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University students sends city of Canterbury to the dial-up age

With three universities, two colleges and multiple schools all arriving back at their desks at the same point in time, especially the migration of students flocking back to the city, has left my home, the historic city of Canterbury, with crawling broadband speeds. I don't often write...

Tags: Network, Student, Broadband, University Student, Canterbury, UKC, Internet Service Providers (ISPs), Broadband Internet, Network Technology, Telecommunications, Telecom & Utilities, Networking, Internet, Zack Whittaker

Blog posts 2009-01-22

2009: what to expect (or at least hope for)

Zack Whittaker is still trying to work out where he lives, after one massive new year party last night. This post was written a few days ago.  Since becoming a student, my eyes have been wide-opened to the world. Through my research, learning, understanding and general mayhem,...

Tags: Student, Zack Whittaker, University Student, Internet, Cloud Computing, Microsoft Windows, Broadband Internet, Network Technology, Telecommunications, Operating Systems, Software, Networking

Blog posts 2009-01-01

Additional Resources

Parents would rather talk drugs than math/science with their kids

Well, DUH!It's always easier to talk about something that you have experience with.RE: Parents would rather talk drugs than math/science with their kidsIt would also help talking with the children about those subjects even if the parents really don't know about it! Maybe they could learn with the kids and...

Tags: Online Resource

Discussion threads 2009-10-26

Students find Win 7 upgrade a tough assignment

Well DUH!Students, retired folks, IT pros, dabblers, 'nix heads, etc. would ALL find trying to UPGRADE from a 32 bit to a 64 bit OS hard. Three words - "can't be done."There, was that hard? Why is this even news?This is newsbecause some people like to keep spreading...

Tags: Operating systems, clean install, Microsoft Windows XP, Microsoft Windows 7, Microsoft Windows, operating system, Migration Wizard

Discussion threads 2009-10-26

Email Overload Syndrome: Too much in too many places

Dump it all into Gmail sarcasmDump it all into Gmail.Then their magical search engine will not only index the words in the email, but every word you are thinking currently so you can search for that too, even if it doesn't appear in the email.In addition, it will conveniently via...

Tags: E-mail providers, e-mail, FastMail

Discussion threads 2009-10-23

Ubicomp 2009 and the fusion of our digital and physical worlds

Recently, I used my newly downloaded Zipcar app on my iPhone to unlock and honk my booked vehicle from several yards away. It was more novel than useful, but a tall tale example of the countless invisible interactions we're having with sensing, inferring, and data transferring machines every day. It's...

Tags: Ubiquitous Computing, Chris Jablonski

Blog posts 2009-10-09

Advanced Modem Data Logger 2.4.1 build 1007 (Windows)

You may be a professional hardware or network engineer, or an university student making his first steps towards a professional career, or a talented technology lover illuminated by a new bright technical idea and looking for a handy tool for fine-tuning your hardware-software system. Whichever the case may be, look...

Tags: AGG Software, Advanced Modem Data Logger, Modems, Microsoft Windows, Hardware, Components, Operating Systems, Software

Software downloads 2009-10-07

FOWA 2009: Microsoft Surface 'proof of concept' actually pointless

The young whipper-snapper I spoke to, a computer science-studying university student at Nottingham Trent University, showed me a demonstration of the Surface table. I had seen it before and while I was initially impressed with the technology, we seemed to hit a defining moment when we both realised that...

Tags: Microsoft Surface, Device, Microsoft Corp., Education Authority, Projectors, Hardware, Components, Zack Whittaker

Blog posts 2009-10-01

Dongguk University Boosts Administration System Security With Audit Control Solution

Established in 1906, Dongguk University is a private, coeducational university in Korea, and one of the few Buddhist-affiliated universities worldwide. As part of its drive to be the number one university in Korea based on student and teacher satisfaction, the institution deployed a Web-based academic administration system, called uDRIMS, to...

Tags: Security, Audit, Oracle Corp., University

Case studies 2009-10-01

University registration dogged by poor communication and ancient IT

Why not just add a student services fee to the billThen use the money from the bill to pay for student services software/hardware upgrades.I have a friend who does custom programming for these types of systems, he tells me they are old and need to be replaced, but the universities...

Tags: Hardware upgrade, information technology

Discussion threads 2009-09-28

What if my kid went to Dawson's School of Online Learning?

As long as you are not teachingOtherwise they would be in a class called Google101.AcronymsYou gotta be careful about acronyms. SOL is a common acro for s**t-outta-luck. With the D in front, you get: da**-s**t-outta-luck. Not what you should use for a school, is it? And you can't use just...

Tags: E-learning, training and certification, Sol, education, Dawson, online learning, Harvard

Discussion threads 2009-09-28

University registration dogged by poor communication and ancient IT

A mixture of university registration failings for returning students and a bureaucratic student loans system which is outdated and lacking in communications, why are so many students broke at the start of their returning academic year? Article by Zack Whittaker

Tags: Information Technology, Student, Strategy, Management, Zack Whittaker

Blog posts 2009-09-28

Grade Book 1.0.2 (Mobile)

Grade Book application helps teachers to keep track of the grades, marks and credits of their different classes in school and university. It always shows the up to date average mark or the sum of the credits for each student and the number of marks. It features you can set...

Tags: Mobile, Student, Class, Piet Jonas, E-mail, Backups, Advertising & Promotion, Online Communications, Marketing

Software downloads 2009-09-24

iPhone application for UK university fresher's

And cue the double standards...[i]they are utilising the technologies that most people already have[/i]Standard #1: When an organization releases something that is Windows only because that is the technology that most people already have, this is evil.Standard #2: When an organization releases something that is iPhone only because that is...

Tags: Smart phones, Apple iPhone, standards

Discussion threads 2009-09-18

Will online education kill the university?

More to Harvard than the ClassesWhile I'm a big proponent of online and hybrid courses, I don't think that the residential college will go away entirely. People go to places like Harvard and Yale not just because they might learn more (and they might, depending on a lot of...

Tags: Harvard, education

Discussion threads 2009-09-16

Not your father's tech school

Tech schools are more important than universities now.The entire economic system has been changed so much that a university education is almost pointless. A person seeking a "job" would usually be far better off with an 18 month targeted investment in a particular skill. And we all know...

Tags: Recruitment & Selection, Strategy, BS Degree, CTE, job

Discussion threads 2009-09-09

Dell Helps University Create Computer Labs That Instantly Respond to Student and Faculty Needs and Save Up to 36 Days of Work Per Year

The University of Wisconsin-Parkside recognized that students were deriving inconsistent experiences from its computer labs because desktop images were difficult to control and time-consuming to change. Students were unable to find the applications they needed and faculty were limited to particular labs that were designed for them. The university deployed...

Tags: Dell Computer Corp., Student, Computer, Productivity, Desktops, Hardware

Case studies 2009-09-01

The new Sony Reader Daily Edition may replace my Kindle and Reader 505

And it's real easy for you to transfer, right?All you have to do is push a button, or make a phone call, or send an email, and all your Kindle stuff moves right over to the Sony?Of course notBut that's the risk you take when you deal with companies that...

Tags: Wireless LANs, Wireless and Mobility, Sony Corp., Sony Reader, Reader 505, new Sony Reader Daily Edition, Sony Reader Daily Edition

Discussion threads 2009-08-25

Generation Y: 'Email is unfashionable and outdated'

when they go to work ...They will more than likely have to use email. It would be interesting to see how the Gen Y kids that have made it to the work place are coping. They Won't Have Jobs For LongHave you seen some of the crap these kids post...

Tags: e-mail, EMAIL IS, Generation Y, Internet, Twitter Inc., social networking

Discussion threads 2009-08-24

Generation Y: 'Email is unfashionable and outdated'

Steve Clayton, Microsoft extraordinaire and geek in disguise, posted an interesting set of statistics over the weekend, via Socialnomics, on the social media revolution  - the movement where media and information spreads far and wide through social techniques; Twitter and Facebook being the two best examples. Students,...

Tags: Facebook, Generation Y, Student, YouTube Inc., E-mail, Online Communications, Zack Whittaker

Blog posts 2009-08-24