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America Waits… For Low-Power Radio

As America waits for a new president to be chosen, the country continues to face other less talked about political ambiguities. In late October, with several important appropriations bills still in limbo, Congress passed a continuing resolution which allowed the government to operate while members of the Senate and the House went home to campaign […]

Kent State University Earns Two Major Awards for Technology

When it comes to technology, Kent State University has added two more awards to its growing stockpile — yet again affirming its leadership role in the realm of technology. This month, the university received an award for its information technology education programs. In January, it will take home honors for its Asynchronous Transfer Mode (ATM) […]

As E-Learning Explodes Upon Academia, World Campus Aims To Set A New Standard In Distance Education

University Park, Pa. — Penn State was an early leader in harnessing the tools of the digital age to bring education into the homes of students who did not have the flexibility to attain it in a college classroom. Today, e-learning is a booming phenomenon, and has forced universities worldwide to re-examine their offerings to […]

Illinois Occupational Information Coordinating Committee

What if you could have a career planning and placement center on your desktop? A place where you could find college catalogs, financial aid applications, job announcements and resume workshops? A source of advice for succeeding in your studies, as well as getting—and keeping—a better job?

Education’s ‘poor cousin’ an essential tool

Johannesburg (Mail and Guardian, November 17, 2000) – Contact tuition and distance learning were, until recently, contrasting modes of education, and never the two did meet. Distance learning was also usually considered the poor cousin of face- to-face learning. These assumptions are increasingly being challenged.

Intel: Pentium 4 to unleash flurry of multimedia apps

LAS VEGAS — Intel Corp. is giving PC power users something new to feast on this Thanksgiving with the introduction Monday of the new Pentium 4, served up at speeds of 1.4GHz and 1.5GHz.

Computing giants struggle over DVD recording format

For the third Comdex in a row, manufacturers at the trade show strutted out models capable of recording to DVD media. But behind the scenes, manufacturers jockeying to push their preferred rewritable and recordable formats over competing standards have left consumers with a string of failed promises.

Home networking products come knocking

comdex LAS VEGAS–Ready or not, wireless technology will soon invade the home.

The tally on dot-com deaths

video: The sun has set for nearly 130 Internet companies since January, leading to about 8,000 layoffs, according to a new report.

Pact to link e-learning clients, staffing firm

Tucson-based e-learning provider InfoCast Corp., and Adecco, a staffing services company, today announced their partnership.