IT Trends :: Thursday, March 16, 2006

  • 03/15/06

DEALS, CONTRACTS, AWARDS

Google Picks ASU for Engineering IT Support Shop

Google will open an office for engineering and IT support at Arizona State University. The search engine giant chose Tempe because of the city's Wi-Fi developments and the ASU campus because of the school's commitment to engineering excellence. (Information Week)
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Troy University Scores Microsoft Award

Microsoft awards its computing curriculum award of $50,000 each to 14 universities worldwide. Troy University was one of the institutions that won this prestigious award. It will use prize money to build cyber-security lab where computer science majors learn to develop secure and reliable information technology systems. (TMCnet)
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  • From Fire TV to Signage Stick: University of Utah's Digital Signage Evolution

    Jake Sorensen, who oversees sponsorship and advertising and Student Media in Auxiliary Business Development at the University of Utah, has navigated the digital signage landscape for nearly 15 years. He was managing hundreds of devices on campus that were incompatible with digital signage requirements and needed a solution that was reliable and lowered labor costs. The Amazon Signage Stick, specifically engineered for digital signage applications, gave him the stability and design functionality the University of Utah needed, along with the assurance of long-term support.

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    Google Launches Its Most Advanced AI Model Yet

    Google has introduced Gemini 2.5 Pro Experimental, a new artificial intelligence model designed to reason through problems before delivering answers, a shift that marks a major leap in AI capability, according to the company.

  • Training the Next Generation of Space Cybersecurity Experts

    CT asked Scott Shackelford, Indiana University professor of law and director of the Ostrom Workshop Program on Cybersecurity and Internet Governance, about the possible emergence of space cybersecurity as a separate field that would support changing practices and foster future space cybersecurity leaders.

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    New Boston-Based Research Center to Advance Quantum Computing with AI

    NVIDIA is establishing a research hub dedicated to advancing quantum computing through artificial intelligence (AI) and accelerated computing technologies.