A company in Finland is developing technology it says will provide Internet speeds of up to 100 Mbps to residential users. Representatives of Teleste said the company’s product works over existing cable TV hardware, allowing it to provide speeds otherwise only seen on fiber networks, at a price home users are able and willing to […]

Two prominent photography collections have announced a joint project to create an online database of images from both collections. The George Eastman House and the International Center of Photography said the Photomuse.org site will contain nearly 200,000 images when it is launched, which is projected to be in the fall of 2006. Between them, the […]

Two university systems in California have signed deals with Cdigix Inc. to provide legal downloads of songs and movies as part of their efforts to discourage illegal file trading. The 13 campuses of the University of California system and the 23 campuses of the California State University system are covered by the deal, though each […]

Officials with the Medical College Admission Test (MCAT) and the Graduate Management Admission Test (GMAT) announced that both tests will move to electronic-only format. The electronic version of the MCAT is being offered on a trial basis in selected locations currently and will be available widely in 2007. The GMAT has since 1997 been offered […]

A working group created by the United Nations (UN) to draft a recommendation about the future oversight of the Internet has come up with four options. The Working Group on Internet Governance (WGIG) was created in 2003 following the failure of the UN’s World Summit on the Information Society (WSIS) to agree on an Internet […]

A new study shows a significant drop in the amount of damage caused by cyber attacks as well as a shift in the kinds of attacks that are most commonly reported. Researchers from the University of Maryland conducted the Computer Crime and Security Survey on behalf of the Computer Security Institute (CSI), with consultation from […]

A Minnesota-based company has raised the ire of a number of colleges and universities after registering more than 23,000 URLs, many of which imply a connection to the schools that does not exist. BDC Capital Inc.
has registered such URLs as www.universityofmichiganwolverines.com, which is not affiliated with the University of Michigan at all, and www.uofmgophers.com, which […]

In the latest battle over municipal broadband networks, voters of Lafayette, Louisiana, approved a bond issue to fund the development of a network that will serve the city’s nearly 120,000 residents. As in other localities, the phone and cable companies that serve the area objected to the proposed network, arguing that the city has no […]

Recipe: Fresh Butternut Squash Mezzaluna Pasta with Grilled Japanese Eggplant, Shitake Mushrooms, Red Peppers, and Asparagus in a Light Fresh Herb Rose’ Sauce, Topped with Pecorino Cheese and Served with Baked Garlic, Basil Bruschetta

Confirming the suspicions of many, a new report from the National Bureau of Economic Research indicates that the United States is steadily losing ground to a number of other countries, particularly China, in the number of PhDs it awards in science and engineering fields. In 1970, nearly one-third of the world’s college students attended a […]