“The engineering Curriculum Search will help you find teaching materials that have been published to the web by University faculty from engineering departments around the world. You can refine your search to display just lectures, assignments or reference materials for a set of courses.”
via Curriculum Search – Google Code University – Google Code.
Vodafone Egypt announced iphone4 is available for purchase in Egypt at 12am tonight (it will be 30 September 2010) at select Vodafone stores. I spoke with a Vodafone Egypt representative and he stated that only the 16Gb model is available. And yes it is locked to Vodafone Egypt only although the price is 4660 Egyptian Pounds (around 817 US Dollars). Facetime does appear on the Vodafone Egypt iPhone4 page.
Ref: http://www.vodafone.com.eg/en/Personal/Promotions/iPhone4/index.htm
If you are using McAfee Corporate antivirus and are struck by the reboot bug, the following link has a temporary solution for you.
via McAfee Update Shuts Down XP Machines [Malware].
If you are in IT, you have to see these images of some great looking data centers.
via World’s Most Stunning Data Centers.
I good article. surprisingly true in each way. Al was apparently a very good self improvement motivator too.
via 10 Amazing Life Lessons You Can Learn From Albert Einstein.
The Unofficial Apple Weblog (TUAW): “Unless you have absolutely no imagination, you’ve probably noticed the resemblance of the iPad to one of those cheap little clipboards that your friendly neighborhood doctor carries around on rounds. Apple is rumored to be making its own rounds of hospitals marketing the new über-iPod touch, having visited a hospital in LA in the recent weeks.
What’s so great about tablets for health care? When connected to a Wi-Fi network, they’re perfect for looking up medical information or working patient charts while on the move. The iPad in particular would be perfect, having no keyboard to disinfect or lid hinges to break. In addition, the most expensive Wi-Fi iPad is priced at just US$699, while many traditional Windows Tablet PCs used in health care start in the neighborhood of $2,000.”
more at the source: Hospitals eye the iPad for low-cost paperless records.
Bits & Pieces. Please read at the source: via Pre-screening job applicants.
“Knowledge is a polymorphic concept” (Moteleb & Bakry 2004). Knowledge, information, and data are different facets to the same thing. One thing could mean data in a certain context and the same thing could mean information or knowledge in different contexts.
Full article at the source: Polymorphic Nature of Knowledge.