Virtual Varsities
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What will varsity training look like in the future?
Take a class called Educ 122 from the University of Canterburys Dr Mick Grimley and youll learn about memory, information processing and cognitive learning theory through a series of 50-minute video games. They have a narrative storyline that draws students in, Grimley says. Its novel. Its 3-D. [...]
Virtual Varsities
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Canterbury University recently announced that 13 academics would lose their jobs in a back-to-basics drive. But what is really driving change in education is technology.
What will varsity training look like in the future?
Take a class called Educ 122 from the University of Canterburys Dr Mick Grimley and youll learn about memory, information processing and cognitive [...]
Untraceable the Sunday Times review
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The presence of Diane Lane usually guarantees some class, but not even her
turn as an FBI agent can save this nasty, grimy-looking thriller about a
serial killer who broadcasts the murders of his victims live on the
internet. The director, Gregory Hoblit, ensures that the audience can have
its cake and eat it: we get to witness some [...]
Broad consensus is building on copyright front
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Under most circumstances, Telus and Rogers Communications fiercely compete in the marketplace. The same can be said for Google and Yahoo!, the world’s two leading rival Internet search companies. Yet, last week these companies joined forces with a who’s who of the telecom, Internet, retail and broadcast communities in a single cause – the call [...]
WPP Posts Higher Profit; Beats Analysts#39; Estimates (Update5)
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Feb. 29 (Bloomberg) — WPP Group Plc, the worlds second-
biggest advertising company, said profit rose 6.9 percent in
2007, boosted by acquisitions of Web agencies and account wins
from customers including Dell Inc. and Fortis.
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MIT creates picture of NY communications
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NEW YORK — For the past two months, 24 hours a day, MIT researchers have been collecting the electronic communications of millions of New Yorkers - but not for salacious gossip or to protect national security.They’ve been building a census that shows, neighborhood by neighborhood, New [...]
Clinton raises 35 million in 1 month
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WASHINGTON — In a remarkable financial recovery, Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton raised $35 million in February even as Democratic rival Barack Obama was outspending her in key March 4 battlegrounds.His financial superiority has been evident in the primary states of Texas and Ohio, which vote Tuesday [...]
Prosecutors Documents matched ship path
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NEW HAVEN, Conn. — Prosecutors at the federal trial of a former sailor accused of supplying information that could have doomed his ship tried to show Thursday that a stop by his vessel in Hawaii matched details in leaked documents.Hassan Abu-Jihaad, 32, an American-born Muslim convert, [...]
Internet matchmaking finds happy converts
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Finding the one person on the planet who fills your heart with joy was no problem for Holly Caraway and Ross Kennedy of Anchorage.They registered on eHarmony.com about a year ago and quickly rejected all the other wannabes. After a couple weeks of e-mails and phone [...]
Dells quarterly profit dips 6.4%
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DALLAS Dell Inc.’s fourth-quarter profit slid 6.4 percent and fell short of Wall Street expectations, and the computer maker cautioned that more cautious spending by customers and higher costs could hurt its business.The Round Rock-based company said it earned $679 million, or 31 cents per share, down from $726 million, or 32 [...]