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Cal State will soon demand technological literacy

California State Universities have writing and English language proficiency tests, and soon they will have a technological literacy test. Inside Higher Ed reports that many students, despite their comfort with all things Internet and iPod, may not have the necessary skills to operate successfully in the ever-changing information landscape. ...

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Blog posts 2007-01-05

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Cal Poly Pomona Map 1.01 (Mobile)

Cal Poly Pomona Map is a navigation app for college students, faculties or anyone who is visiting the California State Polytechnic University campus. It features effectively locate current user location, complete list of all lecture halls, labs, fields, dorms, and parking locations, choose from walking, driving, public transit directions, time...

Tags: Mobile, Logical Dimension, Cal Poly Pomona Map

Software downloads 2009-09-24

CA digital textbooks initiative falls flat

Here is California's review of digital high school textbooks. As AP reports, Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger has been promoting the idea that schools would use these free texts as a way to save money and bring education into the 21st century. First, it's interesting to...

Tags: School District, California, Computer Associates International Inc., Hardware, Standards, Textbook, CK-12, Quality, Business Operations, Richard Koman

Blog posts 2009-08-18

FSF petitions against Amazon's Big Brother attitude

FSF petitions against Amazon's Big Brother attitudeDRM or no DRM Amazon chose the wrong ...... path when they removed books from the libraries of those who had purchased those books. If Amazon mistakenly distributed books for which it had no right to do so, the proper action would have...

Tags: Digital rights management (DRM), Digital media, Amazon.com Inc., Free Software Foundation

Discussion threads 2009-08-04

Windows server has Linux in crosshairs

Windows server has Linux in crosshairsBringing in any server OS without...technical expertise is STUPID. It is a recipe for disaster. In addition, 10 users and less means you don't even need a server so basically this is for companies with between 10 and 15 users. Not 15 or less.Plugging In...

Tags: Operating systems, UNIX, Servers, OPEN SOURCE, Cal, CALS, Linux, server, Microsoft Windows Server, crosshair, Microsoft Corp., Microsoft Windows

Discussion threads 2009-05-22

Schedule Key 8.5 (Windows)

Schedule Key is a program to recover passwords for MS Schedule+ 7.x (.SCD) and 1.x (.CAL) files. Features: State of the art password recovery engine - all passwords are recovered instantlyRecovers MS Schedule+ 1.x (.CAL) and 7.x (.SCD) passwords.Multilingual passwords are supported.Full install/uninstall support.

Tags: Password, Microsoft Windows, Passware

Software downloads 2008-12-24

Value, value and values in an open source world

Value, value and values in an open source worldWhy is it that many feel that companies should/mustshare software code, yet they draw the line at sharing anything which maintaines their own income?I do not see Boeing sharing design or manufacturing techniues with Airbus, KFC and Coca-Cola keep their recipies under...

Tags: proprietary software, software, open source

Discussion threads 2008-10-13

Wikibon Case Study: Virtualization Energizes Cal State University

Learn how Cal State University CIO John Charles averted a datacenter power crisis, reducing power consumption by 26%--from 67 kVA to 50 kVA--even after having adding more than twenty new applications. With a virtualized IT infrastructure built on VMware® and 3PAR® Utility Storage, this savvy CIO gave his datacenter a...

Tags: Virtualization, 3PARData Inc., Data Centers, Storage, Hardware, Data Management

Case studies 2008-10-01

Small School Districts Gain Big Buying Power With School Agreement for Consortium

To train students to achieve technology proficiency, Rhode Island Public Schools must acquire the latest software. In response, smaller school districts in the state formed the Rhode Island Society of Technology Educators RISTE and, with the help of TechTeam Government Solutions, set up a School Agreement with Microsoft to qualify...

Tags: Software, School District, Software License, Agreement, Microsoft Corp., Tools & Techniques, Management

Case studies 2008-03-21

States go it alone in health care reform

California and New York are both trying to cut their states' health care costs, and their stories provide a cautionary tale in the national debate. In California, Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger tried to push through a grand compromise on reform, but it was finally killed by both parties...

Tags: Medicaid, Media, Health Care, Vertical Industries, Healthcare, Benefits, Enterprise Software, Software, Human Resources, Dana Blankenhorn

Blog posts 2008-02-18

Remediation

RemediationI agreeI have a BS in math with a computer ed minor, my wife is a music teacher. This is one of the major reasons I do not teach.We need a year end test that follows an approved book's teaching curriculum. In this manner we can see...

Tags: remediation, Remediation

Discussion threads 2007-12-28

The importance of multimedia training

The importance of multimedia trainingMultimediaI've been designing multimedia training for 25 years. It used to be called CBT, CAL and now we call it eLearning.The secret however, is not the media. It's in the educational design and the use of Learning Objectives. One of the other real...

Tags: multimedia, multimedia training

Discussion threads 2007-12-04

Microsoft makes refurbished PCs its latest WGA anti-piracy target

Microsoft makes refurbished PCs its latest WGA anti-piracy targetperformanceI've sold many refurbished PC's.Most are running Linux despite having a valid Windows license. Using PClinuxOS the learning curve is small and above all the performance difference is huge. These systems are dog slow running fully updated XP.Most people suffer from ignorance....

Tags: Linux, Operating systems, Notebooks, refurbished-PC, Microsoft Corp., Microsoft Windows, latest WGA anti-piracy, WGA Anti-Piracy, Microsoft Windows Genuine Advantage, laptop computer, performance

Discussion threads 2007-11-09

IT success: CA fire-fighting infrastructure

As fires continue to rage in Southern California, emergency responders and local residents alike are supported by rapidly-deployed IT systems. Government Computer News reports on the important role IT infrastructure plays in helping fire-fighting and communications: 1. Website bandwith...

Tags: Bandwidth, NASA, Agency, Information Technology, Computer Associates International Inc., Satellite, Cal Fire, Resource Ordering System, Incinet Application, CAD, Advertising & Promotion, Network Technology, Software, Marketing, Networking, Michael Krigsman

Blog posts 2007-10-25

Leading University Turns to IronPort for an Education in Threat Protection

Unlike a private, commercial enterprise, California State University, Long Beach places a premium on maintaining an open email environment. However, with up to 400,000 messages traversing its email network daily, Cal State Long Beach faced increasing delays and backups as it attempted to manually control suspicious email traffic and thwart...

Tags: Education, Ironport Systems Inc., E-mail, Online Communications

Case studies 2007-10-18

Poll: Are iPhone-AT&T unlock software, hacks, good things?

By now, you may know that:Last week, a 17 year-old kid published a hack-fest on his blog instructing how to unlock the iPhone from its five-year AT&T lockup;And over the weekend, iPhoneUnlocking.com and its UniquePhones team decided not to offer a downloadable utility that would accomplish this same task. They...

Tags: Software, Apple iPhone, Russell Shaw

Blog posts 2007-08-27

Photos: Happy developers in da house

Some 150 people gather in a Los Gatos, Calif., mansion for SuperHappyDevHouse, a 12-hour marathon of coding, hacking and socializing.Participants of the 19th SuperHappy DevHouse hackathon session descended on Tom Harrison''s family home last weekend in Los Gatos, Calif. Harrison far left opened his house up to some 150 tech...

Tags: PRODUCTIVITY, Scripting languages, Programming languages, Development tools, SECURITY, photograph, Amit Patel, SuperHappyDevHouse, Los Gatos, Facebook, San Jose State University, hacking, chief technical officer, Ohio State University, University of Washington, online v

Image galleries 2007-08-16

Zone Diet 1 (Windows)

The Zone Diet recommends moderate quantities of low-fat protein (about 85g for women and about 115g per day for men). It is not a ketogenic diet as it contains enough carbohydrate to avoid the state of ketosis induced by other low-carb diets. In addition, it strongly recommends fruit and vegetables,...

Tags: Fitness Attitudes, Zone Diet, Gender And Diversity, Microsoft Windows, Human Resources, Operating Systems, Software

Software downloads 2007-07-24

Cal State Archives go online - but system is weak on usability

The acclaimed California State Archives are going digital, thanks to a new online catalog system, reports Government Technology.Secretary of State Debra Bowen unveiled the site, called Minerva, which has updated detailed descriptions of all types of records, from maps and photographs to the Robert F. Kennedy Assassination Investigation - as...

Tags: State &, Local Govt

Blog posts 2007-05-17

Another hit on educational software

Hard on the heels of a Education Department study that trashed the effectiveness of edcuational software, a new study finds similar results. The study conducted by the National Center for Educational Evaluation and Regional Assistance found that schools who used math software programs didnt increase or decrease test scores...

Tags: K-12, Education Technology

Blog posts 2007-04-11