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OCT 31, 2000, M2 Communications – WASHINGTON — The World Bank Institute, The Nature Conservancy and TEC de Monterrey today announced the creation of a “virtual university” in nonprofit management for Latin American institutions.
CHARLOTTE, N.C., Oct. 31 /PRNewswire/ — Learning to cook, paint or manage money just got easier. Of Courses LLC, the online resource for lifestyle courses, launched its inaugural web site today (www.ofcourses.com) enabling consumers to find and register for classes in six categories: art, finance, food/drink, home/garden, personal growth and recreation. Of Courses plans to […]
ESA has begun operating a Virtual Campus for the International Space Station (ISS), allowing present and future users of the ISS in Europe to be kept informed on all the new developments taking place, share knowledge and find new research partners.
The Navy is planning to invest $37 million during the next five years to update service learning environments, according to Rear Adm. David Brewer, deputy chief of naval education and training (CNET). This money will be spent on fiber-optic wiring for classrooms, faster computers and advanced distributed learning programs, he told an industry briefing in […]
Apple has launched a new Science and Technology site, which focuses on the Mac in the “scitech” field. The site’s goal is to show how Apple technologies can help advance research in your lab, office, or clinic.
AOL 5.0 was an unmitigated disaster for the online giant. Soon after its release, users began complaining about network settings getting blown away, key Windows files being rewritten, and in some cases PCs becoming utterly inoperable. Some of the same problems are beginning to crop up with AOL 6.0, which launched last week.
Belgian speech technology firm Lernout & Hauspie NV has struck an alliance with U.S. group SimplySay Inc., to use the company’s technology in a range of applications which will allow users to access information on the Internet vocally, in multiple languages, using a phone.
Below are titles, descriptions, & sponsoring agencies of the new resources. Arts “Art for the Nation: Collecting for a New Century” offers 14 in-depth studies of works by various artists represented in the National Gallery of Art. The studies include information on the artist, technique, & history behind each painting. (NGA) http://www.nga.gov/feature/artnation/splash.htm “Art Nouveau: 1890-1914” […]
SAN DIEGO, Oct 31, 2000 (BUSINESS WIRE) — Lightspan announced today that it is expanding its partnership with the Granite School District in Salt Lake City, Utah to provide interactive curriculum-based programs. The million-dollar contract represents significant hardware and software enhancements for a broad scale implementation of five elementary schools throughout the district. West Lake […]
CAMBRIDGE, Mass.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Oct. 31, 2000–MathSoft, Inc. (NASDAQ: MATH – news), the nation’s fastest growing publisher of educational software, today announced that StudyWorks! Mathematics Deluxe was the overall top revenue-producing math software title on the market in September, according to PC Data. Mathematics Deluxe outsold every other math education product on the market, including those targeting […]