An overhaul of the Student Information System (SIS) has created many technological changes aimed to benefit employees as well as current and prospective students.
The “Rufus Initiative” is a project that comprises of many changes to be continually be made to the SIS during the span of the 2011-2012 school year.
Barcodes. Almost every item in stores throughout the country possesses this small label to make purchasing products easier for the buyer and selling products easier for the seller. Whether it is on a candy bar from the grocery store or on a tag for a pair of jeans, barcodes today are everywhere.
We live in a highly technological world where our gadgets rule everything we do. With this knowledge, the company Marlimar has set up My University Mobile, a program that benefits local businesses, students and the university.
With over 500 million regular users, Facebook has become a dominant force in the age of information and social media. However, as college students prepare themselves for a career, will Facebook earn them a job or burn their reputations?
Since the dawn of the personal computer revolution, mankind has been plagued by what will go down in history as the eternal question of the computer generation: Mac or Windows? With stanch supporters on both sides, and as many converts heading in either direction, how can we know the truth? Where do the answers lie? Well, the answers are here.
The rural areas of southeastern Ohio have been known for not having Internet connectivity and access. Compared to the state average of 70 percent, roughly 50 percent of Meigs County residents have an Internet connection of any kind. Out of those 50 percent, roughly half have a broadband connection compared to a dial-up connection, according to a survey by Connect Ohio, a public/private nonprofit organization that looks at broadband availability.
Two young entrepreneurs pursue profitability with a new Web site being tested in Athens that plans to provide restaurants with closer communication with their clientele. The Web site, eatcollege.com, hopes to give local students an online restaurant guide complete with the ability to order food from any local food delivery business.
In May 2007, Ohio University cracked down on illegal downloading of copyrighted materials by filtering all peer-to-peer (P2P) activities through their networks. Today, there are almost no lawsuits carried out against students for illegal downloading. The question remains: is the software doing an effective job or have students just gotten sneakier?
A national dating website recently discharged 5,000 of its members as a result of excessive holiday binge eating. After hearing this, I set out to experience the trials and tribulations of being rejected or accepted firsthand.
Fixing an online “paper trail” is more than setting a Facebook profile to “private.”
New technological upgrades are being introduced in multiple platforms at Ohio University for the 2009-2010 school year.
Announced during this year’s Game Developer’s Conference, OnLive has the possibility to change the gaming industry.
I’ve said before that people should use Twitter how they please. There are some uses, though, that are universally annoying to most of the Twitter world.
Now that Oprah Winfrey has joined Twitter, we know the “micro-blogging” service really has hit the mainstream. However, the explosion of Twitter familiarity is fueling America’s widespread, confused perception of the 140-character craze.
These days, you don’t need fully developed motor skills to be a part of an online social network. In fact, you don’t even need to be alive.
