Pittsburgh school board okays Apple contract

Grok Headline matches for Pittsburgh school board okays Apple contract

Apple wins $3.1 million contract in
Pittsburgh suburb

Apple wins $3.1 million contract in
Pittsburgh suburb 06/23/2004 12:35 PM
The Pittsburgh Post-Gazette reports that the Quaker Valley School Board voted unanimously to approve a US$3.1 million lease that will put about 1,200 Apple desktop and laptop machines in place for students attending the district's high schools. The lease expands a three year old computer literacy initiative already in place that's put laptops in the hands of students in grades 3 - 12. With this expansion, laptop and desktop computers will be available for use in libraries, computer labs and on mobile computing carts throughout the district's elementary and middle schools.

Stillwater school board contends with
iBook contract

Stillwater school board contends with
iBook contract 12/04/2003 06:04 PM
Months after the Stillwater, Minn. school board announced plans to introduce iBooks to junior high students in that town, there's still fallout: The Stillwater Gazette reports that the school board w ill go ahead with the plan despite opposition, because the cost of backing out of the contract with Apple would prove too expensive.

Stillwater: School Board, Apple Agree On
Laptop Plan

Stillwater: School Board, Apple Agree On
Laptop Plan 12/17/2003 11:55 PM
The Stillwater school district has entered into an agreement with Apple Computer to provide laptops to students at Oak-Land Junior High in Lake Elmo and all of the district's junior high teachers by next fall. By Megan Boldt (Pioneer Press via MyAppleMenu)

University of Pittsburgh BSL-3
Laboratory Awards Practical
Applications, Inc. Contract for
Biological Wastewater Steam Kill System

University of Pittsburgh BSL-3
Laboratory Awards Practical
Applications, Inc. Contract for
Biological Wastewater Steam Kill System 02/01/2005 09:20 PM
Practical Applications, Inc. (PAI) has won the bid to design and construct the BSL-3 Steam Kill System for the Regional Biocontainment Laboratory at the University of Pittsburgh. The system will be used to kill biological pathogens found in laboratory wastewater generated by the university as it studies emerging infectious diseases. [PRWEB Jan 21, 2005]

Merril Hoge, Former Pittsburgh Steelers
Running Back and Current Chairman of the
Board of the Western PA Caring
Foundation to be featured on “Disability
Matters” on VoiceAmerica.com

Merril Hoge, Former Pittsburgh Steelers
Running Back and Current Chairman of the
Board of the Western PA Caring
Foundation to be featured on “Disability
Matters” on VoiceAmerica.com 08/20/2004 02:28 AM
“Disability Matters” host, Joyce Bender, broadcast on Internet radio station VoiceAmerica ( www.voiceamerica.com ), welcomes Merril Hoge, former Pittsburgh Steelers Running Back and current Chairman of the Board of the Western Pennsylvania Caring Foundation on Tuesday, August 24, 2004 at 2:00pm EST(11:00am PST). VoiceAmerica is a division of SurfNet Media Group, Inc (OTCBB: SFNM), a leading Internet broadcast media company. [PRWEB Aug 20, 2004]

Pittsburgh Apple Store gets go-ahead

Pittsburgh Apple Store gets go-ahead 05/14/2004 01:25 PM
The Pittsburgh City Planning Commission approved Apple's plans for its Pittsburgh retail store on April 20...

Pittsburgh Apple Store To Open Sep. 4

Pittsburgh Apple Store To Open Sep. 4 08/27/2004 02:03 PM
By MacMinute (via MyAppleMenu)

Smash-and-grab at Pittsburgh Apple Store

Smash-and-grab at Pittsburgh Apple Store 12/24/2004 12:57 PM
Thieves swiped about US$9,000 worth of Apple laptops at the company's retail store in Pittsburgh's Shadyside neighborhood, police said...

Pittsburgh Apple Store report, photos

Pittsburgh Apple Store report, photos 09/05/2004 01:08 PM
MacMinute reader Scott Kleinberg provided us with a great report from the opening of Apple's new retail store in the Shadyside area of Pittsburgh, PA...

District 834 Should Not Break Laptop
Contract, Board Members Say

District 834 Should Not Break Laptop
Contract, Board Members Say 12/04/2003 07:10 PM
Oak-Land Junior High School students and faculty, and most staff members at Stillwater Junior High School, will receive laptops. Oak-Land is among four National Demonstration Sites in Apple's one-to-one laptop initiative, which is meant to enhance student achievement. By Craig Dirkes (Stillwater Gazette via MyAppleMenu)

School Board OKs Laptops Extension

School Board OKs Laptops Extension 06/17/2005 03:36 PM

At Monday night's meeting school board members gave their approval to a four-year lease-purchase agreement with Apple through which the district will be acquiring the laptops for the freshmen and sophomores. By Steve Smith, El Dorado Times

Cisco Board Chairman Gives School $31M

Cisco Board Chairman Gives School $31M 05/19/2004 05:43 PM
AP via Baltimore Sun May 19 2004 9:41PM GMT

School Board Seats Contested

School Board Seats Contested 10/28/2003 11:06 PM
Among the hot-button issues is the question of what to do next with the county's Apple iBook program, which has more and more students using laptop computers. By Nicole Johnson (Richmond Times-Dispatch via MyAppleMenu)

School Board VP Charged With
Prostitution (AP)

School Board VP Charged With
Prostitution (AP) 03/25/2005 07:33 PM
AP - A school board member and prominent lawyer has been charged with prostitution, accused of offering legal services in exchange for sexual favors. Steven C. Copenhaver, 56, was released from jail Thursday on a $750 bond.

"Open Letter To Kansas School Board"

"Open Letter To Kansas School Board" 06/24/2005 09:46 PM

Blue Valley Unified School District
Awards New Contract to STR Software

Blue Valley Unified School District
Awards New Contract to STR Software 06/30/2004 02:49 AM
STR Software was recently awarded a new contract from the Blue Valley Unified School District in Overland Park, Kan. STR Software will implement AventX® UNIX, an electronic information delivery software product for faxing documents from Unix operating systems. [PRWEB Jun 30, 2004]

School Board Member Defends Dousing Exec
(AP)

School Board Member Defends Dousing Exec
(AP) 03/06/2004 02:00 AM
AP - A school board member arrested after dousing an assistant superintendent with ice water called the move justified, likened herself to Rosa Parks and threatened to attack anyone who questioned her mental fitness.

Fans Of iBook Press Case To School Board

Fans Of iBook Press Case To School Board 04/23/2004 08:28 PM
A dozen parents, along with students, teachers and school employees told board members last night they supported the three-year-old program to give an iBook to every middle and high school student in the country. A smaller number said they were concerned the School Board was not looking carefully enough at the benefits and costs of the program. By David Ress, Richmond Times-Dispatch (via MyAppleMenu)

Minn. school board members ousted after
iBook deal

Minn. school board members ousted after
iBook deal 11/05/2003 03:36 PM
Three incumbent members of Stillwater, Minnesota's school board were voted out Tuesday apprently over the school district's decision to provide junior high students with Apple iBooks...

iBook deal fuels Stillwater, Minn.
school board ouster

iBook deal fuels Stillwater, Minn.
school board ouster 11/05/2003 02:28 PM
Three incumbent members of Stillwater, Minn.'s school board lost their bids for reelection this week as a result of controversy regarding the school board's rece nt decision to put iBooks into the hands of about 1,130 students at the Oak-Land and Stillwater junior high schools.

Apple Contract For Laptops Still Not
Ready

Apple Contract For Laptops Still Not
Ready 04/03/2005 10:32 AM

The Cobb County School District has not completed its contract with Apple, the company selected by Superintendent Joe Redden to supply the school system with 63,100 laptop computers for all teachers and middle and high school students. By Marietta Daily Journal

ICANN okays .eu domains

ICANN okays .eu domains 03/23/2005 08:09 PM
Sydney Morning Herald Mar 24 2005 12:46AM GMT

Apple board re-election threat

Apple board re-election threat 04/16/2004 11:47 AM

Apple joins Blu-ray Board of Directors

Apple joins Blu-ray Board of Directors 03/14/2005 04:37 PM
In a joint release, Apple Computer and the Blu-ray Disc Association announced on Thursday that Apple would become a member of the consortium's Board of Directors. The Blu-ray Disc Association (BDA) is responsible for establishing format standards and promoting and further developing business opportunities for Blu-ray Disc.

Apple names former CFO as board member

Apple names former CFO as board member 06/08/2004 12:18 PM
CNET Jun 8 2004 4:54PM GMT

Anderson Joins Apple Board

Anderson Joins Apple Board 06/08/2004 12:19 PM
Fred D. Anderson, Apple’s former executive vice president and CFO, has been elected to the Apple’s Board of Directors. [Jun 8]

Internet Group okays porn going .xxx

Internet Group okays porn going .xxx 06/06/2005 12:06 AM

Army Okays Computer Spying

Army Okays Computer Spying 08/27/2004 01:34 PM

Donna Wentworth @ EFF Deep Links

Army Okays Computer Spying

JetBlue ignited a huge privacy scandal when the news broke that the airline secretly provided more than 5 million passenger records to Torch Concepts, a military contractor. Yet the Army Inspector General Agency concluded [PDF] that JetBlue did not violate the Privacy Act. The reason: Torch never looked up individuals by name, but instead used a computer to dig through and analyze their private information.

This is quite disturbing. I guess this means that taking massive amounts of data and crunching through them to create "profiles" is OK. I wonder how small the clusters can be? Can they, for instance, profile companies, race, occupation, address or other kind of groupings for profiling?

There was a case in Japan where the Japanese government kept a list of Freedom of Information Act requesters in a list on a network with their backgrounds and this was found to be "legal".

I don't know enough about the JetBlue case to make a judgment on just how bad I think it is, but it seems to be part of a larger trend pushing the limits of the law.

Comment - TrackBack

Fred Anderson joins Apple Board

Fred Anderson joins Apple Board 06/08/2004 09:05 AM
Apple today announced that Fred D...

Former VP Gore Joins Apple’s Board of
Directors

Former VP Gore Joins Apple’s Board of
Directors 03/19/2003 10:25 PM
Apple® today announced that Albert Gore Jr., the former Vice President of the United States, has joined the Company’s Board of Directors. Mr. Gore was elected at Apple’s board meeting today.

Internet Inventor Joins Apple Board

Internet Inventor Joins Apple Board 03/19/2003 10:25 PM

Blu-ray Disc Association Welcomes Apple
to Its Board

Blu-ray Disc Association Welcomes Apple
to Its Board 03/14/2005 05:23 PM
The Blu-ray Disc Association (BDA) just announced that Apple will become a member of the consortium’s Board of Directors. [Mar 10, 2005]

Briefly: Apple names former CFO as board
member

Briefly: Apple names former CFO as board
member 06/08/2004 12:18 PM
CNET Jun 8 2004 4:54PM GMT

Internet regulator okays .jobs, .travel

Internet regulator okays .jobs, .travel 04/08/2005 10:46 PM
OptusNet Apr 9 2005 1:54AM GMT

FCC Okays TiVo Internet Technology
(NewsFactor)

FCC Okays TiVo Internet Technology
(NewsFactor) 08/05/2004 04:05 PM
NewsFactor - The Federal Communications Commission, the U.S. federal communications regulator, has voted to certify technology allowing TiVo (Nasdaq: TIVO) digital video recorder subscribers to send copies of digital-broadcast shows over the Internet to a specified set of devices.

FCC okays 'Net wiretapping 5-0, Verizon
pleased

FCC okays 'Net wiretapping 5-0, Verizon
pleased 08/10/2004 10:34 AM
Declan McCullagh covers the decision here:

"Broadband providers and Internet phone services must comply with wiretapping requirements designed for the traditional phone network, the Federal Communications Commission said in a preliminary decision Wednesday."

And posts this column on questions to ask John Ashcroft and the FBI.

Internet regulator okays '.jobs,
.travel'

Internet regulator okays '.jobs,
.travel' 04/10/2005 09:23 PM
ABC Online Apr 10 2005 8:52PM GMT

Apple Addresses iBook Logic Board
Problems

Apple Addresses iBook Logic Board
Problems 01/29/2004 02:48 AM
Apple has posted a FAQ about their new iBook Logic Board Repair Extension Program. The program is "a worldwide program covering repair or replaceme...

Apple addresses iBook logic board
problems

Apple addresses iBook logic board
problems 01/29/2004 03:49 AM
Apple has launched the iBook Logic Board Repair Extension Program, which covers repair cost or replacement (including shipping charges) of the logic board in specific iBook models manufactured between May 2002 and April 2003 that are experiencing specific component failures...
Grok Description matches for Pittsburgh school board okays Apple contract
GrokA matches for Pittsburgh school board okays Apple contract

Pittsburgh school board okays Apple contract

The following phrases have been identified by the grok system as matching this entry: