IT Trends :: Thursday, August 10, 2006 -- Campus Technology

IT Trends :: Thursday, August 10, 2006

08/09/06

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Cal Poly Installs New ID System

When a professor’s laptop containing over 3,000 students Social Security numbers was stolen in July, Cal Poly learned the security lesson the hard way. Instead of cracking down on network security like schools that have fallen victim to hacker attacks, the school is replacing Social Security numbers with personal student identification numbers. Social Security numbers will still be used in areas like financial aid…

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Rhode Island Extends Rural Wi-Fi

Brown University is among the supporters of The Rhode Island Wireless Innovation Networks (RI-WINS), a program which will soon make Rhode Island the first and only state with border-to-border Wi-Fi. Governor Carcieri granted $200,000 to fund the project…

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