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Spending on IT software, equipment, and services is projected to reach $3.75 trillion worldwide this year, driven by solid growth in computer hardware and enterprise software. MoreTufts University is taking its enterprise content, course, learning, knowledge, and curriculum management system for health sciences, known as Tufts University Sciences Knowledgebase (TUSK), open source. MoreThe Dominion Foundation, part of Dominion Resources, one of the largest energy companies in the country, is currently accepting applications for $1.3 million in grants for programs that help students studying science, technology, engineering and math. MoreThe California Community Colleges Chancellor's Office in Sacramento has adopted a streaming platform to beam Board of Governors meetings, press conferences, and other events over the Internet to more than 112 community colleges in California. MoreRice University is doubling the number of supercomputing hours it can offer its researchers with the addition of a new IBM Blue Gene/P supercomputer, which will become operational in May. Rice and IBM are sharing the cost of the system. More
Desire2Learn has released Assignment Grader, an iPad app that allows teachers to give grades on assignments submitted digitally and offer personalized feedback with the use of multimedia. MoreEcho360 has released EchoSystem 5, an update to the lecture capture and blended-learning platform that adds live webcasting features and new software-based classroom capture. MoreMaplesoft has released a new version of math software tool Maple, used by scientists, mathematicians, and engineers. More
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