iLab to bring virtual labs to high schools (The Daily Northwestern)

September 28, 2009

A group of researchers at Northwestern are set on giving high school science a modern makeover: they’re moving the science lab online.

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Lawyer demands control order repeal (Guardian Unlimited)

September 28, 2009

Defence says his three-and-a-half year ordeal has done him and his family lasting psychological harm Lawyers for a terror suspect set free this week by the home secretary called for the immediate repeal of the entire control order system today, saying his three-and-a-half year ordeal had done him and his family lasting psychological harm. The government’s controversial regime of using virtual …

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Eat well, be happy (Las Vegas Business Press)

September 28, 2009

Business lunch? Not on some days. Not on the days when virtual chains keep you from rolling away from your desk any longer than it takes to grab some cheese crackers from the office vending machine.

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Paper maker goes into e-teaching (Business Standard India)

September 28, 2009

Sundaram Multi Pap Ltd, a manufacturer of paper products for school students and office use, plans to launch software on virtual classes for students of standards 8th, 9th and 10th in English and Marathi for the Maharashtra state syllabus.

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IBM Sponsors Africa Virtual Job Fair 2009 (redOrbit)

September 28, 2009

Web-based Job Fair Supports IBM’s Expanding Operations across Africa SILVER SPRING, Md., Sept.

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IBM Sponsors Africa Virtual Job Fair 2009 (ITNews)

September 28, 2009

SILVER SPRING, Maryland, September 28 /PRNewswire/ — – Web-based Job Fair Supports IBM’s Expanding Operations across Africa Zebrajobs announced today that IBM, a global leader in information technology, is the lead sponsor of the first Africa Virtual Job Fair (AVJF) organized by Zebrajobs.com and the Corporate Council on Africa.

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The love child of Skynet and Clippy? Intel inside your TV (Ars Technica)

September 28, 2009

The most prominent theme at this last weeks Intel Developer Forum was Intel’s push into the consumer electronics space, a push that starts in earnest at 32nm with products aimed at televisions, set-top boxes, and mobiles. In fact, a whole day of the conference was dedicated to Intel’s thinking on “convergence,” a trend that’s up there with “virtual reality” and micropayments in the pantheon of …

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eyeOS: Your Own Private Linux Cloud that You Control (part 2) (LinuxPlanet)

September 28, 2009

Last week, we discovered the open source Web OS project, eyeOS. We installed the server onto our Apache web server in Ubuntu 9.04. Now we’ll continue by configuring our network and setting up the office file support.

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Dave Woods: Trolley Challenge comes to a welcomed end w/ Trolley Talk video, virtual trolley tour & poll (The Joplin Globe)

September 28, 2009

I admit, I felt vindicated last week when Lakeshia Smith told me she was ready for the Globe’s Trolley Challenge to conclude. It was music to my trolley-fatigued ears.

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Flower Patch Cuts Communication Costs by 80% Using 8×8 Virtual Office Hosted IP Phone Service (GlobeNewswire via Yahoo! Finance)

September 28, 2009

SUNNYVALE, Calif. — Begonias, daffodils and daisies aren’t the only things thriving behind the counter at Flower Patch, Utah’s leading full service florist. Since the company deployed the 8×8, Inc.

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