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Redefining the Business of Television

Two “tectonic shifts” in electronic media–high-definition video and personalized on-demand entertainment–are having such a high impact on viewers that the core business models of television are now being redefined, industry executives say.Read the Full Story

Hitting a Moving Target: IT Strategy in a Real-Time World

Whereas this shift has resulted in many benefits—from a record rise in employee productivity to the creation of innovative new products and services that would have been impossible a decade ago—IT’s coming of age has also brought new challenges for leaders.Read the Full Story

ECU [Eastern Carolina University] offers educational opportunities to Fort Bragg

ECU will offer distance education courses to the soldiers stationed at Fort Bragg in Fayetteville beginning in August.Read the Full Story

University begins health tips e-mail series for students

Orangehealth-e started e-mailing the campus community weekly “health tips” last Monday. The pilot program will continue for the rest of the semester.Read the Full Story

Public television in Reno farms nostalgia from the ’60s

With lineups such as “My Generation: The 60s Experience” “California Dreaming: The Songs of the Mamas and Papas” and “Funky Soul Superstars” which featured live performances from artists who were popular in the 1960s and ’70s, the spring pledge drive was the fourth most successful on record for Reno public television station KNPB Channel 5.Read […]

High Court hears file-sharing case

Entertainment companies want the court to let them sue the manufacturers of file-sharing software that allows computer users to download music and movies from each other’s computers.Read the Full Story

Ball State’s ‘Digital Middletown’ Project Explores Wireless Broadband Initiatives

It’s not surprising, then, that the university, which was founded in Muncie in 1899, has merged the two efforts not only to develop technology that will benefit students, faculty and Indiana residents, but also to study its sociological impact.Read the Full Story

Free Online Seminar: Mobile Field Editing

In this seminar, one of the world’s top journalists shares his secrets for shooting and editing broadcast video using a mobile field editing system. Join Dr. Bob Arnot and discover how he reveals the inside stories behind some of the world’s most exciting, heartrending and dangerous world events.Read the Full Story

Rivers of Change–Conference Preview ACRL 2005

For academic libraries today, change is the only constant. From the reinvention of the reference desk, to the challenges and opportunities of open access publishing, the focus is not merely survival but how to strengthen the library as the heart of the institution, amid a landscape full of transitions.Read the Full Story

InCommon Federation Launched To Provide Unparalleled Privacy Protection For Users of Online Resources

First Nationwide Trust Network To Link Universities, Resource ProvidersRead the Full Story