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In With the New

In With the NewJust when you think you’ve gotten comfortably ahead on information technology tools, whether it’s for home, work or school, along comes a new product or application that throws you off kilter for not having the latest and greatest. To say that the digital revolution unsettles might be an understatement. In this year’s […]

February 23, 2005

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San Francisco Mayor Announces Wireless Internet Access Goal

San Francisco Mayor Announces Wireless Internet Access GoalSAN FRANCISCOIn what is the latest in a national trend of citywide WiFi access projects, San Francisco Mayor Gavin Newsom has announced plans to cover the city’s entire 46.7 square miles with wireless Internet access. Newsom, in his first State of the City address last month, set a […]

November 17, 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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Survey Reveals 10 Biggest Trends in Internet Use

Survey Reveals 10 Biggest Trends in Internet Use New digital divides emerging, credibility of Internet dropping     LOS ANGELESA decade after the World Wide Web opened up convenient Internet use to millions of Americans, 10 major trends have emerged to reveal how the Internet most affects its users, according to a comprehensive study of online technology […]

October 20, 2004

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Survey Unveils High-Tech Ownership

Survey Unveils High-Tech Ownership Profile of American College Students Ninety percent of students own computersNEW YORK A national market survey, the 360 Youth College Explorer Study, reveals that 90 percent of American college students own their own computers and 65 percent have access to broadband Internet connections. The recently released survey findings unveiled the spending […]

September 22, 2004

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National Collegiate Video Game Tournament To Debut in the Fall

National Collegiate Video Game Tournament To Debut in the FallLOS ANGELESTwo college market entertainment firms have announced plans to launch the 2004 Video Sports College Challenge (Vs2C), a nationwide two-month college tournament to determine the top college in video game play. As a national tournament, players hailing from over 720 colleges and universities representing their […]

June 16, 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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Alliance Challenges Leaders to Put Education Within Reach for All Americans

Alliance Challenges Leaders to Put Education Within Reach for All AmericansWASHINGTONThe Pathways to College Network — an alliance of national organizations to improve college access and success for the nation’s many underserved students — challenged leaders in all sectors of society to make college education a realistic goal for all Americans. Its report, “A Shared […]

March 24, 2004

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Making STEM Careers More Accessible

Making STEM Careers More AccessibleIn its July 2003 publication of Women, Minorities and Persons With Disabilities in Science and Engineering, the National Science Foundation (NSF) reports that high-school completion and college enrollment among African Americans and Hispanics continues to increase. NSF goes further to convey that these groups have shown an upward trend in completion […]

March 10, 2004

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Higher Education Digital Opportunity Bill

Higher Education Digital Opportunity Bill Faces Uncertain FutureLast summer, congressional legislation earmarking more than a billion dollars to minority-serving institutions to help them upgrade their computing and information infrastructures seemed to have sure prospects following its passage by the U.S. Senate and the House Science Committee. But since the fall, the legislation has languished in […]

January 28, 2004

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Report: Digital Divide Rooted in Home Computer Ownership

Report: Digital Divide Rooted in Home Computer OwnershipWASHINGTONWhile public schools have made significant gains in providing computer and Internet access, minority and poor students lack computer access outside of regular school hours, according to two new reports released last month by the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES) at the U.S. Department of Education. “The […]

November 19, 2003