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The Economy & Education
An effort in South Dakota by the Board of Regents to implement pervasive wireless in all six public campuses has fallen victim to the failing economy and employee lobbying. The Regents sent an e-mail memo to university administrators and regents, announcing the suspension of what was called the Mobile Computing Initiative owing to a lack of funding, while encouraging individual schools to implement wireless networks on their own.
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Security Spotlight
USB Device Nightmare Becomes Reality
One campus found that one in six USB devices was loaded with malware that could infect computers. What should your campus be doing?
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Case Study
NCCC: Data Cleansing Key To Managing Growth
Community colleges are in a good spot in some ways during the economic downturn, as tight family budgets drive up the appeal of the community college option. But along with the rest of higher education, most community colleges also face shrinking IT budgets and tighter resources. That makes it that much harder to handle the growing enrollment numbers that some community colleges are seeing.
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Collaboration
Communities of Learners Redefined: Customized Networks That Impact Learning
Those educators among us who are familiar with constructivist and constructionist models of learning understand the impact that social learning theory has had on the field. Likewise those of us who are familiar with the application of new technology in learning understand that customization (or "the user") is what drives every structure, every program, and every software function.
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Research
IT Security: Expect More Misery in 2009
This year, the IT industry reached an inflection point, where more new malicious programs were created than useful ones. So says security solution provider Symantec in its latest report highlighting some of the top security trends in 2008.
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Software Spotlight
NetBeans 6.5 Goes Live
At this point in the evolution of the NetBeans integrated development environment, it's hard to call it a Java IDE. With its support for a growing list of languages, the still-popular dev-tool suite might more aptly be named "Every Flavor Beans." Unlike the candy from the Harry Potter novels, however, this package holds nothing but the sweet stuff.
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