IT NEWS
UV Undergraduates Experiment with HP Computers
No one seems to be moving faster toward implementing tablet PCs into classroom
instruction than the University of Virginia--with the help of HP. (FCW.com)
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Government Uses Color Laser Printer Technology to Track Documents
It's a previously little-known fact that micro-markings on most color laser printers
make it possible to determine from whose laser printer such pagers have been printed.
Some companies include the serial number and the manufacturing code of their color
laser printers and color copiers on every document printed from the machines.
(pcworld.com)
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Using Your Cell Phone as Your Wallet--Priceless
Maybe you already wave your key chain around to pay for gasoline at some service
stations? Big manufacturers are planning right now to bring payment-by-cell-phone
functionality to many common points of sale. (csmonitor.com)
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Carroll College Relies on Appliance to Fight Spam
Carroll College, a private institution in Waukesha, Wisconsin, services 7,000
e-mail accounts that receive approximately 1 million messages per month. The
college's commitment to freedom of expression and to privacy precludes the use
of an outside anti-spam service to filter all this mail, as d'es the cost of
such a service, which is why Carroll's IT department chose to go with an appliance-based
anti-spam solution. (eWeek.com)
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University of Michigan E-Mail Crashes Due to Power Outages
The latest e-mail problem hit students coming back from the long holiday weekend--it
was traced to power failures in the Arbor Lakes building, a few miles north
of campus. (The Michigan Daily)
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Columbia U Departments Merge to Help Address Network Problems
Academic Information Systems and Administrative Information Services, two
major technology providers on campus that are currently separate departments
will merge into one organization called Information Technology. The merger will
be conducted by a soon-to-be-hired new VP of IT. (Columbia Spectator Online)
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Disc Golf Hot Spot Becoming a Wireless Hot Spot
Rock Hill, SC, home of the United States Disc Golf Championships at the Winthrop
University campus is fast becoming a wireless hot spot--due to the University,
to York Technical College, and also to local retailers and vendors. (The Charlotte
Observer)
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The Firefox Surge
Microsoft can't ignore it much longer--Mozilla's "Firefox" is cutting into
MSIE's market share. 2006, for Longhorn, is a long time to wait for an MSIE
upgrade! (Forbes.com)
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