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University of Southern Mississippi hands out Galaxy Tabs to honors students (video)
Being an honors student at the University of Southern Mississippi just got a little more awesome. The college is hooking up its highest performers with brand new Galaxy Tab 10.1s, pre-loaded with software from the popular (and widely loathed) Blackboard educational portal. As you'd expect, syllabi, textbooks, and grades can all be easily pulled up by students in the Honors College, McNair Scholars, Southern Style, and Gulf Coast programs. With only a 1,000 going out now, the initiative stops shy of similar pushes by the Webb School and Seton Hill where everybody gets an iPad. And, while the educational value of tablets is still debatable, at least they'll be able to read Engadget in style. Check out Sammy's guitar-laden promo video after the break.
Cox adding 11 new HD stations in Gulf Coast region
Cox may not roll 'em out as quickly as competing carriers, but when it drops new high-def channels, it drops a bundle. The latest area to get word of an impending load is the Gulf Coast region, where eleven newcomers will come home this December. AMC HD, Comedy Central HD, Cinemax HD, Hallmark Movie Channel HD, CMT HD, Starz HD, Nickelodeon HD, Travel Channel HD, Spike HD, VH1 HD and Palladia HD will be arriving in the area next month, and effective December 2nd, a slew of channel changes will also be taking place. Tap the read link to get the details.[Thanks, Tim]
Cox adds 8 fresh HD channels in Pensacola, FL
Hope you're ready for a new load of high-def options down in the Florida panhandle, because that's exactly what you're going to get. Starting this week, Cox subscribers in the Pensacola / Fort Walton Beach area will be blessed with 8 new ones, and we have to say, it's a pretty good bunch. We're talking Bravo HD (749), The Weather Channel HD (738), CNBC HD (736), SciFi HD (727), USA HD (722), Lifetime Movie Network HD (771), Lifetime HD (729) and Golf / Versus HD (742). Supposedly, these newcomers are already live and just begging to be viewed, so give us a shout and let us know how they're treating you.[Thanks, Rama]
