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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

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Maine remains at the forefront of 1:1 with 64k Macs on order

Maine remains at the forefront of 1:1 with 64k Macs on orderRock on Maine! [nt][b][/b]RE: Maine remains at the forefront of 1:1 with 64k Macs on order"Imagine going to a job where the company provides you with a laptop for 3 years and then switching jobs, only to find that...

Tags: Desktops, Recruitment & Selection, Apple Macintosh, job

Discussion threads 2009-06-30

Parents bought me an Apple fruit, not Apple computer: FML

After the news this week, I think the vast majority of us could do with a cheer-me-up post. The FML craze has been spreading like wildfire since the start of this year: the website, Twitter and Facebook especially. "FML", stands for "f*ck my life", has its own dedicated website which...

Tags: Phone, Apple Inc., Boyfriend, Computer, FML, Productivity, Zack Whittaker

Blog posts 2009-06-26

Hands on with Outlook Live: universities choose Microsoft over Google

Hands on with Outlook Live: universities choose Microsoft over Googlenothing is free i dont think anything is given out for free. in this case, the gains are recouped later on. once you hook a large institution and student body to a certain technology -- they are greater chances to stick...

Tags: Groupware, Microsoft Office, Outlook Live, Google Inc., Microsoft Outlook, Microsoft Corp.

Discussion threads 2009-06-26

Hands on with Outlook Live: universities choose Microsoft over Google

Universities are increasingly moving away from in-house email and communications systems, and moving towards externally hosted systems. While that may have sounded like utter garbage and geek speak, it means universities can't afford or cope with their own email systems, so they're letting Microsoft and Google do it for them...

Tags: Google Inc., Microsoft Outlook, Microsoft Corp., E-mail, Online Communications, Zack Whittaker

Blog posts 2009-06-26

Microsoft wants students for Office 2010 test

Microsoft, in an effort to try and get something right, or in an attempt to publicise themselves to the relevant markets, are asking students along with families and small businesses to participate in a test of Office 2010 before its release. Not only that, this gives the...

Tags: Student, Microsoft Corp., Microsoft Office, Office Suites, Software, Zack Whittaker

Blog posts 2009-06-23

Assassination of Neda, played and replayed on the Web, marks turning point for Iran

Could one bullet take down the Iranian regime? When that bullet kills an innocent young woman and her last minutes are captured on cellphone and played over and over again on YouTube, it's possible. Especially if the Iranian government continues to act with...

Tags: Web, Bullet, Video, Corporate Communications, Government, Marketing, Richard Koman

Blog posts 2009-06-23

Breaking down the laptop wall with conferencing software

I've talked before about the so-called "laptop wall" that an increasing number of college lecturers and even secondary school teachers face. The challenge, of course, is to turn those laptops into learning tools instead of distractions, machines that engage students rather than letting them disengage. Last...

Tags: Distance Education, Clemson University, Information Technology, Student, Laptop Computer, Wall, E-learning, Notebooks, Training And Certification, Enterprise Software, Software, Hardware, Notebooks & Tablets, Christopher Dawson

Blog posts 2009-06-22

iPhone 3G S: most extortionate iPhone yet?

Zack Whittaker is currently knee-deep in paperwork, so covering for today is his good friend, Elliot Harrison, so don't send death threats regarding this post to the usual address. News has been tearing around all over the place about the new iPhone 3GS and after commenting on...

Tags: Apple iPhone, Handset, Apple iPhone 3G, Zack Whittaker, 3G, Cellular Phones, Manufacturing, Wireless And Mobility, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology

Blog posts 2009-06-22

Scientists envision inflatable alternative to tethered space elevator

An inflatable free standing tower could one day carry equipment and tourists 20 kilometers above Earth, and it could be completed much sooner than a cable-based space elevator, say researchers at York University in Toronto, Canada. They envision a giant tower assembled with a series of modules made up...

Tags: Elevator, Kilometer, Team Management, Cable, Nanotechnology, Network Technology, Management, Telecommunications, Personal Technology, Emerging Technologies, Networking, Chris Jablonski

Blog posts 2009-06-17

Iran protests meet the social Web: What we've learned

Iran protests meet the social Web: What we've learnedOne thing we have also learnedis that liberals are just as naive and ignorant as they have always been.Anyone who thought this election meant anything at all was a naive fool. Anyone who thinks this will end in any other way than...

Tags: Government, Dictatorships, social Web

Discussion threads 2009-06-17

Kindle DX: Bigger screen means higher expectations

Kindle DX: Bigger screen means higher expectationsRE: Kindle DX: Bigger screen means higher expectationsI'm a university professor and have been experimenting with the DX since Friday. This device really has the potential to be a powerful and ubiquitous academic tool- it really is possible to read academic PDFs on...

Tags: Wireless LANs, Kindle DX, screen mean, Amazon.com Inc.

Discussion threads 2009-06-15

U.S. CTO: Infrastructure growth needs private sector investment

The technology backbone of the United States needs a major overhaul and government alone can't do it, the nation's first chief technology officer said today. It's going to take a cooperative effort, including a massive influx of "hundreds of billions" of private capital dollars, for the U.S. to catch up...

Tags: Innovation, U.S., Investment, Government, Leadership, Vertical Industries, Strategy, Management, Andrew Nusca

Blog posts 2009-06-11

Med students should be editing, not using, Wikipedia

Med students should be editing, not using, WikipediaWikipedia will support thisJust to add to the story, I should point out that Wikipedians support schools and professors who want to integrate improvement of Wikipedia articles into their courses: see the Wikipedia page "Wikipedia:School and university projects" (shortcut "WP:SUP", if I remember...

Tags: Wiki, Wikipedia, Med

Discussion threads 2009-06-09

Med students should be editing, not using, Wikipedia

Everyone knows I love Wikipedia. Our librarian knows it, regular readers know it, my mom knows it. I defend its value and its place in education as a quick reference, preliminary source, and bibliographic reference on a variety of topics. Properly sourced articles have a great deal of credibility....

Tags: Student, Wikipedia, Wiki, Online Communications, Christopher Dawson

Blog posts 2009-06-09

Overcoming the laptop wall

Overcoming the laptop wallSeems fairly simpleIn my opinion, either:Construct the firewall and proxy services of the university properly so that the wireless network that students can connect to is tightly limited on what websites they can access, or potentially only the intranet. Only allow full inet access to hard wired...

Tags: Firewalls, Notebooks, Web technology, laptop wall, laptop computer

Discussion threads 2009-06-04

Overcoming the laptop wall

Yesterday, I asked for input on university IT issues and received several emails, Tweets, and talkbacks. The first email in my inbox was about the laptop wall with which so many lecturers are confronted at universities. Since this brings up a whole host of issues, I'd actually like...

Tags: Laptop Computer, Wall, Laptop Wall, Notebooks, Hardware, Notebooks & Tablets, Christopher Dawson

Blog posts 2009-06-04

Young adults aren't using Twitter enough: should they?

I've been slowly warming to Twitter over the last few months. I've bombed it before and struggled with it ever since, but with my new knowledge of hashtags and the search function, it's getting easier and faster to find real-time updates on events which are happening. As...

Tags: Twitter, Public Relations, Strategy, Marketing, Corporate Communications, Management, Zack Whittaker

Blog posts 2009-06-04

So how 'bout them universities?

So how 'bout them universities?I'll just reply here . . . Not being the social networking nut that most ZDNet authors are, I'll just reply here, thanks. Don't have twitter, not interested.But I am a student, so I've got a few things to say . . ."Enhancing communication and collaboration...

Tags: PRODUCTIVITY, Literacy, Universities, computer science

Discussion threads 2009-06-03