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Study: College Men, Women Share Similar Habits
Study: College Men, Women Share Similar HabitsIn Technology Use, OwnershipROCHESTER, N.Y.In contrast to the perspective that women lag behind men in adopting computer technology, a national survey has revealed that college women share more similarities with college men over information technology ownership and use than ever. The annual 360 Youth College Explorer study that polled […]
April 21, 2004
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Technology-Based Collaboration to Aid Iraqi Libraries
Technology-Based Collaboration to Aid Iraqi LibrariesBOSTON Responding to the devastating effects of war on Iraqi libraries, the Simmons College Graduate School of Library and Information Science and the Harvard University library system are collaborating to provide training for Iraqi librarians and archivists. The program will aid in modernizing Iraqi libraries and help to address Iraq’s […]
April 7, 2004
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Contest Showcases Safety Devices Created by College Teams
Contest Showcases Safety Devices Created by College TeamsREDMOND, Wash.The Microsoft Corp. in collaboration with the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc. (IEEE) Computer Society has announced the winners of the first Microsoft Windows ChallengE competition. Teams of students from universities across the United States designed a working prototype device that enhances human safety to […]
April 7, 2004
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Education Department to Study Technology, Learning
Education Department to Study Technology, LearningWASHINGTONThe U.S. Department of Education is undertaking a study to determine the effectiveness of educational technology for reading and math, and to measure how technology can improve student achievement in those subjects. The $10 million study, to begin during the 2004-2005 school year, will be funded by two divisions of […]
March 24, 2004
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Magic Johnson Foundation Opens Miami Community Tech Center
Magic Johnson Foundation Opens Miami Community Tech CenterSAN JUAN CAPISTRANO, Calif.Dr. Henry T. Nicholas III, co-founder and former CEO of the Broadcom Corporation, has announced a gift from the Nicholas Foundation of $10 million to St. Margaret’s Episcopal School in San Juan Capistrano and the formation of a collaboration with the University of California, Irvine […]
March 24, 2004
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Magic Johnson Foundation Opens Miami Community Tech Center
Magic Johnson Foundation Opens Miami Community Tech CenterMIAMIThe Magic Johnson Foundation and the Hewlett Packard (HP) company have dedicated yet another community technology facility aimed at bridging the digital divide with the opening of the 12th Magic Johnson/HP Inventor Center at the Mattie Koonce Learning Center (MKC) in Miami’s Overtown community. Starting last month, the […]
March 24, 2004
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IT Report Calls Attention to Minority-Serving Schools
IT Report Calls Attention to Minority-Serving SchoolsIn a study that builds upon the 2000 U.S. Department of Commerce-funded National Association for Equal Opportunity in Higher Education (NAFEO) report on IT resources at historically Black colleges and universities, researchers with the Washington-based Institute for Higher Education Policy (IHE) have authored the first, comprehensive national survey of […]
March 24, 2004
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Keeping Computer Injuries to a Minimum
Keeping Computer Injuries to a MinimumDespite the promise of voice recognition and the allure of HAL, the talking (and listening) computer from the film “2001: A Space Odyssey,” the vast majority of us still peck at a keyboard and push around a mouse to get our computers to do what we want.Voice recognition, except for […]
March 10, 2004
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Technology, Media Alliance Backs Youth Vote Initiative
Technology, Media Alliance Backs Youth Vote InitiativeLOS ANGELESYahoo!, Clear Channel Communications and Friendster have announced initiatives to be undertaken on behalf of Declare Yourself, a national nonpartisan, nonprofit campaign to educate and energize a new movement of young adults to vote in the 2004 election. Officials say the programs will harness the power of technology […]
March 10, 2004
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Microsoft Group Holds Technology Day for Minority Students
Microsoft Group Holds Technology Day for Minority Students REDMOND, Wash.Blacks at Microsoft (BAM), an African American employee organization at the Microsoft Corporation, held its annual Blacks at Microsoft Minority Student Day (BMSD) last month to encourage broader access to technology and education. Jeff Raikes, Microsoft group vice president of productivity and business services and executive […]
March 10, 2004
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Technology’s Pros and Cons
Technology’s Pros and ConsAdmit it. Go ahead. Don’t be ashamed. Names like Kazaa, Morpheus, Napster and Gnutella perhaps mean little, if anything, to you. But to Internet-savvy college students and frustrated university officials, such names are at the center of an ongoing conflict involving both the economics and the ethics of illegal downloading (or pirating) […]
March 10, 2004
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Study Says Older Adults Less Negative About Personal Computers
Study Says Older Adults Less Negative About Personal ComputersMUNCIE, Ind.In a 10-year span from 1989 to 1999, older adults grew less uneasy using personal computers but were still wary of social changes caused by technology, a Ball State University study reports. A survey of 94 people 60 years and older in 1999 found 39.4 percent […]
February 11, 2004
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