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One laptop. One child. All San Francisco State.
Submitted by sverma on Thu, 2008-09-04 13:55.SF State's Xpress magazine/campus newspaper has a feature about the One Laptop per Child Project and the OLPC-SF group. From the article:
Not only are the laptops durable — they can withstand a drop from up to five feet — but Verma also noted that they have some unique features.
For example, the computer encourages collaborative work by enabling the sharing of documents between two laptops without an Internet connection. “Two children in a classroom can work on a paper together,” Verma said. “And it’s so simple that even a 5-year-old can figure it out. That in itself for me is mind-blowing.”
New Google Browser - Chrome
Submitted by sgill on Tue, 2008-09-02 14:43.I have just installed the new Google browser - Chrome. It is much faster than either IE or FireFox and it copies all the bookmarks and passwords from FireFox.
You can download it here: http://gears.google.com/chrome/?hl=en
Have fun.
An Interview with Prof. Sam Gill in the June 26, 2008 of Globes on Green IT
Submitted by sgill on Thu, 2008-07-17 07:49.Check out the interview with Prof. Sam Gill in the Israeli newspaper Globes dated June 26, 2008 (unfortunately it is in Hebrew). The topic for the interview was a presentation that Gill made at the SilicomVentures conference on the results of Green IT research that has been conducted with Prof. Lutfus Sayeed on the topic. Here is the link to the interview...
Visiting Insubria State University, Varese, Italy
Submitted by sverma on Wed, 2008-05-28 03:04.I am currently visiting Insubria State University in lovely Varese, Italy. I had a presentation yesterday titled "Open Source Software and Software Industry Change". The talk was attended by students and faculty. Information about the talk can be found here. To get the slides in PDF format, go to http://www.cresit.it/GetFile.aspx?ID=58&LCID=1040
New IS Elective coming this fall: ISYS 575: Information Systems Management
Submitted by sgill on Thu, 2008-05-22 08:09.
Come for the money, stay for the fun…
The close relationship between education and technology
Submitted by sverma on Thu, 2008-05-01 18:55.Education has become quite interleaved in technology. The role that technology plays goes across the board with hardware, software and networks. However, perhaps the most powerful of these elements is indeed the network. It connects. It multiplies. It exponentializes the access to information.
Dr. Hector Ruiz is the CEO of AMD, and through AMD’s 50×15 (Fifty by Fifteen) initiative, Ruiz and his company hope to connect 50 percent of the world to the Internet by 2015. Ruiz talks about his commitment to giving the whole world access to the Internet. It all starts with Ruiz's own struggle to get an education and making it to the top.
Green IT Offers Exciting Opportunities
Submitted by sgill on Thu, 2008-05-01 06:38.Watch this slide show to see how the IT gadgets of the future will be manufactured with environmentally friendly materials, more...
Java One and Community One free for students
Submitted by sverma on Wed, 2008-04-16 10:49.JavaOne and CommunityOne are free for students this year. CommunityOne event is related to open source. Here's how to register:
CommunityOne
Monday, May 5, 2008
Moscone Center in SF
http://developers.sun.com/events/communityone/index.jsp
JavaOne
May 6-9, 2008
Moscone Center in SF
http://java.sun.com/javaone - general info
http://developers.sun.com/events/studentprogram/registration.jsp - student registration
Your opportunity to make some big bucks: Google opens cloud to crowd
Submitted by sgill on Tue, 2008-04-08 15:22.Google announced the beta launch of App Engine, a set of tools and services that will let Web developers run their own applications on Google's platform, avoiding all that troublesome back end maintenance. The App Engine is built to allow applications to scale from one user to millions or handle unexpected traffic spikes without a hiccup. It offers dynamic Web serving, persistent storage with queries, sorting and transactions, and the option to use Google's authentication. To create an App you need to know Python. Python is a dynamic object-oriented programming language that can be used for many kinds of software development.
IT career paths you never dreamed of
Submitted by sgill on Tue, 2008-04-08 14:27.In this article by Julia King, she explores what is happening to the traditional IT department and and the evolution of traditional IT roles towards delivery and accountability for solutions. more
