Web/Portals
- UMass Signs Agreement with China To Offer Online Courses
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4/10/2008
As free-Tibet protesters continue their efforts to block passage of the Olympic torch on its way to Beijing for the opening of the Summer Games, one US campus has decided that the best approach to changing the course of history is by educating China's populace.
- Yahoo Angers Microsoft by Proposing Google Ad Test
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4/9/2008
Yahoo issued an announcement today that it plans to conduct a limited test of Google's ad search solution. Even though no commercial deal with Google has actually been made, Yahoo's announcement has already drawn the ire of Microsoft.
- U Wisconsin Expands Collaboration with Office Live Workspace
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4/9/2008
Students at the University of Wisconsin at Parkside can now enjoy file collaboration capabilities via a free software-and-service product from Microsoft called Office Live Workspace. The university, which last year outsourced its student e-mail accounts to Microsoft Live@edu, now offers students, faculty, and staff the ability to store, share, edit, and collaborate on documents in common Microsoft file formats.
- Mainsoft Java Interop Platform Adds ASP.NET 2.0 AJAX Support
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4/9/2008
Milpitas, CA-based Mainsoft, known for its development-related interop software, released a new 2.2 version of Mainsoft for Java EETuesday that offers "full support" for ASP.NET 2.0 components for AJAX-type Web applications. The solution provides a "cross-platform development framework for the Java Virtual Machine [VM]," according to the company's announcement.
- Rush Revamps Administrative Systems with ERP, Portal
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4/7/2008
Rush University has chosen Datatel Colleague and ActiveApply software to build an administrative system and enhance student recruitment efforts. The applications will replace a legacy administration system.
- Microsoft's Bid Goes Hostile, but Yahoo Stands Firm
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4/7/2008
Yahoo's board of directors got a letter from Microsoft's CEO Steve Ballmer over the weekend about Yahoo's slow response to Microsoft's proposed takeover bid. No yellow smiley face punctuated the end of it, judging from its tone.
- Is Your University Portal Up to Snuff?
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4/7/2008
The Web Marketing Association this week released its 2008 Internet Standards Assessment Report (ISAR), an evaluation of some 15,000 sites, including universities and other educational institutions. The bad news? According to the WMA, "University sites have underperformed the five-year criteria benchmark averages in all areas." The good news?
- Indiana U To Build Virtual Congress on Virtual World Platform
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4/4/2008
Indiana University's Center on Congress has selected ProtonMedia to be its development partner in the creation of a Virtual Congress, an online learning environment announced in 2007 that aims to give high school students an insider's view of representative democracy and help them understand their role as citizens.
- Johns Hopkins To Digitize Collections with Kirtas Scanner
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4/3/2008
Just months after forming a new center to manage digital scholarship, Johns Hopkins University has chosen a system from Kirtas Technologies for digitization work in the school's Sheridan Libraries. The collections form the major research library resources for the university and include rare and unique volumes, many that are deteriorating.
- Can Campus IT Outsource to Web 2.0?
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4/2/2008
Campuses are starting to outsource e-mail services to popular Web 2.0 mail services such as Hotmail, gMail, Yahoo Mail, or others. Will various office functions also be outsourced? How far will outsourcing to the Web go?
- Chat: The Poster Child for Digital Disdain
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4/2/2008
Web 2.0 apps, because they are popular and perceived as entertainment or fun, may on the surface seem inappropriate for education -- but in fact, they are learning spaces.
- Yahoo and Dapper Begin To 'Semantify' the Web
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4/2/2008
A quick update on two companies that are working toward the Semantic Web.
- IBM Updates Collaborative Software
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3/31/2008
IBM has released Lotus Quickr 8.1, an update to the company's collaborative learning tool. The new version adds Microsoft Outlook support and integration with Lotus Connections, among other enhancements.
- BSU's Entry into Second Life is Grounded in Emerging Media Expertise
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3/26/2008
Ball State University's Institute for Digital Intermedia Arts and Animation is leveraging years of innovation in 3D animation and virtual applications to support the university's entry into Second Life. CT interviewed IDIAA director John Fillwalk.
- Community College To Host Watershed ePortfolio Conference
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3/26/2008
Laguardia Community College will host a conference in April on ePortfolios in higher education.
- New Tool Lets Users View Facebook Messages from MySpace Page
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3/26/2008
Fuser.com, a free online tool that enables Internet users to consolidate their e-mail and social networking accounts into a single online inbox, announced the launch of Fuser MySpace. The application allows MySpace users to view Facebook messages and wall posts from their MySpace page. This application was developed under MySpace's new application development platform.
- Yahoo! Backs OpenSocial; New Foundation Formed
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3/26/2008
Yahoo! announced Tuesday that it's joined forces with Google and MySpace to back OpenSocial, which aims to define a common API to allow social applications across multiple sites. Google, Yahoo!, and MySpace are also creating a non-profit foundation to "foster the continued open development of OpenSocial."
- Eclipse Platform e4 Just Getting Off the Ground
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3/25/2008
The Eclipse Foundation offered attendees at last week's EclipseCon 2008 conference an early look at plans for the next generation of its Eclipse distribution and platform: Eclipse 4.0, better known as "e4."
- BEA Systems Releases WebLogic Portal 10.2
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3/21/2008
BEA Systems, a provider of enterprise infrastructure technology, announced the availability of WebLogic Portal 10.2 earlier this month. The solution is a Java-based portal for service-oriented infrastructure. It supports the creation of Web pages with dynamic content, as well as composite applications and Web 2.0 apps.
- Microsoft Takes First Steps Toward Eclipse Support
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3/21/2008
Microsoft has added another nickel to its open source credibility bank this week with the announcement of its first collaboration with the Eclipse Foundation. The world's largest proprietary software maker and the non-profit host of the open source Eclipse project will work together to allow the Eclipse Standard Widget Toolkit (SWT) to use Microsoft's Windows Presentation Foundation (WPF), according to Sam Ramji, director of Microsoft's Open Source Software Lab.
- JBuilder Integrates Swing Designer
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3/21/2008
CodeGear has teamed up with Instantiations, a provider of software products, services and technologies for Eclipse, Java and Smalltalk. The companies plan to add Instantiations' Swing Designer visual layout tools to CodeGear's JBuilder integrated development environment (IDE). Swing Designer will be part of the JBuilder 2008 release, due in April from CodeGear, the development-tools arm of Borland Software Corp. JBuilder will be the first commercial Java IDE to integrate this technology, company representatives said.
- Nexaweb Offers 4.0 RIA and AJAX Dev Tool
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3/20/2008
Boston-based Nexaweb Technologies released the latest version of its integrated development environment (IDE) for the enterprise. Nexaweb Studio 4.0 provides a drag-and-drop development environment for the creation of dynamic Web applications. It can be used to create composite applications, mashups, and rich Internet applications (RIAs).
- IBM Addresses Web 2.0 Security Concerns With 'SMash'
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3/19/2008
IBM announced new technology to secure "mashups," Web applications that pull information from multiple sources, such as Web sites, enterprise databases, or e-mails, to create one unified view. Mashups allow users to gain insight on complex situations but, as with all Web-based initiatives, security has been a concern.
- Research Collaboration in the Ephemera of Web 2.0
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3/19/2008
What technologies do researchers need at different phases of their projects? With new possibilities constantly emerging, it seems we must keep reconsidering all our options. Part of research now is not just doing our research, but keeping abreast of new collaboration technologies.
- Second Life -- "A libertarian paradise where there are no zoning laws"
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3/19/2008
An examination of a thesis for a masters of science in art education, done in Second Life.
