Internet/Intranet
- Universities Seek 'Clean Slate' for Internet Security Woes
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4/30/2007
A group of university and government researchers has proposed a "clean slate" approach to solving the Internet's myriad security problems. The group, which includes researchers Rutgers, Stanford, Princeton, Carnegie Mellon, MIT, and various Department of Defense research offices, said it thinks it might be time to scrap key components of the Internet that can no longer support today's complex computing and security requirements, according to a report by the Associated Press.
- University of Pennsylvania Launches Communications Suite
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4/26/2007
The University of Pennsylvania is launching a service for its students called "Penn Live." The aim of the program is to provide communications tools for students, such as e-mail, blogging, and photo sharing.
- Evolutionary in Technology, Revolutionary in Impact
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4/25/2007
Ken Klingenstein has led national networking initiatives for the last 25 years. He's participated in the development of the Internet from its inception and says he's had one of the best seats to watch the evolution of network infrastructure and applications.
- Autodesk Student Engineering and Design Community Wins CODiE
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4/25/2007
Autodesk Inc. was presented April 17th with the Software & Information Industry Association’s CODiE award for best postsecondary instruction solution, for the company’s Student Engineering and Design Community.
- Blackboard Honors University Customers for Innovations
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4/23/2007
Blackboard Inc. last week held its annual conference for users of its electronic commerce platform, the Blackboard Commerce Suite. During the program, two of its academic customers were recognized with Greenhouse "exemplary service" awards: Duke University and the University of Alabama.
- CMU Prof Proposes Faster P2P Music, Movie Downloads
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4/17/2007
A Carnegie Mellon University computer scientist has proposed a way to speed transferring large data files, such as movies and music, with a technology that would generalize the types of files that could be moved over peer to peer networks.
- Cal State Order Reinforces State Illegal File Sharing Policy
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4/16/2007
California State University Chancellor Charles Reed last month issued an executive order that the use of Cal State resources, including computers and Internet connections, must not be used to download, copy, or use copyrighted music, motion pictures, and other content. The order extends to students, staff, faculty, and the general public.
- Drexel Online Reaches, Teaches Hospital Staff
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4/16/2007
Philadelphia, PA-based Drexel University Online, a subsidiary of the well known Philadelphia technical university, has begun providing special-rate distance learning services to Montgomery Hospital Medical Center (MHMC), a 210-bed hospital serving central Montgomery County, PA.
- Is 'Responsible Computing' an Oxymoron?
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4/12/2007
Lately, I've been thinking a lot about "responsible computing," to put one label on it. Last week my editor, David Nagel, suggested that the phrase might be an oxymoron. He asked me this question: "Is there any such thing as responsible computing?"
- National University of Singapore Deploys Secure Access SSL
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4/12/2007
The National University of Singapore has deployed Secure Access SSL VPN, a security technology from Juniper Networks. The University will use the security platform to establish an electronic examination portal for online testing.
- Google Desktop (Beta) Comes to Mac
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4/5/2007
Google brought its Google Desktop to the Mac Wednesday, marking the first time the application has been available on that platform. The new release is still in beta form, though it is fully functional.
- To Each His Own ... Laptop
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3/22/2007
It was only in the last couple of years that the number of laptops shipped annually exceeded the number of desktops. I can still remember....
- Stanford Hosts Extreme Makeover: Internet Edition
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3/20/2007
A team of Stanford researchers is mulling what the Internet should look like if it could be rebuilt from scratch.
- Web Surfing is Elephant in Harvard Faculty Room
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3/20/2007
At a meeting to discuss the findings of a university task force on teaching and career development, Harvard professors called student apathy for learning--expressed by classroom Web surfing and lack of energy--an "elephant in the room" contributing to a decline in the quality of classroom and general education at the university.
- Google Hooks Up Rwanda, Kenya with Apps for Education
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3/19/2007
Universities in Kenya and various education institutions in Rwanda will start using Google Apps thanks to a partnership announced this week between Google and the Rwandan Ministry of Infrastructure and the Kenya Education Network (KENET).
- Review: Google Mini 2.2
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3/19/2007
"Deploy and forget." That's the phrase that comes to mind to describe the Google Mini, the 1U rackmount appliance from Google....
- Sony, Stanford Show Science Is all Fun and Games
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3/19/2007
Sony Computer Entertainment has announced that its Playstation 3 (PS3) entertainment systems will soon support Stanford University’s Folding@home project, an ambitious distributed computing undertaking designed to help understand protein folding, misfolding and related diseases.
- Student Googles Self, Discovers Social Security Number(s)
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3/13/2007
Los Rios Community College District, a Sacramento-area community college district, has sent letters to 2,000 students to let them know their Social Security numbers were mistakenly put online.
- Colgate University Implements Network Analysis Tool
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3/6/2007
Colgate University recently implemented NetMRI E-400, a network analysis and reporting tool from Netcordia.
- Villanova U Rolls Out Meru Wireless LAN System
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3/5/2007
Pennsylvania's Villanova University has upgraded and expanded its WLAN infrastructure, replacing its legacy network with Meru Networks' Wireless LAN System.
- MIT Wants to Quell Student Hacker Felony Charges
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2/26/2007
MIT administrators are working with Middlesex County, MA district attorney's office to transfer the felony trials involving three students who were charged with trespassing in the MIT faculty club to an internal university disciplinary committee, "The Tech," a campus news service, reported.
- Smashing the Shackles of Intentionally Dysfunctional Technology
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11/29/2006
Until last week, it hadn’t "clicked" inside my head that the Library of Congress could or would make specific exemptions to copyright laws.
- E-mail Is for Old People
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11/8/2006
E-mail is not hacking it for me. I don’t know about you, but I am in touch with more people and information streams, and less able to manage my various communications, than ever before
- Speaking Their Language: UCLA Language Courses Use Online Voice Tools
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11/6/2006
It’s tough to master a new language without speaking it, of course. So it follows that language courses that incorporate speaking as much as possible can help students learn faster and better, and help professors better assess their progress.
- Podcasting at the University of Connecticut: Enhancing the Educational Experience
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10/16/2006
In September 2005, I purchased my first iPod (a first generation Nano) and realized that an opportunity existed to come full-circle. Combining what had become my career in psychology with my original passion for broadcasting, I discovered podcasting.
