EDUPAGE> Edupage, November 12, 2003
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TOP STORIES FOR WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 12, 2003
Trading Music Lessons Online
UNC Whittles Down Technology Services
Women Face Obstacles in Technology Industry
IBM Backs Linux
TRADING MUSIC LESSONS ONLINE
Berklee College of Music in Boston is promoting peer-to-peer networks
as a method for musicians to share audio and video clips. The Berklee
Shares program offers 80 different online lessons on writing music,
producing, engineering, remixing, and performing. The lessons,
available in QuickTime, MP3, and PDF formats, complement online and
on-campus courses and are available free to anyone who agrees to the
terms set by the school. As with materials from MIT's OpenCourseWare
and Rice University's Connexions projects, all lessons available
through Berklee Shares are protected by a Creative Commons license.
David Kusek, Berklee's associate vice president, said, "We can enter
the file-sharing debate in a very proactive and positive way. We're
demonstrating a legitimate use of the digital networks to distribute
authorized content."
Wired News, 12 November 2003
http://www.wired.com/news/digiwood/0,1412,61173,00.html
UNC WHITTLES DOWN TECHNOLOGY SERVICES
Several technology programs at the University of North Carolina at
Chapel Hill are the latest victims of tightening budgets. The
university has closed a training center that provided classes on
applications such as Microsoft Word, Excel, and PowerPoint and will
close several other computer labs. The university's modem pool will
also be shut down. Because of the slowing economy in the state,
appropriations for the university have fallen from $402 million to $380
million. The school is planning to budget for an amount two percent
less than that, however, saying a mid-year reduction of state funding
is possible. The technology cuts are expected to save the university
$3.6 million, including salaries of several staff associated with
programs that are being eliminated.
Chronicle of Higher Education, 12 November 2003 (sub. req'd)
http://chronicle.com/prm/weekly/v50/i12/12a02902.htm
WOMEN FACE OBSTACLES IN TECHNOLOGY INDUSTRY
A study by Catalyst, a nonprofit group dedicated to advancing women in
business, finds that women in the technology industry face the
traditional glass ceiling despite the general perception that the
high-tech field is a meritocracy. Almost a third of the study's
participants agreed that women have a difficult time getting ahead in
the industry, a belief supported by the fact that women make up 11.1
percent of corporate officers among Fortune 500 high-tech companies,
compared to 15.7 percent in Fortune 500 firms overall. The study
suggests that offering career development, creating mentoring and
networking opportunities with other successful women, and fostering
greater flexibility will help level the playing field. Efforts at
Silicon Valley companies to retain, develop, and advance women are also
highlighted.
San Jose Mercury News, 12 November 2003
http://www.siliconvalley.com/mld/siliconvalley/7241970.htm
IBM BACKS LINUX
Despite inroads Linux has made into server markets, the technology
remains on the fringes of the operating-system market. Microsoft's
Windows is on more than 90 percent of the world's computers. Companies
including IBM, however, are pushing Linux as an alternative for the
desktop operating system. Linux is regarded as having the potential to
significantly reduce costs for maintaining a typical business computer,
currently estimated at $5,000 to $7,000 per year. Scott Handy, vice
president for Linux strategy and market development at IBM, said his
company is evaluating Linux as a viable desktop option for dozens of
corporate customers. About 15,000 IBM employees are using Linux desktop
systems as part of the company's efforts to assess the technology, and
officials expect that number to grow to 30,000 over the next several
months.
New York Times, 11 November 2003 (registration req'd)
http://www.nytimes.com/2003/11/11/technology/11blue.html
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