IT Trends :: Thursday, March 23, 2006

NEW TECHNOLOGY

Mobile Routers Changing WiFi Access

Take your hot spot with you! A device that lets a person access the Internet on a laptop virtually anywhere is available. Companies such as Kyocera, Top Global, and Junxion all have products that allow multiple users to access the same connection anywhere where there is wireless. (The Digital Collegian)
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Georgia College Pushes for iPod Ingenuity

More schools are integrating technology with traditional teaching tools. At Georgia College & State University, one-third of the faculty use iPods to enhance lectures and assignments. At least 100 of the rural school's 300 faculty are turning iPods into education or research tools. Is there anything this handy little device can’t do? (New York Times)
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