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA) today announced an agreement with EDUCAUSE to manage the .edu top level domain space. EDUCAUSE is a non-profit association representing the technology needs of the higher education community. EDUCAUSE and the Department of Commerce entered into a five-year cooperative agreement under which EDUCAUSE will provide policy […]
The U.S. Commerce Department’s National Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA) and EDUCAUSE today announced the award of a five-year cooperative agreement to EDUCAUSE for managing the .edu Internet domain name for the higher education community. The agreement implements an understanding reached last April about facilitating policy development and technical operations of the .edu domain by […]
Dynamic I-T, Inc. (OTCBB:DYNM – news), a provider of cutting-edge executive education to major companies worldwide via distance learning formats under its L-earnbiz brand, today announced a strategic partnership with MJ Education and its Beijing-based MJ International Business School of Northern Jiatong University (“NJTU”) and California based subsidiary ACP University (http://www.acpu.org). Completing this partnership marks […]
Kansas State University is one of 17 universities and colleges nationwide involved in a new program providing United Auto Workers members the opportunity to take college courses through the latest distance education technologies. The UAW-Ford University Online program allows UAW workers to work full time while earning their college degrees or to just take a […]
The Honourable Anne McLellan, Minister of Justice and Attorney General of Canada, on behalf of the Honourable Jane Stewart, Minister of Human Resources Development Canada, today announced funding of $199,000, through the Office of Learning Technologies, for a project presented by Athabasca University entitled Remote Access to Instrumental Analysis for Distance Education in Science. Under […]