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- Canadian university faces off with digital generation
- Canadian university faces off with digital generationHow pathetically short-sighted...Like the article quoted, at least the students were being transparent by doing it as a forum. Doesn't the school, and even that technology director realize that, if the students wanted to cheat, all they'd have to do is set up...
- Tags: Canadian University, Ryerson, digital generation, Chris Avenir
- Discussion threads 2008-03-21
- Canadian university buys Dell supercomputer
- Canadian university buys Dell supercomputerDoesn't seem like a very good dealLet's see, this computer costs $7 million and has a theoretical peak of 13.9 teraflops. Compare that with Virginia Tech's system or the new Mach 5 system the Army is setting up:http://www.businessweek.com/technology/content/aug2004/tc2004083_7126_tc153.htmVa Tech: 17.6 teraflops, $5.2 millionMach 5:...
- Tags: supercomputer, Canadian University, Dell Computer Corp., Apple Inc., teraflop
- Discussion threads 2005-05-18
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- Towards low-cost LED lighting
- You all know that incandescent bulbs are pretty inefficient, converting only 10% of electricity into light -- and 90% into heat. Light-emitting diodes, or LEDs, could soon replace incandescent and compact fluorescent bulbs in our homes. They are more efficient and environmentally friendly. But LED lights are currently too expensive...
- Tags: Purdue University, Silicon, LED Lighting, Light-emitting Diode, Silicon Substrate, Engineering, Roland Piquepaille
- Blog posts 2008-07-20
- Untrustworthy students: lighten your restrictions
- Untrustworthy students: lighten your restrictionsProxies"By using a proxy, you can bypass any filtering software on the network"Only if they're incompetent. I work for a company that has hardware that a proxy wouldn't get around the rules, even if it's SSL.Your statement about proxies is wrong.If the university simply sets a...
- Tags: INTERNET, Workforce management, Untrustworthy student, Untrustworthy
- Discussion threads 2008-07-18
- Obama calls for comprehensive cyber-security measures; looks for a national cyber ninja
- Update: It would seem that Richard Stiennon agrees with me on the concept of a group of experts to advise, also on keeping away from spending ridiculous amounts of money. Cyber-terrorism... ah, what a fancy buzz word that is. Defined on Wikipedia as: "The premeditated use...
- Tags: John McCain, Cybersecurity, Security, Nathan McFeters
- Blog posts 2008-07-18
- Untrustworthy students: lighten your restrictions
- You know the drill. You spend thousands, if not tens of thousands of dollars on higher education at your college or university of choice. But when you go to use your Internet connection or a public computer on campus, you login and it's locked down so tight, you can barely...
- Tags: Software, Apple Macintosh, Network, IT Administrator, Operating System, Web Site, Computer, Productivity, Web Site Development, Networking, Internet, Zack Whittaker
- Blog posts 2008-07-18
- Romanian authorities arrest cybercrime suspects
- Well, eight days, and a joint effort to help prevent phishing and two major arrests related to identity theft, and I feel like we've made a decent attack on the identity theft culture. Score one for the good guys for once. Just a day after reading...
- Tags: Arrest, eBay Inc., Romania, Romanian, Phishing, Identity Theft, Cyberthreats, Spam, Viruses And Worms, Security, Spam And Phishing, Nathan McFeters
- Blog posts 2008-07-17
- Opera Mobile 9.5 beta now available for WM touch screen devices
- Opera Mobile 9.5 beta now available for WM touch screen devicesOpera is by far the best mobile browser out thereOpera has shown incredible innovation in their mobile browsers and 9.5 is no different. There is no browser better for your mobile device than Opera.Matthew, are there any mobile devices that...
- Tags: Keyboards, Monitors & displays, Web browsers, touch screen device, Opera Software, touch screen, Web browser
- Discussion threads 2008-07-17
- Open source college revolution?
- Open source college revolution?Blackboard NG "Next Generation"Keynote speaker Blackboard CEO Michael Chasen demonstrated the power and direction of Blackboad NG at today's afternoon session of Blackboard World '08 in Las Vegas.TRULY a Next Generation product that makes any institution's 'learning' go everywhere.+ It will now wrap Moodle & Satai.+ Courses...
- Tags: Angel Learning, Moodle & Satai, open source
- Discussion threads 2008-07-17
- Ringleader of cybercrime group to be offered a job as cybercrime fighter
- Owen Thor Walker, a 18 years old ringleader of an international cybercrime group, known as AKILL, part of the A-Team, a group of 8 script kiddies which were all caught in a operation called "Operation Bot Roast II" bust executed by the FBI and several international law enforcement agencies in...
- Tags: Job, Malware, Bot, Malware Bot, PRIVMSG, Spyware, Adware & Malware, Cyberthreats, Viruses And Worms, Security, Dancho Danchev
- Blog posts 2008-07-16
- Adeona offers independent stolen laptop tracking
- Sorry: hit "post" instead of "save"; this backend system will be the death of me. I first came across Adeona last year when I was doing some external research, and it's only really just come to light. Adeona is an independent system which doesn't rely on any...
- Tags: Apple Macintosh, Device, Laptop Computer, Adeona, Apple Mac OS X, Biometrics, Linux, Desktops, Notebooks, Security, Operating Systems, Software, Apple Mac OS, Hardware, Notebooks & Tablets, Zack Whittaker
- Blog posts 2008-07-16
- European telcos squeal: should we care?
- One of the ongoing discussions among the Irregulars centers around telecommunications costs. Many of us travel internationally and bemoan the astronomical sic charges we're forced to pay by telecoms operators. Earlier today, I saw a statement from the GSMA, a global trade group for the industry arguing...
- Tags: Mobile, Industry, Telephony, Text Messaging/SMS/MMS, Telecom & Utilities, Regulations, Telecommunications, Networking, Cellular Phones, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Online Communications, Government, Dennis Howlett
- Blog posts 2008-07-15
- Welcome Sam Diaz
- I'm pleased to announce that ZDNet has added another contributor to Between the Lines. Sam Diaz is our new senior editor based in San Francisco. Sam has been a technology and business blogger, reporter and editor at the Washington Post, San Jose Mercury News and Fresno Bee...
- Tags: San Francisco, Sam Diaz, Sam, Corporate Governance, Blogging, Corporate Communications, Business Operations, Corporate Law, Internet, Marketing, Larry Dignan
- Blog posts 2008-07-15
- Is the Dutch model the right reform for U.S. healthcare?
- Is the Dutch model the right reform for U.S. healthcare?a little betterIt's better, in that it involves some competition between private companies, and not full government involvement. It's also good that it provides coverage to everyone.However, as you stated, much of it is paid for by "the wealthy", which...
- Tags: Vertical industries, HEALTHCARE, Insurance, Dutch model, right reform, U.S. Healthcare, health care, reform, government, phone
- Discussion threads 2008-07-15
- Canadian court shutters torrent tracker
- Canadian court shutters torrent trackerJust Walk AwayI realize that most of the people on the internet are content junkies but the best way to deal with a for profit company that relies on sales to survive is to not buy their product. Don't download illegally and don't buy physical content....
- Tags: E-books, INTERNET, Intellectual property, Well Let, tracker, e-book, music
- Discussion threads 2008-07-15
- News to know: Intel; Oracle; Microhoo; iPhone; Online video
- Notable headlines: Dancho Danchev: Remote code execution through Intel CPU bugs Nate McFeters: Symantec says Microsoft Access ActiveX attacks to increase Robin Harris: FTP: untrustworthy file transfer Dennis Howlett: Enterprise 2.0 looking more like 1.0? Dana Blankenhorn:...
- Tags: Apple iPhone, Oracle Corp., Online Video, Video, Microsoft Corp., Intel Corp., 3G, Corporate Communications, Cellular Phones, Wireless, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Marketing, Larry Dignan
- Blog posts 2008-07-15
- Canadian court shutters torrent tracker
- Ruling for the first time on the legality of peer-to-peer sites, a Canadian court has issued a permanent injunction closing torrent tracker QuebecTorrent.com, the National Post reports. Not only that, it has enjoined the site's operator, Sebastien Brulotte, from working on "any technology allowing the download of any work protected...
- Tags: P2P, Site, Peer To Peer (P2P), Internet, Richard Koman
- Blog posts 2008-07-14
- Magic mushrooms to treat cancer anxiety?
- Magic mushrooms to treat cancer anxiety?It's probably rightIf the rain gushing down the street is red, green and blue, the bear on your shoulder is feeding you grapes and celestial power pours into your body well south of the northern lights, who the fcuk is worried about their cancer anymore?RE:...
- Tags: Magic Mushrooms, cancer anxiety
- Discussion threads 2008-07-14
- Netflix grabs more distribution via Microsoft's Xbox
- Netflix grabs more distribution via Microsoft's XboxWhat do you want to bet?What do you want to bet that Canadian XBox and Netflix customers need not apply? :(well if you people here would cover things like say E3 '08 like you do forwell if you people here would cover things like...
- Tags: Game players, NetFlix Inc., Microsoft Xbox, Microsoft Corp.
- Discussion threads 2008-07-14
- Top education search terms in May 2008
- Rank Search Term Volume 1. Wikipedia 0.44% 2. dictionary 0.34% 3. fafsa 0.15% 4. dictionary.com 0.11% 5. funbrain 0.08% 6. yahoo answers 0.08% 7. translator 0.05% 8. university of phoenix 0.05% 9....
- Tags: Education, Hitwise, Yahoo, Wiki, Online Communications, NB
- Blog posts 2008-07-12
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