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IT News - Dec. 10-17, 2007

Published by Zornitsa Vodenska on December 17, 2007 in In the News. 0 Comments

Updates on: IBM releases two new services for alphaWorks, Wikimedia introduces high-quality printing capabilities for Wikipedia, five wireless trends for 2008, strong laptop sales during the fourth quarter, device allows authors to sign books remotely

IBM has added two new Web services to its alphaWorks (http://www.alphaworks.ibm.com/) Web site, which provides “sneak previews” of the kind of technologies that are being contemplated at IBM research and development labs. The new Web services include IBM Sharable Code, a platform for managing Web 2.0-type mashup applications, and IBM Web Highlights — Campus Technology

The Wikimedia Foundation, Inc. announced a partnership that will make it possible to obtain high quality print and word processor copies of articles from Wikipedia and other wiki educational resources. The development of the underlying open source software is supported by the Open Society Institute and the Commonwealth of Learning. It is led by PediaPress.com, a start-up company based in Germany. — Information Today

Microsoft released updated institutional licensing terms for education customers. Microsoft’s subscription licensing programs for education, collectively known as the Campus Agreement and School Agreement (CASA), now offer two additional benefits–home usage and evaluation rights–as well as several other changes in the areas of license renewal, buyouts, prorating, and other program terms. — THE Journal

150272362_95f26266a2_m.bmpAndrew Hickey at EETimes makes a prediction what five wireless trends will define the industry in 2008. The technologies and issues he bets on are wireless LAN, open networks, legislation, dual networks, and web services. — EETimes Online

Strong laptop sales are making this a hot holiday shopping season for PC makers. In its Worldwide Quarterly PC Tracker, IDC projects that worldwide PC shipments will increase by 16.7% in the fourth quarter of this year, bolstered by the strong laptop sales. — Computer World Hardware

books.bmpA device called the LongPen, originally created for Canadian novelist Margaret Atwood in 2004, so that she could meet remotely with fans, chatting with them by videoconference, allows authors to remotely sign books. The author uses a touchpad, which conveys handwriting to a remote autopen in a bookstore and is printed on the copy of a novel. More than two dozen authors, including Alice Munro and Norman Mailer, have used LongPen in 2007. The device is developed by Unotchit, a Toronto-based company. — The New York Times (free registration may be necessary to view article)

IT News - November 16, 2007

Published by Erica Nielsen on November 16, 2007 in In the News. 0 Comments

Updates on: TIBCO Software Inc., IBM, Facebook, MySpace

TIBCO Software Inc. launched a new academic initiative aimed at delivering a wide range of technology education benefits to colleges and universities around the world. The goal of the program is to help ensure the proficiency of students in relevant, emerging technologies and to generate high-value job skills that are in demand by organizations today. — CNN

IBM and the researchers at the University of Dundee School of Computing (UK) and the University of Miami’s Miller School of Medicine are collaborating to develop open source software technology tools to accommodate the needs of older workers to help them adapt to and remain productive in the changing workplace of the 21st century. — CNN

Facebook’s unique audience grew by 1.5 million people in October, according to a report released this week by Nielsen Online. That’s five times the rate of larger rival MySpace, which grew by about 300,000. — CNN

Games in the News - November 16, 2007

Published by Erica Nielsen on November 16, 2007 in In the News. 0 Comments

Updates on: IBM’s Innov8, holiday shopping

IBM thinks a way to bridge the gap between business acumen and being tech-savvy in today’s CEOs starts with some “serious” gaming. The company introduced a game it calls Innov8 that the company says simulates real-world business environments and helps MBA students “visualize” how technology can help solve problems or improve performance. — Inquirer.net

More laptops for toddlers and MP3 players for infants are stocked on store shelves this holiday shopping season as Fisher Price and Playskool battle it out with Sony and Nintendo for dominance in the toy box. — CNN

Games in the News — November 12, 2007

Published by Erica Nielsen on November 12, 2007 in In the News. 0 Comments

Updates on: Electronic Arts, One Laptop Per Child, game development, IBM, Brandeis

Game developer, Electronic Arts (EA), has announced donating its original 1989 classic, “SimCity”, to the One Laptop per Child (OLPC) Project. — Tech Tree

NEW DELHI: If you have an idea to make learning fun, campuses are all game. And with scores of firms introducing educational games targeting school, colleges, besides management students and professionals alike, learning could be just fun. Companies in the education space — Educomp, NIIT, 24×7 learning, Gurukul Online, Applect Learning Systems and Tutorvista, to name a few — are either planning to launch or have launched education-based computer games. — Economic Times

IBM is working with Brandeis International Business School (IBS) to test “serious games,” video games designed  to help students build combined business and IT skills often required in today’s work environments. — Campus Technology

Games in the News – November 8, 2007

Published by Zornitsa Vodenska on November 8, 2007 in In the News. 0 Comments

Updates on: IBM’s professional skills game, Microsoft’s Xbox

IBM has designed a new video game to help university students and young professionals develop a combination of business and IT skills. The Innov8 interactive 3D video game is intended to help bridge the gap in understanding between IT teams and business leaders. — VNUNet.com

Microsoft showed off a new Xbox feature that will allow parents to set the amount of time that kids can play games. — CNET

IT News - November 6, 2007

Published by Erica Nielsen on November 6, 2007 in In the News. 0 Comments

Updates on: Engadget, Gizmodo, Permission TV, Harvard Business Digital, Yahoo’s Kickstart, IBM’s new security, and First Alert System Text

In the consumer-technology blogosphere, the rivalry between Engadget and Gizmodo is as lively as a big-city tabloid war. This article explores the history of these two blogs and their creators. — CNN

PermissionTV, a leading interactive Internet video technology platform provider, announced today that Harvard Business Digital, the online unit of Harvard Business School Publishing, is using PermissionTV to serve new video content featuring thought leaders and business experts on its website www.HarvardBusiness.org. — Market Wire

Wetpaint (www.wetpaint.com), the consumer-friendly wiki for collaborating and publishing online, today announced it will offer ad-free, no cost wikis to qualified educators so easy online collaboration can extend into any classroom. — Market Wire

Just how many social networking sites do we really need? At least one more, according to Yahoo. On Monday, it unveiled Kickstart, a sort of LinkedIn for the college set that aims to hook up students and recent grads with alumni and potential employers. — CNN

IBM is tackling security in a big way. Late last week the company unveiled a new strategy encompassing five broad aspects of security and launching new products, services, and research designed to address everything from data threats to physical vulnerabilities. — Campus Technology

First Alert System Text (FAST) has launched a new grant program for colleges and universities, offering no-cost implementation and service for its text message-based emergency notification system. Through the Secure Campus Grant program, 100 higher ed campuses in the United States will be awarded the notification system. — 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