News Update :: Tuesday, November 7, 2006

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News

EDUCAUSE to Blackboard: 'Intense Anger' on Lawsuit

EDUCAUSE president Brian Hawkins said a patent infringement lawsuit by campus systems vendor Blackboard Inc. against Desire2Learn, a developer of Web-based learning apps, “go beyond competition to challenging the core values and interest in higher education.”...

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MIT to Collaborate With Singapore on Game Lab

MIT and Singapore’s Media Development Authority announced an agreement to establish the Singapore-MIT International Game Lab (SMIGL) to further digital game research globally, as well as to develop academic programs in game technology and establish Singapore as a hub of the game industry...

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Survey: Prospects Like Social Networking Recruitment

Prospective college students are open to recruitment methods that use social networking technology, according to a study by higher education consulting firm N'el-Levitz; recruiting firm James Tower; and the National Research Center for College & University Admissions (NRCCUA), a non-profit education research organization...

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Georgia Tech Opens Advanced Computing Center

Georgia Tech has opened the Christopher W. Klaus Advanced Computing Building, a research facility that will house students and faculty members from Georgia Tech’s College of Computing and School of Electrical and Computer Engineering...

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Apple Reports Highest Higher Ed Back to School Quarter

Apple Inc. announced its best back-to-school quarter ever for its higher education division...

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Contracts, Deals, Awards

Carnegie Mellon, Portugal Launch R&E Collaboration

Carnegie Mellon University and the Portuguese government said they would create a joint Information and Communications Technologies Institute...

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Dallas CC Cuts Deals for Wide-area Broadband Services

The Dallas County Community College District signed a 10-year contract with AT&T to provide fully managed, switched optical Ethernet network service...

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UPCOMING EVENTS

Mobile Learning in Higher Education Conference
in Charlotte, North Carolina, December 11-13, 2006

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    Call for Opinions: 2025 Predictions for Higher Ed IT

    How will the technology landscape in higher education change in the coming year? We're inviting our readership to weigh in with their predictions, wishes, or worries for 2025.

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    U.S. Department of Commerce Proposes Mandatory Reporting Requirement for AI, Cloud Providers

    This proposed rule from the department's Bureau of Industry and Security aims to enhance national security by establishing reporting requirements for the development of advanced AI models and computing clusters.

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    California Governor Signs AI Content Safeguards into Law

    California Governor Gavin Newsom has officially signed off on a series of landmark artificial intelligence bills, signaling the state’s latest efforts to regulate the burgeoning technology, particularly in response to the misuse of sexually explicit deepfakes. The legislation is aimed at mitigating the risks posed by AI-generated content, as concerns grow over the technology's potential to manipulate images, videos, and voices in ways that could cause significant harm.

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    Cloud Security Alliance Report Plots Path to Trustworthy AI

    A new report from the Cloud Security Alliance highlights the need for AI audits that extend beyond regulatory compliance, and advocates for a risk-based, comprehensive methodology designed to foster trust in rapidly evolving intelligent systems.