Oh, that's why SIF is important
ZD Net (Free subscription) | yesterday
It's almost 2010, after all. We should be able to handle some fairly straightforward database integration, shouldn't we? by Christopher Dawson
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Are cheap LCDs a good choice for classroom sharing?
ZD Net (Free subscription) | 11/25/2009
Can low-priced LCD TVs serve most classroom computer demonstration needs? 32" and 40" TVs can often be found under $500. While it's true that LCD projectors have also come down in price considerably, LCD TVs can be wall-mounted and won't need expensive replacement bulbs. by Christopher Dawson
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YouTube automatic captioning: one more reason GOOG's not evil
ZD Net (Free subscription) | 11/20/2009
Earlier this week I noted that YouTube's partnership with Univision was one more reason to make the web service available in schools. Now, Google has introduced some more useful YouTube technology: automatic captioning. by Christopher Dawson
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Who's afraid of the big bad cloud?
Between the Lines (Free subscription) | 11/21/2009
November 20th, 2009 Who's afraid of the big bad cloud'Posted by Christopher Dawson @ 9:27 pmCategories: Tags: , , , , ..., , , , , +02Tech news has been dominated this week by Google’s announcements regarding their upcoming . Plenty of geeks are excited at the prospect of a lightweight, user-friendly, Linux-based operating system that, if only on the basis of brand cache, can be a potential...
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Guess who else is married to paper?
ZD Net (Free subscription) | 11/12/2009
The real problem that bothers me more than anything else, though, given the state of database and data mining technologies and the general interconnectedness of everything we do, is the inability of any of many information systems to talk to more far-flung systems. by Christopher Dawson
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What is the Frankfurt School?
The British Nationalist (Free subscription) | 11/08/2009
... reconstituted in a new organisation which is as artificial and mechanical as a modern factory. Christopher Dawson. Enquiries into Religion and Culture, p. 259. What is the Frankfurt School? Well, in the days following the Bolshevik Revolution in Russia, it was believed that workers’ revolution would sweep into Europe and, eventually, into the United States. But it did not happen....
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Blackboard embraces and extends into open source movement
Open Source (Free subscription) | 11/02/2009
Anyone seeking a case study of how a proprietary software company can “embrace and extend” itself into the open source world should stop thinking Microsoft and start thinking Blackboard . (Picture from the University of Alaska. Bonus points if you find a link to Russia from the site.) Blackboard has a long-running feud with open source , ably chronicled by our own Christopher Dawson ....
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Remember when FrontPage seemed pretty slick?
ZD Net (Free subscription) | 10/30/2009
October 29th, 2009 Remember when FrontPage seemed pretty slick?Posted by Christopher Dawson @ 10:16 pmCategories: Tags: , , , , , , , , Well, maybe you don’t. But the idea of a WYSIWYG HTML editor was more than a little exciting before the Web completely exploded. Now, of course, the Web has completely exploded. Over and over. Through booms and busts, until it’s at least peripherally...
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Ubuntu 9.10 = easiest, cheapest upgrade ever
ZD Net (Free subscription) | 10/29/2009
October 29th, 2009 Ubuntu 9.10 = easiest, cheapest upgrade everPosted by Christopher Dawson @ 10:42 amCategories: Tags: , , , , , , , , , My budget manager has already told me to be really conservative as I begin the FY11 budgeting process. I have a few sacred cows and some key line items that I know will be funded, but those Windows 7 upgrades I was looking at? Ummm, yeah…I’m not looking...