IT Trends :: Thursday, August 31, 2006

  • 08/30/06

Deals, Contracts, Awards

Microsoft and Facebook in Web Ad Deal

Microsoft becomes the sole provider of banner advertising and sponsored links on Facebook. The two companies began talks last week and expect the new ads to appear in early fall. This agreement comes on the heels of an earlier agreement whereby Google provides the same services to MySpace…

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Google: Free Wi-Fi for Our Hometown

If you live in Mountain View, California, there’ll soon be another reason to love Google. They’re giving the town free wireless Internet access. The rest of us, however, are disappointed that Google is stating so clearly that it is not going to hook up the rest of us for free. Similar Wi-Fi networks are under development in many other cities, including Philadelphia and Chicago, but most of those envision charging for Internet access…

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Featured

  • 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.