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IT Trends :: Thursday, April 20, 2006

  • 04/18/06

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Students Converge on Tech Center

Temple University's new $15 million Teaching, Education, Collaboration, Help (TECH) Center could be the nation's largest computer lab and students are lovin' it. It is so big that designers seemed to take some inspiration from mall parking lots when they decided to color-code different sections of the main computer area. All this for a school in which 90 percent of students own their own computers…(MSNBC.com)

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High-Speed Recruiting

HoopTV.net is one of several services that help colleges advertise their athletes to professional recruiters. New connections between sports and the Internet have a huge impact on the futures of student athletes and stress the importance of technological tools in all forms of higher education…(TMCnet)

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    Meta Steps Up Enterprise AI Ambitions with Muse Spark Launch

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    AI Budgets in Education Show No Sign of Decline

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    Internet2: Closing the Access Gap for Research Cyberinfrastructure

    Internet2's Research Engagement Team brings CIOs and other campus technology leadership together with research computing and data facilitators, forming a community that enables research cyberinfrastructure at institutions of all types and sizes.