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Memory Lights the Corners of Your PC

Memory Lights the Corners of Your PCWith personal computers, taking a stroll down memory lane isn’t for the nostalgic. The world of random access memory, or RAM, is future oriented, with significant changes in the works. Change brings both opportunity and threat, and court battles are blazing.The outcome of these legal skirmishes may determine whether […]

February 14, 2001

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Building A Better Mouse

Building A Better MouseBefore pointing and clicking became as routine as dialing and talking, if you saw a mouse you screamed and jumped up on a table, at least according to the cliché.Today some experts think you should avoid computer mice with the same decisiveness. Ergonomically, a mouse is the most dangerous part of a […]

January 17, 2001

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Weaving Usable Web Sites

Weaving Usable Web Sites Y our Web site needs work. In all likelihood, that’s true, says Dr. Jakob Nielsen, the world’s most renowned expert on Web usability and co-founder of the Nielsen Norman Group, a consultancy in Fremont, Calif., that helps organizations design “human-centered” products and services. Ninety percent of Web sites are poorly designed and […]

January 3, 2001

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A Leadership Credo for The New Millennium

A Leadership Credo for The New MillenniumThere are inexhaustible uncertainties and prospects for change with the advent of the new millennium. Cogently, it is important to indicate that effective leadership requires a functional working credo that is more appropriate for the years ahead. If better communication and empathy skills are necessary for best leadership practices, […]

January 3, 2001

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Getting Productive With Software Utilities

Getting Productive With Software UtilitiesEvery time Microsoft releases a new operating system, the question arises anew: What utilities do I need for my computer?Computer utilities are small programs that help you work better with your hardware or existing software. Unlike application programs, they don’t let you do anything externally, such as prepare a letter or […]

December 6, 2000

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Black Frat Announces Digital Divide Initiative

Black Frat Announces Digital Divide InitiativeBALTIMOREThe Iota Phi Theta Fraternity Inc. announced last month a nationwide project called the “Digital Heritage Initiative” in collaboration with the Microsoft Corp. and Africana.com to provide computer software and educational materials to public elementary, junior high and high schools throughout the country. Each of the fraternity’s chapters nationwide will […]

November 22, 2000

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Using the ’Net to Travel the Real World

Using the ‘Net to Travel the Real WorldF or years, people have transcended distance using the Internet, sending messages and retrieving information from the far corners of the world. Lately, the ‘Net has become increasingly useful in bridging distance physically, from researching vacations to cutting business travel costs.Travelers, both business and pleasure, are jumping on […]

November 8, 2000

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Majority of HBCUs ‘Keeping Pace’ with Technology

Majority of HBCUs ‘Keeping Pace’ with Technologymany still face major digital divide issues, NAFEO Report saysWASHINGTON The majority of Black colleges and universities are more wired than originally assumed, according to a recent study released by the National Association for Equal Opportunity in Higher Education. Despite the fact that the majority of HBCUs have networks […]

November 8, 2000

Faculty & Staff

Predictive Value Educause 2000 conference highlights new technology

Predictive Value Educause 2000 conference highlights new technology By Ronald Roach  NASHVILLE, Tenn.T  here’s no doubt that rapid changes in information technology create uncertainty and anxiety throughout the economy and society at large. Experts agree that change is nowhere more revolutionary than in American higher education. “Moore’s Law continues. We’re not going to see a […]

November 8, 2000

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Newer, Better, Faster: DSL Service Makes it Easy to Link to University Network

Newer, Better, Faster: DSL Service Makes it Easy to Link to University NetworkPITTSBURGHLike many college administrative staff and faculty members, Kristen Kurland, a senior lecturer at Carnegie Mellon University’s Heinz School for Public Management, used to rely upon conventional telephone dial-up access to connect her home computer to the campus computer network. Kurland, who hasn’t […]

October 25, 2000

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Scientists Working on New Computer Chip

Scientists Working on New Computer ChipBOISE, IdahoA$1.25 million grant from the Office of Naval Research will go to help a team of University of Idaho scientists develop a revolutionary computer chip. The chips help computer users by storing data even when electrical power is lost. Sarit Bhaduri and Yang Ki Hong, both professors of materials […]

October 11, 2000

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Artists’ Attorney Warns Colleges About Napster Use

Artists’ Attorney Warns Colleges About Napster UseDURHAM, N.C.T he attorney for recording artists Metallica and Dr. Dre wants two North Carolina universities to stop their students from taking his clients’ music via the Napster computer program. Duke University and the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill have received letters from attorney Howard King asking […]

October 11, 2000