February 17, 2012
By: Jack D'Ardenne
Interesting read about Cisco trying to require Microsoft to make Skype compatible with other standards-based voice and video systems. http://arst.ch/shw
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February 16, 2012
By: Scott Wells
Very interesting read for those of us involved with live streaming. I was amused that they called out Ustream by name. Enjoy the read.
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By: Michael Faber
Lots of news out there today in the tech world about the out-of-nowhere announcement from Apple that Mountain Lion is coming this summer. After we all collectively sighed and chuckled and realized, damn, we should have seen that coming, we...
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February 14, 2012
By: Michael Faber
Although Duke has sympa for maintaining listservs, sometimes it doesn't quite have all the features you'd want for a more traditional one-way email newsletter-type service. I've used Mailchimp extensively (outside of my Duke life), and it's a really simple, well-designed...
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January 27, 2012
By: Jack D'Ardenne
I just read about this on Macworld. This mic was an iWorld 2012 Best of Show winner. "This $200 USB condenser microphone can be used with a Mac or an iPad, and has a built-in shock mount and adjustable stand....
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January 23, 2012
By: tbf@duke.edu
The NY Times published an article today that is getting a lot of attention in the collaboration community. The article references poor configurations in VTC systems and how they can make your meeting spaces and classrooms vulnerable to eavesdropping and...
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January 10, 2012
By: Stephen Toback
One of our audio/video integration vendors, IVCI, has begun reselling a service from Blue Jeans Networks as a service called "MVE" to allow Skype participants to join into conferences with standards based video conferences. We've used the service and can...
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January 3, 2012
By: Stephen Toback
Hope to see all Duke's IT professionals at the Washington Duke this Thursday, January 5th for TechExpo. I'll be there with the 3D Exploration Station showing some 3D content made explicitly for teaching and learning as well as some content...
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December 21, 2011
By: Scott Wells
Could make for a fine holiday gift. Check it out: http://tascam.com/product/im2/ Stereo condenser microphones for iPhone 4, iPod Touch or iPad dock connection High-quality stereo condenser microphones - same as our best-selling DR-series recorders Microphones adjustable 180 degrees front to...
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December 15, 2011
By: Stephen Toback
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NegRGfGYOwQ It should read, YouTube for K-12 Schools. This is a new service being brought out by YouTube to help solve the issue of their service being blocked by many K-12 school districts. http://youtube.com/education (they can't use a .edu domain...
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