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Campus Technology 2009
July 27 - 30, 2009
Boston, MA
Campus Technology 2008
July 28 - 31, 2008
Boston, MA
9/13/2007
Like IT managers across corporate America, campus IT managers are trying to solve the problem of securing removable storage devices in an open environment like a university.
9/13/2007
The international Honeynet Project, a research consortium formed to share computer threat information and solutions, is using a behavioral analysis tool developed at New Zealand's Victoria University to study Web-based security attacks.
9/13/2007
Wacom has debuted two new tablets in a new line of entry-level models called "Bamboo." The Bamboo tablets replace Wacom's previous Graphire line of entry-level tablets and lower the cost of entry to a street price of around $60.
9/12/2007
Kansas City Kansas Community College (KCKCC) will use a variety of solutions from Datatel to provide a centralized student finance and HR database and to create an online application and registration system. The community college will use Datatel's Colleague Student, Financing, and Human Resources to centralize its data to improve efficiency in enrollment, student services, financial management, financial aid, and human resources.
9/12/2007
Apple has released new versions of its professional audio applications: Logic Pro and Logic Express. The high-end Logic Pro, now in version 8, has been released in a studio suite, with pricing cut in half for education institutions.
9/12/2007
Duke University will use Tizra's Agile PDF hosted white label service to repackage, deliver, and sell textbook content in electronic formats.
9/12/2007
AccessMyLibrary is now providing students and educators returning to school with free Web access to almost 30 million online articles from a collection of more than 4,000 publications.
9/12/2007
Representatives from Indiana University's School of Informatics went to this summer's Indiana state fair to offer phishing lessons: education in computer security techniques designed to help people better safeguard personal information on their computers.
9/12/2007
Microsoft has launched a new education promotion for students, enabling them to purchase Office Ultimate 2007 electronically for $59.95. The deal will run through April 2008.
9/12/2007
Lehigh University has added a virtual class to its curriculum this fall called Bioscience in the 21st century. The multidisciplinary class is designed to allow anyone interested to watch lectures and study course material or PowerPoint presentations posted on the university's website for free. Lectures are also available from iTunes U, according to Lehigh University.
9/11/2007
A lawyer for two Ohio University alumni who sued the school over losing their personal data in a computer security breach said that a judge's decision to throw out the case is typical of how courts are dealing with the growing problem of computer data theft.
9/11/2007
National Instruments has partnered with University of California, Berkeley's College of Engineering to launch the NI Embedded Systems Laboratory on the UC Berkeley campus. The lab will be used for teaching and research in the area of graphical system design for all electrical engineering and computer sciences graduate students and upper division undergraduates, as well as for researchers from other departments.
9/11/2007
A team of UC San Diego computer science professors has developed an automated, enterprise-wide system for troubleshooting WiFi transmissions.
9/11/2007
Drexel University hosted a conference last week on new media applications, a "PodCamp" to "promote the use of new media to television, newspapers, radio, businesses, educators, and individuals." The conference was free to "podcasters and listeners, bloggers and readers, and anyone interested in new media."
9/11/2007
Singapore's Nanyang Technological University (NTU) and Houston-based Rice University said they would form a research organization dedicated to resolving the power, heat, and current leakage issues that affect computer chips.
9/11/2007
Test preparation company PowerScores' new Virtual LSAT Course will begin instruction in October for the Dec. 1 LSAT test. While PowerScore holds onsite test instruction, the online course offer students across the globe the chance to remotely prepare for the test from their homes or offices.
9/10/2007
The University of California Humanities Research Institute is leading a $2 million grant competition to foster new digital media tools, UPI reported. The project, funded by the MacArthur Foundation, has the broader aim of finding out how technology is changing the way young people learn, play, and socialize in civic life.
9/10/2007
The National Science Foundation has awarded the University of Rochester Warner School of Education $634,157 to "help encourage and train both talented undergraduate majors in science, technology, mathematics, and engineering and STEM professionals considering a career change to work as math and science teachers in high-need school districts," according to the university.
9/10/2007
The National Science Foundation awarded Atlanta's Spelman College a $2.5 million grant to set up an academic program in informatics, the the study of information analysis. The project, dubbed "Advancing Spelman's Participation in Informatics Research and Education," or ASPIRE, will develop an informatics program to increase "cross-discipline research and expertise" in the fields of science, technology, engineering, and mathematics, the college said.
9/10/2007
The University of Ottawa has named Sylvain Chalut as its new chief information officer. Chalut, who was most recently director of Business Relations Management with Bombardier Aéronautique's information systems services, will provide "strategic leadership for IT across the university by ensuring business alignment, performance management and investment management."
9/6/2007
Sanyo this week debuted the new PLV-Z2000, a 1080p HD LCD projector with high-end features priced around $3,000. These high-end features include a 15,000:1 contrast ratio and the ability to reproduce 216 billion color combinations through an adaptive color phase and color level management system.
9/6/2007
Toshiba has rolled out a new widescreen projector, a sub-$1,000 LCD model with a native WXGA (1,280 x 800) resolution, a brightness of 2,200 ANSI lumens and a contrast ratio of 600:1. The portable (6.2-pound), three-panel TLP-WX2200U LCD projector is targeted toward educators and presentation professionals.
9/6/2007
Digital media service provider Cdigix has added HD capabilities to its C-Labs solutions. C-Labs are designed to provide tools for higher education faculty and institutions to maintain and post online digital media while complying with copyright laws.
9/5/2007
A new text messaging service set up by the University of Colorado at Boulder saw an enormous spike in enrollment following a stabbing on campus, Monday, Aug. 27. About 30 minutes after the incident, staff used the system to alert students. This service was launched as recently as Aug. 23 of this year.
9/5/2007
Nottingham Trent University in the United Kingdom has signed on with Desire2Learn to deploy that company's learning management system. The goals of the deployment will be to enhance student learning and allow the university to expand into new markets domestically and internationally, supporting online and blended learning.
Campus Technology 2009
July 27 - 30, 2009
Boston, MA
Campus Technology 2008
July 28 - 31, 2008
Boston, MA
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