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IT Trends :: Thursday, January 4, 2007

  • 01/03/07

Opinion

Happy Google Year!

By Terry Calhoun

Welcome to the Year of the Google. In 2007, Google will become the most frequently visited Web site on the Internet. In November of 2006, it passed Yahoo, briefly. Microsoft, of course, with required downloads of software upgrades, is the other major player. But Google, with the help of its new purchase, YouTube, will end Yahoo’s 10-year ride on the top of the worldwide visits charts sometime in 2007.

What else will excite us in 2007, or was exciting about 2006? I’ve been reading a wide range of retrospectives and prospectives and will share a little bit about each here, with linkage so that you can go through and read more of what you find most interesting...

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IT News

Google to Top Visitor Rankings in 2007

Many analysts predicted that this would happen in 2007 anyway...

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Penn State Students Oppose Reduction in Lab Computers

An ITS committee at Penn State is exploring the possibility of...

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Six Ed-Tech Trends to Watch in 2007

These trends include...

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Helping You Legally Download at Princeton

Mike Bebel, president and CEO of Ruckus Network, Inc., explains...

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Deals, Contracts, Awards

Daniel Webster College Professor Named As Microsoft Grant Recipient

"Daniel Webster College Computer Science, Information Systems, and Gaming, Simulation, and Robotics (GSR) Chair Dr. Thomas Goulding was named..."

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Schwarzenegger Proposes Additional $95M for University of California Computing

Several UC campuses are in the running for a number of large grants…

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New Technology

Touring the Home/Dorm of the Future

You walk into the shower and, detecting the RIFD tag in your shoulder...

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Quiet Start, Quick Work for Advanced Computing Center at University of Vermont

The Vermont Advanced Computing Center at the University of Vermont includes...

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Rapid Changes Ahead In Next Five Years for Campus Card Systems

Campus card systems have undergone many changes in the past 39 years...

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Podcasting Expands at Mississippi State

Last year there were three pilot classes...

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