IT Trends :: Thursday, October 12, 2006

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Google Searches, Finds YouTube

In case you hadn’t heard, Google is buying YouTube for $1.65 billion. The biggest force in search and Internet advertising is soaking up the biggest force in online video. But the combination means more than that. The educational possibilities aren’t the most frequently mentioned, but they are huge. There is something about short videos that works, even for someone who d'esn’t watch television…

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Turn Off, Tune In: Students Rediscover Traditional Links

Some faculty hope that Millennials are rediscovering the real world. Michael Bugeja, director of Iowa State’s journalism school and author of Interpersonal Divide: The Search for Community in a Technological Age, said “True friends need to learn when to stop blogging and go across campus to help a friend.”…

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Committee Contests IT Firings at Ohio University

Grievances were settled on behalf of two former Ohio University employees: “Tom Reid, former director of the now-dissolved Computer Network Services, and Todd Acheson, former manager of Internet and Systems, did not contribute to network security lapses that led to a series of data breaches, which was the basis for their firings.”...

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Change Your Password at Baylor, Or Else!

Baylor is changing to new, intense minimum-safety password requirements and will shut staff, students, and faculty down if they don’t create a new password that meets the requirements by November 12. Sounds like they might also get rid of some dead wood, eh?…

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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.