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Evaluating thin clients from a position of strength

All too often our schools (and even our colleges and universities) turn to thin-clients as a 'last resort' to address severe budgetary constraints without regard for other alternatives which can also reduce costs without sacrificing needed computing resources.  Many view thin-clients as a one-stop solution which fixes easy-to-identify problems within an existing infrastructure.  Often...

Tags: K-12, Higher Ed, Funding, Emerging Tech, Education Technology, Classroom Tech

Blog posts 2007-07-27

Don't be fooled, Linux is not free

I just finished reading Chris Dawson's most recent piece Linux definitely has a place in education and I couldn't agree more, until he said ..."If the choice is arbitrary, then would you rather pay hundreds of dollars or many thousands or millions at the enterprise level or would you rather...

Tags: Open Source, K-12, Higher Ed, Education Technology

Blog posts 2007-07-08

When faculty say 'NO' to UNIX/Linux

Well, sooner or later, it was bound to happen. We are in the process of retiring our last two instructional UNIX/Linux labs. And guess what? Nobody seems to care! In fact, the faculty who have been using those labs for instruction have asked us to give...

Tags: Open Source, K-12, Higher Ed, Education Technology, Classroom Tech

Blog posts 2007-05-08

Why Linux will not displace Windows

I firmly believe that, all else being equal, the differences between the Windows desktop, the Macintosh desktop, and the Linux desktop are negligible. With the proper applications, all three platforms will be capable of providing a satisfactory experience for any user. All three platforms have both free and...

Tags: Operating systems, UNIX, OPEN SOURCE, Desktops, Linux, Microsoft Windows, desktop

Blog posts 2007-03-12

There's no room for bias in academia

Whenever I sit down to review the comments posted about an article written by one of my fellow bloggers, I am struck by the level of bias that abounds among our readers. To be sure, there are zealots on almost every subject under the sun but sometimes our readers...

Tags: Classroom Tech, Education Technology, Funding, Hardware, Higher Ed, K-12, Policy

Blog posts 2007-03-07

Penny-wise or pound-foolish?

While perusing "Between the Lines", I just came across "Do consumables notably ink matter to IT departments?" I was shocked that this question would even come up in an IT setting. The answer is... Of course IT departments need to pay attention to printing consumables! To ignore...

Tags: Education Technology, IT Management, Funding, Higher Ed, K-12, Classroom Tech, printer, printing

Blog posts 2007-02-07

Gaming effort to get girls into science

The University of California San Diego UCSD and the San Diego Supercomputer Center have joined forces to launch a new program targeting middle-school girls to get them interested in science education, reports Photonics.com The new partnership will focus on helping San Diego County students monitor the air quality, solar...

Tags: Education Technology, Higher Ed, K-12, Science Ed, San Diego Supercomputer Center, game

Blog posts 2007-01-18

And the battle rages goes on

I just finished reading Chris Dawsons article "Will your students be using Linux in 2007?" and, as usual, I agree with him 100% -- until he says "Businesses who have successfully made the switch to Linux often have a culture that caters to said enthusiasts and/or have dumped enough effort...

Tags: Linux, Apple, Hardware, K-12, Higher Ed, Funding, Open Source, Education Technology, Microsoft Windows

Blog posts 2006-12-15

Additional Resources

News to know: 'Spam king' dead; Microsoft's cloud; Dell;

Notable headlines: Ryan Naraine: Escapee 'Spam King' dead in apparent murder-suicide CBS Denver Video: 'Spam King' Inmate Dies Along With Wife, Daughter Mary Jo Foley: Ozzie foreshadows 'Zurich,' Microsoft's elastic cloud Microsoft to get more 'Apple-like' in PC,...

Tags: Larry Dignan

Blog posts 2008-07-25

The little wind turbines that could

I have to admit, I'm more used to reading about U.S. tech firms expanding abroad rather than the reverse. But in the case of certain green tech innovations, I suppose it makes sense to flip this idea on its head. Just heard about the example of Proven...

Tags: Turbine, Telecom & Utilities, Heather Clancy

Blog posts 2008-07-24

Google + Digg = ?

There's a persistent rumor that crops up every few months about social news site Digg being acquired by ____ insert company here. The latest, citing "multiple sources inside and outside Google", says that Google will buy Digg for $200M. This is similar to a rumor in March that Digg was...

Tags: Google Inc., Digg, Ed Burnette

Blog posts 2008-07-24

Intel launches new chip for consumer electronics

In its latest bid to expand beyond PCs and servers into industrial and consumer electronics applications, Intel has announced a new family of embedded processors. These chips are not based on the Atom processor already used in netbooks and Mobile Internet Devices MIDs--those versions won't arrive until...

Tags: Consumer Electronics, Electronics, Intel Corp., Chip, Atom, SoCs, Semiconductors, Network Technology, Processors, Hardware, Networking, Components, John Morris

Blog posts 2008-07-24

Google creates a new market and wreaks havoc on another

When they first announced it, I was certain Knol was simply a way for Google steal some of the attention away from Wikia search -- and I'm still sure that's what was actually happening. Google doesn't normally pre-announce applications months in advance. After a long wait, Google finally...

Tags: Google Inc., Wikipedia, Knol, Wiki, Online Communications, Garett Rogers

Blog posts 2008-07-24

2016: "You're watching the Linux Channel."

July 24th, 2016. Josef Konsumer, a home-based employee and portfolio manager for ICBC/CiticorpChase, a Chinese-owned multinational investment bank, wakes up to hear his alarm clock go off at 8am, and gets out of bed, his 47-year old body aching from an aggressive personal trainer session from the...

Tags: PC, Linux, Desktops, Microsoft Windows, Data Centers, Operating Systems, Open Source, Software, Hardware, Storage, Data Management, Jason Perlow

Blog posts 2008-07-24

Qualcomm, Nokia deal ends long legal battle

Qualcomm and Nokia late on Wednesday settled a 3-year, three-continent legal battle over patent licenses and royalties for the next 15 years. NEW YORK--Qualcomm and Nokia late on Wednesday settled a 3-year, three-continent legal battle over patent licenses and royalties for the next 15 years. ...

Tags: Patent, Nokia Corp., Qualcomm Inc., Reuters, Nokia, Qhalcom, patents, legal, cellphones

News items 2008-07-24

No e-commerce worries here? Amazon doubles earnings

Updated: Amazon's second quarter earnings doubled from a year ago as sales jumped 41 percent and executives said that the e-tailer may be benefiting from a slowing economy courtesy of its free shipping deals. On Wednesday, the company reported net income of $158 million, or 37 cents a share,...

Tags: Jeff Bezos, Quarter, Amazon.com Inc., Earnings, E-business, Sales Strategy, Sales Force Management, Operational Accounting, Sales, Finance, Larry Dignan

Blog posts 2008-07-23

166 Frames of Fame

"In the future, everyone will be world-famous for 15 minutes," Andy Warhol famously said in 1968. Turns out, four decades into the future, the tomato can and Marilyn Monroe pop artist was an optimist. Now, anyone and everyone who wants...

Tags: Blog, Post, Gawker, Warhol, Blogging, Internet, Tom Steinert-Threlkeld

Blog posts 2008-07-23

Can Ubuntu win the OS beauty pageant?

Mark Shuttleworth, founder of Canonical, the company behind Ubuntu, has thrown down the gauntlet to his merry band of open source followers: Make Ubuntu as pretty and ultimately better looking than Apple's Mac OS. eWeek's Darryl Taft quotes Shuttleworth Techmeme: "The great task in front of...

Tags: Ubuntu, Mark Shuttleworth, Operating System, Linux, Open Source, Operating Systems, Desktops, Software, Hardware, Larry Dignan

Blog posts 2008-07-23

PaaS embraces client access licensing

PaaS embraces client access licensingAt least they offer SSLI checked out this company and they seem to address a few of the concerns for PaaS and SaaS.That being SSL. So at least when communicating with your web apps it would take an unreasonable effort to sniff your data traffic.However I...

Tags: cloud computing, extreme user, PaaS, client access licensing

Discussion threads 2008-07-23

Do college degrees get you anywhere?

Do college degrees get you anywhere?Just another thought...In the sector of work I'm in, I think IT is losing it's "elite" status as a job. With basic IT skills being aquirable with just a few certifications it is becoming less elite and more like a tradeskill not unlike an...

Tags: Recruitment & Selection, payroll solutions, Benefits, Development tools, salary, job, IT IS, worker

Discussion threads 2008-07-23