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Subject: 11/29/2004 - The Chronicle's Wired Campus Newsletter
THE WIRED CAMPUS
A daily glance at education-technology headlines
for Monday, November 29.
A service of The Chronicle of Higher Education

FROM THE CHRONICLE:

"Outsourcing the Dorm Network"
Beset by file sharers and other bandwidth hogs, some colleges
have hired outside companies to handle Internet service for
students.
<http://chronicle.com/weekly/v51/i15/15a03101.htm>

A LOOK AT OTHER SOURCES:

"Anything but IT"
Computer experts are warning that American institutions aren't
producing enough students with technology degrees to keep up
with other nations, where the ranks of well-trained researchers
are rising sharply. (Computerworld)
<http://www.computerworld.com/careertopics/careers/story/0,10801,
97839,00.html?SKC=news97839>

"Fast, Fast Relief for Internet Slows"
Researchers at the California Institute of Technology have
developed a new technology that can send data from one computer
to another at a rate of up to 140 gigabits per second.
(Pasadena Star-News)
<http://www.pasadenastarnews.com/Stories/0,1413,206%257E22097%257E
2561154,00.html>

"Reviews Mixed for Florida Gulf Coast U.'s Online Classes"
Florida Gulf Coast University has made a point of expanding its
selection of online courses, but some students say the
institution has veered too far away from brick-and-mortar
offerings. (Sun-Herald)
<http://www.sun-herald.com/NewsArchive2/112904/tp6ch13.htm?date=11
2904&story=tp6ch13.htm>

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"University Expands Its Grid Computing"
Administrators at the University of Sydney are so impressed with
a pilot project in grid computing that they plan to expand their
grid to include more than 5,000 machines. (The Australian)
<http://www.news.com.au/common/story_page/0,4057,11536431%255E1532
1,00.html>

-- Compiled by Brock Read
Copyright (c) 2004 The Chronicle of Higher Education, Inc.


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