News Update :: Tuesday, November 14, 2006 -- Campus Technology

News Update :: Tuesday, November 14, 2006

11/14/06

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McGraw-Hill Pilots PrepCenter

McGraw-Hill yesterday unveiled PrepCenter, a new course management and preparation solution for instructors in higher education. The service, created in conjunction with Firstborn, is designed to allow instructors to browse and organize supplemental materials for McGraw-Hill Higher Education textbooks...

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Fujitsu Rolls Out Enhanced ScanSnap for Mac

Fujitsu Monday began shipping a new, enhanced version of its ScanSnap document scanner for Mac, the S500M. The new model succeeds the ScanSnap fi-5110EOXM, adding faster scanning speeds and other functional improvements...

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SIIA Issues Software Checklist for Educators

Last week the Software & Information Industry Association issued a new checklist for educators implementing software. The purpose of the checklist, according to the SIIA, is "to provide guidance to educational institutions that need to plan for and carry out the large-scale implementation of purchased software applications."...

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LivePerson Software Deployed in More Than 200 Colleges and Universities

LivePerson Inc. revealed yesterday that its live chat solutions are now being implemented or planned in more than 200 colleges and universities in the United States...

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Apple Bumps MacBooks to Core 2 Duo

Apple last week upgraded its entire line of consumer notebooks to Intel Core 2 Duo processors. This is the third round of upgrades to Apple's consumer and notebook lines, following iMac and MacBook Pro speed bumps, which had also been upgraded to Core 2 Duo processors...

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Contracts, Deals, Awards

Moto To Buy Good Technology

Motorola Friday announced it's signed a definitive agreement to acquire Good Technology. Good Tech, a privately held firm based in Santa Clara, Calif., is a developer of mobile computing software and a provider of mobile computing services. Terms of the acquisition were not disclosed...

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eCollege Reports Record Revenues

Service provider eCollege has released its financial results for the third fiscal quarter, ended Sept. 30, 2006. The company reported record revenues for the quarter of $30.6 million, up from $26.4 million in Q3 2005...

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WWT, NVIDIA Introduce Framework for Secure, Scalable, Responsible AI Adoption

Technology services provider World Wide Technology and NVIDIA have jointly developed an AI security framework dubbed AI Readiness Model for Operational Resilience (ARMOR), designed to help organizations accelerate AI adoption while maintaining security, compliance, and operational resilience.
Apple and Google Strike AI Deal to Bring Gemini Models to Siri

Apple and Google announced they have embarked on a multiyear partnership that will put Google's Gemini models and cloud technology at the core of the next generation of Apple Foundation Models, a move that could help Apple accelerate long-promised upgrades to Siri while handing Google a high-profile distribution win on the iPhone.
Student Readiness: Learning to Learn

Melissa Loble, Instructure's chief academic officer, recommends a focus on 'readiness' as a broader concept as we try to understand how to build meaningful education experiences that can form a bridge from the university to the workplace. Here, we ask Loble what readiness is and how to offer students the ability to 'learn to learn'.
Microsoft Intros 'Cowork' Feature for Copilot, AI Updates

Microsoft has announced a trio of AI updates, spanning Microsoft 365 Copilot, Security Copilot and Microsoft Foundry.