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Blackboard launches IM service
Leading educational technology vendor Blackboard Inc. unveiled its first integrated instant-messaging service April 2 for students and professors who rely on class web portals for lectures, assignments, exams, and grades.…
Review seeks clarity in projector debate
In the sharply competitive digital projector market, educators often must feel like they're caught in the middle of a tug-of-war between manufacturers of Digital Light Processing (DLP) and Liquid Crystal…
Study questions plagiarism-detection software
Computer programs designed to find possible plagiarism often flag common phrases and could deter college students from using valuable sources in papers and essays, according to research conducted by two…
New standards to facilitate eLearning
A consortium of educators and technology executives has developed a common set of standards that will allow any kind of digital learning content--such as an electronic text, an online exam,…
Giant internet worm set to attack April 1
The fast-moving Conficker computer worm, a scourge of the internet that has infected at least 3 million PCs, is set to spring to life in a new way on April…
Google to students: Flip bits, not burgers
Google Inc. is accepting applications for its "Summer of Code 2009" program, which offers stipends to student software developers to write code for various open-source software projects during their summer…
University president talks, teaches tech
Building curriculum on the basics of information technology (IT) has helped one university president design courses that go beyond the surface teachings of computer certification to address skills that will…
Streaming video games pose IT challenge
First, campus IT officials have to contend with the strain on their networks' bandwidth caused by students' streaming or downloading of music and movies online. Now, a new challenge is…
Warner Bros. brings film vault into digital age
Film historians and film-studies teachers might appreciate the latest announcement from Warner Bros.: The studio is reaching into its film vaults so it can sell old movies on made-to-order DVDs,…
MIT makes research available on the web
Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) faculty voted unanimously March 18 to make the school's scholarly research available for free on the internet, joining other noted universities that hope to encourage…