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Dell and Oracle Team Up for Cost-Effective Technology
Dell and Oracle are on a quest to broaden the customer-base
in the business-critical computing arena. Dell will be the
first Oracle partner to package and shrink-wrap the Oracle
Standard Edition One allowing the customer to enter into a
contract, simply by breaking the seal.
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Students Build Non-Profit Web sites
The Art Institutes’ Multimedia and Web Design departments across the country
have asked their students to join in on National Volunteer Month to Web-raise
for many organizations such as: victim centers, community centers, and libraries.
The experience for many students is a value and an asset giving them an opportunity
to gain ‘real world’ experience.
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Sakai Open Source Project Releases Specs
The Sakai Project has released preliminary specifications for higher education
open-source software using JavaServer Faces. The Sakai Technology Portability
Profile specs will ensure software being developed will operate across the systems
of the University of Michigan, Stanford University, Indiana University, and
Massachusetts Institute of Technology.
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Sun Enters Microsoft's Orbit
Sun Microsystems settles and resolves all disputes
for $1.6 billion by signing a 'broad operating agreement'
with Microsoft. All of which will lead to cooperation
between the the two companies.
Database-Protection Bill Introduced
Students, educators, and other Internet users who use
information databases such as LexisNexis a subscription-based
online archive will be largely impacted. The bill will make
it a crime for anyone to copy or redistribute large portions
of factual databases. (ALA)
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New Content System Deployed at Johns Hopkins U.
The Johns Hopkins University Selects Digital Asset Management
(DAM) Software to Improve Higher Education Content
Distribution and Sharing a leading provider of enterprise
content management solutions, today announced its WebWare
ActiveMedia digital asset management system has been
implemented at The Johns Hopkins University.
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Internet2 Changing Ways of Research
First on land, now in the depths of the ocean—Internet2
evolves underwater making it possible for scientists and
oceanographers to work on the ocean floor from the comfort
of their university laboratories.
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UCSD Wins Pentagon Funding for Ad-hoc Wireless Networking
Electrical engineers at the University of California, San
Diego will lead a six-university effort to enable troops to
set up mobile communications networks on the battlefield,
using lightweight wireless equipment during commando raids
and in other hostile and rapidly changing environments.
(Space Daily)
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Iowa Colleges Hit Hard By Viruses
The University of Northern Iowa this fall will require
students who live in residence halls to have their computers
scanned for viruses before connecting to the UNI network.
Iowa State University and the University of Iowa are
considering the same strategy. (Des Moines Register)
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