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Sunday, July 18th, 2010New Leader for Advanced Internet Group for Education
A Georgetown University technology official will be the new president of Internet2.
Blackboard to Buy 2 Education-Software Companies
Sunday, July 18th, 2010Blackboard to Buy 2 Education-Software Companies
Both of them, Elluminate and Wimba, sell products that support online learning and student collaboration.
Flash on College Web Sites May Pose Security Risk for Students
Sunday, July 18th, 2010Flash on College Web Sites May Pose Security Risk for Students
The software could expose personal data, a study finds.
Journal Review Process Increasingly Includes Check for Plagiarism
Sunday, July 18th, 2010Journal Review Process Increasingly Includes Check for Plagiarism
A service that helps publishers check for copycat work is sniffing out high rates, in some cases.
Harvard Tech Guru Responds to Conflict-of-Interest Accusations
Sunday, July 18th, 2010Harvard Tech Guru Responds to Conflict-of-Interest Accusations
Jonathan Zittrain is the target of a controversial report that raises questions about corporate donations to the research center he co-founded.
Microsoft Research Unveils Online Observatory of NASA Images of Mars
Sunday, July 18th, 2010Microsoft Research Unveils Online Observatory of NASA Images of Mars
Students and amateur scientists can now explore the Martian landscape through a Web interface, bringing crowd science to the Red Planet.
Judge Reduces Student’s File-Sharing Fine by 90 Percent
Sunday, July 18th, 2010Judge Reduces Student’s File-Sharing Fine by 90 Percent
A federal judge has reduced a Boston University student’s fine for illegal file-sharing by 90 percent, declaring the original fee “unconstitutionally excessive.”
E-Books Will Make Up Majority of Saint Leo U.’s Library Come Fall
Sunday, July 18th, 2010E-Books Will Make Up Majority of Saint Leo U.’s Library Come Fall
With the acquisition of a new e-book database, 53 percent of the collection will consist of online material.
Design School Uses Technology to Encourage ‘Artrepreneurial’ Success
Sunday, July 18th, 2010Design School Uses Technology to Encourage ‘Artrepreneurial’ Success
Along with their diplomas, this year’s graduates from the Rhode Island School of Design got a special gadget to help them with their own business ventures.
Google Awards First Grants for New Digital Humanities Research Program
Sunday, July 18th, 2010Google Awards First Grants for New Digital Humanities Research Program
The dozen grants are part of a two-year, $1-million program for data-intensive research on Google’s corpus of more than 12 million books.