Technology Management

  • Students demo uses for Google cell-phone OS
    Tue, May 13, 2008    Primary Topic Channel:  Handheld technologies
    What do you want your cell phone to be able to do? Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) professor Hal Abelson put that question to about 20 computer-science students this semester when he gave them one assignment: Design a software program for cell phones that use Google Inc.'s upcoming Android mobile operating system. [ Read More ]

  • Schools will have until 2009 to buy Windows XP
    Fri, May 09, 2008    Primary Topic Channel:  Technologies
    Microsoft will stop offering Windows XP in retail stores June 30, but at least two major computer manufacturers say school districts, colleges, and universities will be able to buy machines with the older operating system until January 2009, as Windows Vista--released last year--remains unpopular with many consumers. [ Read More ]

  • Broadband over power lines fails to catch on
    Thu, May 08, 2008    Primary Topic Channel:  Broadband
    Once touted as a possible third option for home broadband access that could compete with phone and cable companies, the idea of providing high-speed internet service over power lines now looks like it has died in infancy, the Associated Press reports. [ Read More ]

  • Schools hope web will help speed up testing results
    Wed, May 07, 2008    Primary Topic Channel:  Technologies
    The Sun-Sentinel of South Florida reports that Palm Beach and Broward County high school freshmen and sophomores finished the reading portion of the Florida Comprehensive Assessment Test by mid-March--yet, more than six weeks later, they still don't know the scores. [ Read More ]

  • More than 250 install Purdue supercomputer
    Wed, May 07, 2008    Primary Topic Channel:  Computers
    Purdue University professors and technology staff accomplished something May 5 that typically takes about six weeks, reports the Journal & Courier of Lafeyette, Indiana: They installed a supercomputer. [ Read More ]

  • Latest Wi-Fi standard on the march
    Wed, May 07, 2008    Primary Topic Channel:  Wireless Technology
    Colleges and universities nationwide are launching the newest generation of Wi-Fi networks even before a final version of the standard has been ratified--a move technology experts say could allow schools to do away with wired networks in the coming years. [ Read More ]

 

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