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IT News - November 7, 2007

Published by Erica Nielsen on November 7, 2007 in In the News. 0 Comments

Updates on: Microsoft, India’s Reliance Communications, Lyndon Baines Johnson Library and Museum, One Laptop per Child, T-Mobile, ASUS, Apple, and Advanced Media Design

Microsoft and India’s Reliance Communications have signed a 500-million-dollar deal to launch India’s first high-definition Internet TV service, executives from both firms said. — AFP

The Lyndon Baines Johnson Library and Museum in Austin might be coming back the only way dead folks can: virtually–through a site like Second Life. The  LBJ crew wants to create a world that touches on his major issues like civil rights and the Vietnam War. — CBS News

Following a number of delays, the One Laptop per Child Foundation’s much-awaited XO laptop for needy kids has finally gone into mass production. Early Tuesday (local time), Taiwan’s Quanta Computer started producing the green-and-white computer in its new Changshu manufacturing center, two hours northwest of Shanghai. — News Blog

T-Mobile USA announced that if you make a donation of one laptop to the One Laptop per Child Foundation ($399, $200 of which is tax-deductible) during this month’s Give One Get One promotion, then T-Mobile will reward you with one free year of access at its Hotspots (a $360 value). — Wi-Fi Planet

According to Taiwanese computer maker ASUS, Apple is in the process of designing a new tablet computer and they’ve hired ASUS to do the manufacturing. — SciFi Blog

AV technology developer Advanced Media Design has started shipping a new model in its MediaPointe family of digital media recorders, the DMR210e, designed for capturing presentations and classroom lectures. — Campus Technology

IT News – October 25, 2007

Published by Erica Nielsen on October 25, 2007 in In the News. 0 Comments

Updates on: Oracle, Cisco, IBM, Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University, iRex Technologies, Apple

Oracle announced that several leading U.S. colleges and universities recently purchased or implemented Oracle(R) Applications and infrastructure software to help standardize data campus-wide, increase operational efficiency, build stronger, more personalized constituent relationships and gain an advantage in today’s fiercely competitive higher education environment. — CNN

Cisco is responding to the trends of Web 2.0 and interoperable communication that are sweeping college and university communities as educators and administrators strive to meet the needs of students accustomed to a media-rich, mobile lifestyle, while at the same time working to strengthen campus security. — CNN

IBM has provided grant funding to three universities that are using the company’s Jazz collaboration solutions for software development. The universities–including the University of California at Irvine, the University of British Columbia and the University of Victoria–received Jazz Faculty Grants from IBM. Jazz is a joint project between IBM Rational and IBM Research to build a scalable, extensible team collaboration platform for seamlessly integrating tasks across the software lifecycle. — Campus Technology

Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University is beefing up its data security with a new identity management system designed to centralize and automate security processes across multiple systems. The university worked with security service provider Mycroft to develop and deploy its security strategy based around Oracle tools, including the Identity and Access Management Suite. — Campus Technology

Jak Boumans, a principal consultant with Electronic Media Reporting, looked critically at the history of e-reader technologies in the Netherlands to anticipate the future of the newest e-reader from iRex Technologies, the iLiad. — Buziaulane.blogspot

Apple has created a new suite of development resources tailored specifically for the iPhone. Dubbed the “iPhone Dev Center,” the service provides a range of resources, including guidelines for optimizing Web apps for the iPhone, sample code, video tutorials, and other reference material. — Campus Technology