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With a Phenom 9600 processor, the GM5664 is oriented toward users interested in extreme gaming, digital photo and video editing, watching TV or movies and storing a massive media library. In addition to the hybrid optical drive, the machine features an integrated analog/digital TV tuner with remote control that lets consumers watch, pause and record their favorite live programming. Free WiFi Hotspot Locator from TechNewsWorldWondering where to find the nearest publicly available WiFi Internet access? Our global directory of more than 100,000 locations in 26 countries is a terrific tool for mobile computer users. .
lynda.com Announces Vegas 6 Essential Training For Video Editors New ...
Ojai, California, lynda.com, the company specializing in self-paced career and computer training in digital media and design, today introduced Vegas 6 Essential Training. (PRWEB) August 22, 2006 -- Geared toward video editors who are new to Sony Vegas or to this latest version, Vegas 6 Essential Training teaches the fundamentals of how to work with Sony's award-winning video editing application. Instructor Thomas Sherer identifies the main elements of the interface and explains how to work with different media files, then moves on to more advanced topics, including essential editing techniques, applying effects and correcting color, and working with high definition video and surround sound audio. Exercise files accompany this tutorial. "Instructor Thomas Sherer has been using Sony Vegas in his professional work and classroom teaching since version 3.
ResNet moves to Burge Union
Think of it as the trek of the tech: student technology services move into the Burge Union. ResNet, which provides Internet service for student housing, moved to the Burge from McCollum Hall over winter break. Last Monday, an information technology desk opened. The technology services moved to the Burge Union this semester in hopes that the Burge's location near the Anschutz sports complex will make the services more accessible for students. Next fall, students will see a Pulse coffee shop, new furniture and 10 to 15 high-end-computer workstations, in addition to the help desk. The workstations will feature software for photo and video editing. A large screen plasma or LCD TV will be added to a conference room. Students also will be able to check out laptops, digital cameras and digital camcorders.
Elephant Not in the Room
So to the extent that large public universities are most likely to offer lecture hall-filling courses, the issue of class skipping is most pronounced there. Technology’s Role Hedges has a theory about what allows students to skip classes and still pass, and it involves an act that many professors see as pedagogical charity. While some students benefit from reading course lecture material over the Internet, professors are enabling lazy students, he says, by making entire PowerPoint presentations available online to students who use the notes as a substitute for live interaction. While Hedges typically puts his lecture outlines — talking points, not details — online, last fall he removed the material. Students complained, but he says class attendance improved slightly.
Community update
State Blvd.; 421-1320. G RABILL BRANCH: "Web 2.0" class, 7 p.m. Mondays through Jan. 28, must have at least one year of Internet experience, preregistration required; "Born to Read," infants and caregivers, 10:30 a.m. Tuesdays; "Smart Start Storytime," preschoolers and adult, 10:30 a.m. Wednesdays, designed to help beginning readers; "KIDZ Club," grades 1 to 5, explore art, geography, science, more, 3:30 p.m. Wednesday; "Paws to Read," children, practice reading skills with trained reading dog, 7 p.m. Thursdays; 13521 State St., Grabill; 421-1325. HESSEN CASSEL BRANCH: "Paws to Read," read to trained reading dog, 5 p.m. Mondays; "Smart Start Storytime," preschoolers and caregivers, 6:30 p.m. Tuesdays and 10:30 a.m. Wednesdays; "Teen Tuesdays," middle- and high-school students, games and crafts, 3:30 p.m.
Bill Clinton addresses more than 1,000 at OU-C
In his third visit to Chillicothe, former President Bill Clinton stressed his wife, Sen. Hillary Clintons strength on defense, and desire to reform health care and education. The event kicks off the start of the last week before the Ohio primary on March 4. I know what it takes to be president, Clinton said to the crowd of more than 1,000 assembled at OU-Cs Shoemaker Center Monday morning. And even if we werent married to her, Id be behind her because she is the best candidate for president. .
Acer Aspire 2920-302G25Mn
The Acer Aspire 2920-302G25Mn is an ultraportable 're-imagining' of the all-purpose Gemstone series; offering a similar performance in a lightweight package. Provided you can overlook its garish interior, there's plenty to love about this little gem of a performer. .
Science DARPA Announces Nanotube Anti-radiation Pill
The process often creates free radicals. Free radicals are highly reactive molecules and in the case of radiation poisoning, cause disruption in living cells. The disruption often triggers a domino effect, propagating widespread damage throughout the organism's physiology. Unlike Rensselaer Polytechnic's CNT-based cancer, disease and toxin treatment, which creates reactive oxygen to disable target proteins, Tour's group's Nanovector Trojan Horses (NTH) soaks up the harmful free radicals created by radiation poisoning. To make the simple drug, single walled CNTs are coated with two common food preservatives, butylated hydroxyanisole and butylated hydroxytoluene. Tour explains that the same properties that make the compounds good preservatives, their ability to soak up free radicals, also makes them ideal for the treatment of radiation exposure and sickness.
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