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EDUCAUSE 2008

Saturday, August 2, 2008

Dates: October 28-31, 2008
Venue: Orange County Convention Center
Location: Orlando, Florida
URL: http://www.educause.edu/e08
Contact: Not available, Not available

Description: Mark your calendar for the premier information technology event in higher education—EDUCAUSE 2008, October 28–31 in Orlando, Florida. The program, “Interaction, Ideas, Inspiration,” will include preconference seminars; track and poster sessions; small group meetings; and corporate exhibits, presentations, and workshops. [end] 

Bombardier Transportation se ha asociado con la Autoridad de Tránsito Rápido Metropolitano de Atlanta (MARTA) con el fin de perfeccionar el control de la protección a los trabajadores viales mediante RFID y otras avanzadas tecnologías de dicha compañía. TrackSafe eleva la conciencia de la necesidad de localización de los obreros ferroviarios gracias a la emisión de alertas en tiempo real tanto a los obreros como a los operadores de trenes.

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UK printer manufacturer Magicard has upgraded one of its ID card printers, now called Enduro+. The redesign includes fraud proof ID card printing technology which helps to reduce costs and make card printing quicker and more secure.

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Bombardier Transportation has teamed up with the Metropolitan Atlanta Rapid Transit Authority (MARTA) to improve track worker protection with the company’s RFID and other advanced technologies.

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Google has acquired payments technology company TxVia, Google Wallet chief Osama Bedier announced on the company’s blog.

According to Bedier, the acquisition will improve Google Wallet’s payments capabilities and help to “accelerate innovation towards our full Google Wallet vision.”

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Arkansas State University, Jonesboro, has partnered with the Discover Money Network to enable students to open an account with the university’s Student Account Services. It would be separate from their school account and can be used anywhere Discover cards are accepted.

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Obtaining fake IDs, such as driver licenses, is becoming harder for college students. Not only must they deal with local law enforcement, the Department of Homeland Security can also get involved.

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