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No cell phone for NYC school kids: I was amazed when I walked through a school in a nearby district a couple of weeks ago and saw kids texting and talking away on their cell phones. This same school had bathroom monitors (actual people who sat in the bathroom all day ensuring that nothing untoward took...; Tags: Phone, Cell Phone, Telecom & Utilities, Cellular Phones, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Christopher Dawson; Blog posts 2008-04-23
Arthur C. Clarke: All These Worlds Are Yours: Arthur C. Clarke: All These Worlds Are YoursArthur C. Clarke : The beacon to the human race is no moreLike the rest of the world I was also very saddened by his death. He lived a full life and was the same shining personality till the end.As a kid whose...; Tags: Robots, Arthur C. Clarke, HAL; Discussion threads 2008-03-19
Can a no-star movie move the stem cell debate?: An Indian-born doctor is trying to move the stem cell debate using a movie without stars. Hope, now in post-production, was written by Shelley Chawla, 42, who now lives in Topeka. His father, L.S. Chawla, was once vice-chancellor of the Baba Farid University of Health Sciences in...; Tags: Cure, Movie, Stem-cell, Dana Blankenhorn; Blog posts 2008-01-08
U.K. government reveals its 'biggest privacy disaster': U.K. government reveals its 'biggest privacy disaster'Not arrived in the UK yet?Where do you live? The disease has been here for much longer than anywhere else.What is a Government? Even if it is prefaced by Her Majesty's. Can any unelected government be wrong ever? Ask George W not Washington, Bush!...; Tags: Biometrics, Financial services, privacy disaster, U.K. Government; Discussion threads 2007-11-21
IT security failure causes UK Revenue & Customs (HMRC) chairman to resign: Two weeks ago, I raised serious questions about IT governance in the UK at HM Revenue & Customs (HMRC). At that time, the agency lost a CD containing private information belonging to 15,000 people in the UK. Today, the agency acknowledged a far worse situation: two computer discs, containing 25...; Tags: Revenue, IT Security, Agency, Information Technology, Tax, U.K., Committee, HMRC, Taxes, Free Trade, Security, Financial Planning, Finance, Michael Krigsman; Blog posts 2007-11-20

Potsdam to New Amsterdam: your subways will flood: Savor this New York City official website photo of lower Manhattan in 1944. The coastline of the city hasn't changed much since then. But now some sare saying it won't be long.... The Old World is telling the New World to beware of...; Tags: Sea, Associated Press, Carbon Dioxide, Potsdam, Global Warming, Harry Fuller; Blog posts 2007-10-09
China getting uppity: While I was in Frankfurt last week, the German Chancellor, Angela Merkel, was voicing concern over Chinese attacks against German state owned computers using custom Trojans. German news magazine Der Spiegel reported recently that computers in the German chancellery and the foreign, economic,...; Tags: China, Attack, Richard Stiennon; Blog posts 2007-09-03
Frank calls for repeal of net gambling law, coordinated US-EU regs: Calling an online gambling ban "one of the stupidest things I ever saw," Rep. Barney Frank called today for a lift on the ban, but said it was too early for concrete steps, The Associated Press reports. "I want to get it undone. I plan to file legislation," Barney...; Tags: Government technology, Congress, International; Blog posts 2007-04-12
Some online schools don't much care for accreditation rules: Wyoming has a new requirement that private universities be accredited, and it has prompted several online universities to move to areas where there is less oversight, reports the Caspar Star Tribune. Preston University has moved their operations to Alabama in response to the new law, which requires all private...; Tags: Preston, Newport; Blog posts 2007-03-15
Open source becomes political wedge issue: Open source becomes political wedge issueis it a circus or a horrow showWhen politics is used to make an engineering or software decision, you know its sad state of affairs.Politicians and bureucrats (with no technology experience) should stay out of making technical decisions.Good to see politicians involved in this and...; Tags: OSS, open source; Discussion threads 2007-03-09
Open source becomes political wedge issue: Last year, in Massachusetts, we saw open source being used as a political football. But the underlying issue in that case was technological, the states adoption of ODF as a standard format.Now, in England, were again seeing open source being used by politicians. This time, however, its entirely on behalf...; Tags: open source, software; Blog posts 2007-03-09
MIT joins with Emirates for country's first research-driven grad program: In a joint effort to pave the way for a new Science and Technology Institute in Abu Dhabi, MIT and the Abu Dhabi Future Energy Company have sign an agreement to establish regions first-ever research-driven graduate program, according to the MIT News Office. The Masdar Institute of Science and...; Tags: Education Technology, Higher Ed, International; Blog posts 2007-02-27
Bill's FutureShock: Technology will distinguish colleges: Technology will be one of the most important factors in choosing a college or university in the future, according to Microsoft Chairman Bill Gates, reports CNET News.com "We need to be humble in making predictions of how technology will affect education," because people made big predictions about how TVs,...; Tags: Education Technology, Higher Ed, Microsoft, education, Bill Gates; Blog posts 2007-02-01
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. ...; Tags: Cal State; Blog posts 2007-01-05
CA university system mulls mandatory tech testing: The popular wisdom is that kids entering college are text-messaging, wiki-savvy, MySpace-connected, videoblogging geeks who run technological circles around their parents and professors. The truth, colleges are finding out, is a little different. So different, in fact, that the California State University is considering a mandatory assessment test on technological...; Tags: SEARCH, Computer Associates International Inc., Internet, CSU, Theyre; Blog posts 2006-12-25
800,000 UCLA records compromised in data breach: In yet another cautionary tale to universities to beef up database security, hackers compromised as many as 800,000 records of personal information, making UCLA the victim of the largest computer security breach ever at an American university. Personal information from UCLAs database of more than 800,000 current and former...; Tags: Norman Abrams, database, Higher Ed, Cybersecurity, Education Technology; Blog posts 2006-12-13
New ideas for advancing science research: Scientists and technology experts meet recently at the Brookings Institute to discuss the decline in American scientific research and to explore concerns over the possibility that the decline could lead to a dulling of Americas competitive edge, reports Inside Higher Ed. Lawrence H. Summers, the former president of...; Tags: Thomas Kalil, Research, Education Technology; Blog posts 2006-12-11
NDConnect, plagued by unreliability, prepares for switch to Fusion: The North Dakota University system, which has come under criticism lately due to its faulty ConnectND system, has decided on an upgrade which may help the transition to Oracle Fusion, reports the Grand Forks Herald. Laura Glatt, university system vice chancellor for administrative affairs, said that since...; Tags: Fusion, ConnectND, Laura Glatt, Glatt; Blog posts 2006-10-13
Dr. James Watson reflects on DNA research in the 21st century: One of the highlights of AMD’s Global Vision Conference was an interview Paul Saffo conducted with Dr. James Watson, who along with Francis Crick discovered the structure of DNA more than fifty years ago. In this new century, the full fruit of the Watson-Crick discovery is being unleashed in a...; Tags: Watson; Blog posts 2006-09-19
Music download deals with colleges fall on deaf ears: It seemed like a good idea - colleges partnering with subscription-based music download services to put a lid on illegal downloading while providing an affordable, legitimate option. But now the votes from students are in and the verdict is ... thumbs down. eSchool News reports that more than...; Tags: NETWORKING, music download; Blog posts 2006-09-11