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More Schools Sign on for Napster’s Digital Music Service

More Schools Sign on for Napster’s Digital Music Service LOS ANGELESAfter first gaining notoriety as a controversial Internet-based music swapping service, the reorganized digital music entity known as Napster has announced that four universities will soon offer their students access to Napster’s digital music service. Beginning in January, students at Eastern Michigan University, the University […]

December 29, 2004

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Breaking Ground on the School of the Future

Breaking Ground on the School of the FuturePhiladelphia high school to offer cutting-edge technology and learning experiences for urban students PHILADELPHIAPhiladelphia city officials in partnership with the Microsoft Corp. broke ground on the construction of the School of the Future last month, a cutting-edge facility that will marry technology and education to boost learning for […]

December 29, 2004

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Fisk University Among 10 Schools Chosen To Receive Wireless Internet Technology

Fisk University Among 10 Schools Chosen To Receive Wireless Internet TechnologyVIENNA, Va. The Higher Education Wireless Access Consortium (HEWAC), and WiSE Technologies — a Maryland-based wireless Internet service provider —  last month announced the 10 schools selected as winners of the recently concluded competition for Campus-Wide WiFi Equipment Donation Program. Historically Black Fisk University is […]

December 15, 2004

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Report Forecasts Job Growth in Online Security Field

Report Forecasts Job Growth in Online Security FieldWASHINGTONThe number of professionals in the cybersecurity field is predicted to grow at an annual rate of nearly 14 percent from now until 2008, according to a study released last month at the Computer Security Institute (CSI) trade show in Washington. The Information Security Workforce Study, conducted by […]

December 1, 2004

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Report Shows Some Digital Divide Patterns With Technology Ownership

Report Shows Some Digital Divide Patterns With Technology OwnershipMENLO PARK, Calif.A new report from Knowledge Networks/SRI finds that households with higher incomes or children are much more likely to own a range of media technologies, from PCs to high-speed Internet access to DVD players. By comparison, the “digital divide” between different ethnic and age groups […]

November 17, 2004

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Incoming Duke Freshmen Receive Apple iPods

Incoming Duke Freshmen Receive Apple iPods DURHAM, N.C.Duke University has distributed Apple iPods to its incoming freshmen in an effort to encourage innovative uses of technology in education and campus life, according to school officials. The pocket-sized digital devices, which can download and make use of both audio and text material, was preloaded with Duke-related […]

November 17, 2004

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Harvard University Planning Major Expansion of Engineering Program

Harvard University Planning Major Expansion of Engineering ProgramCAMBRIDGE, Mass.Harvard University is planning a major expansion of its engineering program, including a 67 percent increase in the size of the faculty and the possible establishment of a separate school. Dr. Venkatesh Narayanamurti, dean of the Division of Engineering and Applied Sciences, told The Boston Globe he’s […]

November 17, 2004

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New Version of Wi-Fi to Hit U.S. Markets Soon

New Version of Wi-Fi to Hit U.S. Markets SoonSAN FRANCISCOA new version of Wi-Fi, the popular wireless technology that connects computers to the Internet, is making its way to the U.S. market, according to a Reuters news agency report. The improved Wi-Fi promises downloaded data rates of up to 1 gigabit per second — roughly […]

November 3, 2004

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Science, Technology Professions Showing Mixed Progress for Women

Science, Technology Professions Showing Mixed Progress for WomenBy Ronald Roach Growth over the past two decades for women in scientific, technological, engineering and mathematical (STEM) jobs has seen uneven progress, according to a report from the Commission on Professionals in Science and Technology (CPST). Analyzing employment data of women in STEM professions from 1983 to […]

November 3, 2004

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Senate Endorses More Science, Education Funds for HBCUs

Senate Endorses More Science, Education Funds for HBCUsBy Charles Dervarics Calling current funding inadequate, the U.S. Senate is proposing moderate increases next year for both well-known and smaller federal programs serving Black colleges and other minority-serving institutions.While one plan would increase funds for the traditional Higher Education Act (HEA) Title III programs for HBCUs, another […]

November 3, 2004

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Making Sense of Optical Storage

Making Sense of Optical StorageComputer manufacturers have always loved their acronyms, and this has never been so evident as in the world of computer optical storage. It’s an alphabet soup: DVD+R, DVD-R, DVD+RW, DVD-RW, DVD-RAM, DVD-ROM, CD-RW, CD-R, and CD-ROM. It sometimes seems you need a Ph.D. to make sense of it all.While computer hard […]

October 20, 2004

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Documentary on Community Radio Format Getting TV Broadcast Time

Documentary on Community Radio Format Getting TV Broadcast TimeNEW YORK “LPFM: The People’s Choice,” a documentary on low power FM radio, tells the story of how the community-oriented radio format is “bringing diverse peoples closer together and giving new life to declining communities, new strength to neighborhoods and new voices in the marketplace of ideas,” […]

October 20, 2004