Mobile Computing
- Apple Upgrades MacBook Pro Notebooks
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6/5/2007
Apple has released three upgraded models in its MacBook Pro line of notebook computers. The new models get processor speed boosts across the entire base line. The three new models are avalable with either 15- or 17-inch screens and now come stock with 2 GB 667 MHz DDR2 SDRAM, expandable to 4 GB.
- Augmenting Reality: Measuring It First
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5/31/2007
When advanced technologies for handheld devices start to take off in the United States, the primary location of their first, most intensive use is going to be on or near college campuses. It's not just me. Google thinks so and in fact might be causing that to happen.
- Drexel Rolls Out Wireless Access Throughout Philly Area
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5/29/2007
Drexel University and Internet service provider EarthLink Inc. struck a deal to extend the boundaries of its wireless network so that students, faculty, and staff can access university resources or browse the Internet via EarthLink's Wi-Fi networks.
- Apple MacBooks Get Speed, Memory, Networking Upgrades
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5/15/2007
Apple's entry-level series of notebook computers--the MacBook--today received performance improvements across the board, including processor speed, memory, hard drive capacity, and networking. The new models are shipping now, with education pricing set below $1,000 on the low end.
- Survey Said ...
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5/10/2007
I look forward each year to the EDUCAUSE annual Current Issues Survey Report. There is always something new and interesting, be it the ways in which the survey instrument itself has been shaped to reflect the association’s view of the field or in the results of the survey.
- Mercer University Broadens Mobile Communications
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5/10/2007
Mercer University will deploy mobile communication software from Rave Wireless and Sprint for the fall 2007 semester. The software will offer students and faculty a variety of ways to communicate, via text message and mobile Internet, campus information.
- HP Awards Classroom Technologies to 172 Institutions
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5/3/2007
HP this week announced the recipients of its 2007 HP Technology for Teaching grant program. Forty-two colleges and universities and 130 K-12 schools will be receiving more than $7 million in cash, gear, and professional development.
- University of Pennsylvania Launches Communications Suite
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4/26/2007
The University of Pennsylvania is launching a service for its students called "Penn Live." The aim of the program is to provide communications tools for students, such as e-mail, blogging, and photo sharing.
- Messaging Firms Atwitter Following Virginia Tech Massacre
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4/23/2007
Messaging system companies set their marketing programs on "vibrate" last week in the wake of the Virginia Tech shootings, sending out reminders to the higher ed community that effective electronic messaging systems are essential tools of public safety on campus.
- Is 'Responsible Computing' an Oxymoron?
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4/12/2007
Lately, I've been thinking a lot about "responsible computing," to put one label on it. Last week my editor, David Nagel, suggested that the phrase might be an oxymoron. He asked me this question: "Is there any such thing as responsible computing?"
- Text Messaging Service Keeps UF Students in the Loop
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4/11/2007
At the University of Florida, about 10,000 of the school's nearly 50,000 students have subscribed to Mobile Campus since it was introduced.
- Park University Launches Mobile Phone Program
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3/29/2007
Park University in Parkville, MO has entered into a partnership with Rave Wireless and Sprint Nextel to launch a mobile phone program for its campuses, which span 21 states. As part of the deal, Rave will provide its academic applications on the phones, while Sprint will extend its wireless network to cover the university's campuses.
- Webinar: Expanding the Vision for Mobility
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3/23/2007
Until today, the promise of converged campuswide communications has been just that--a promise. But now, at institutions such as Dartmouth College, converged communications over secure, high-performance mobility networks has arrived.
- To Each His Own ... Laptop
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3/22/2007
It was only in the last couple of years that the number of laptops shipped annually exceeded the number of desktops. I can still remember....
- CafeScribe Unveils Student Collaboration Tools
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3/15/2007
Salt Lake City-based CafeScribe, an e-textbook marketplace and social network for students, has announced MyScribe, a new way for students share information, collaborate and communicate.
- GT Prof: Students Learn Better Via iPod Versus Lecture
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3/13/2007
A Georgia Tech professor has been running an informal experiment to test whether students who listen before class to lectures via their laptops or personal digital assistants perform better on tests.
- Dialing Up the Future for iPhones on Campus
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2/1/2007
At Macworld in San Francisco earlier this month, Steve Jobs delivered a keynote unveiling Apple’s iPhone. Consumers can line up to get them this coming June. But what does the announcement mean to the higher education market? CT spoke with Wake Forest University Assistant Vice President and CIO Jay Dominick for some insights.
- Hands on with Newer Tech’s Universal Drive Adapter
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1/9/2007
Here's one for the technician on the move. Chances are that the computers in your school use at least two different types of hard drives—probably more. You have, of course, SATA and PATA 3.5-inch hard drives in your desktops and workstations. But you also have SATA and PATA 2.5-inch drives for your notebooks. (The more recent high-performance notebooks like Apple's MacBook and MacBook Pro use 2.5-inch SATA drives.) And this means that when it comes time for diagnostics, recovery or general maintenance on these drives, you're stuck finding enclosures or docks for each one of these different interface types.
- White Paper: Solutions Kit: WiFi in Education
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1/2/2007
- Wireless Takes American Campuses by Storm
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1/2/2007
US colleges and universities across the country are embracing wireless networking technology with a zeal that is nothing short of phenomenal. The driving force behind wireless connectivity on campus is that it offers myriad benefits for both students and faculty, including greater access and mobility as well as increased collaboration.
- Advanced Teaching Technologies: Brave New World
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12/28/2006
MOST EDUCATORS WORK in brick buildings and the physical world, but Ed Dieterle prefers a virtual alternative. Dieterle is an advanced doctoral candidate and researcher at Harvard University (MA). His current focus is the River City Project, a multi-user virtual environment (MUVE) that’s similar in look and feel to The Sims, a popular online simulation game from Electronic Arts.
- A Cell to Action
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12/27/2006
Sometimes, our technology cues come from unexpected places. A recent article in The Economist declared that “mobile phones are changing world politics faster than academics can follow,” and noted that last August in violence-plagued Burundi, Africa, residents used cell phones to report fresh corpses seen in local rivers —allowing UN soldiers to investigate before crocodiles could consume the evidence. Killers could no longer rely on inaction to cover their traces.
- Mastering Mobile Security
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12/27/2006
IS YOUR MOST vital information walking out the door or sneaking off campus? That’s the question you must address in the age of mobile computing. A decade ago, most university information was safely protected in data centers or tucked away on departmental servers. But e-mail, FTP software, USB thumb drives, smart phones, notebook computers, and other mobile devices mean your data is always on the move.
- Tuning in to Wireless
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12/27/2006
Gary Landau is director of network services at Loyola Marymount University (CA), where he is responsible for leading the school’s network infrastructure and telecom teams to support voice and data communications. No one is more tuned in to wireless these days than Landau, because LMU is now in the process of completing a campuswide wireless network of nearly 400 access points (APs). Landau hopes that the university can leverage wireless connectivity to help students and faculty innovate, and he knows that careful planning of the wireless network can make all the difference. Here, he shares his Top 10 things to remember when taking your campus wireless.
- Technology and Campus Services
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12/11/2006
Can auxiliary services be mission-critical? You bet they can. With tuition on the rise, Auxiliary Services departments at a variety of colleges and universities are proving that they can innovate and still save their parent institutions cash.
