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Viacom says YouTube ignored copyrights
Pointing to internal YouTube eMail messages, Viacom said in a court filing that the video site’s founders turned a blind eye when users uploaded copyrighted clips so they could amass a big audience...
March 19 2010 / Read More »Fresno State students get high-tech writing help
More than 140 Fresno State professors are trying out a computer tool that taps into video-game competitiveness to improve student writing, reports the Fresno Bee....
March 19 2010 / Read More »Court: Cyber-bullying threats are not protected speech
A California appeals court ruled this week that threatening posts made by readers of a web site are not protected free speech, allowing a case charging the posters with hate crimes and defamation to proceed,...
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Student aid, linked to health care, gets a trim »
Congressional Democrats on March 18 trimmed their original student loan plans, reduced spending for community colleges, and eliminated early childhood money from a broad...
Mar 19 2010 / No comment / Read More »Online education expert: Discipline is key »
Irresistible prime-time television and quick snacks that turn into 20-minute breaks are the ever-tempting enemies of online learning, according to Maryland’s distance educator of...
Mar 18 2010 / No comment / Read More »Duncan: Ban NCAA teams with low grad rates »
Education Secretary Arne Duncan says college basketball teams that don't graduate at least 40 percent of their players should be banned from postseason play....
Mar 18 2010 / No comment / Read More »FCC’s plans a potential boon for community colleges »
Community college decision makers were encouraged by the Federal Communication Commission's inclusion in its National Broadband Plan of robust high-speed internet networks on two-year...
Mar 17 2010 / No comment / Read More »Cyber warfare gains interest at military academies »
As cyber security grows in importance to national security, the nation's three major military academies are teaching students how to be effective cyber warriors,...
Mar 17 2010 / No comment / Read More »FCC plan could bring high-speed web to campuses, communities »
College faculty whose campuses are surrounded by neighborhoods that rely on antiquated dial-up internet connections are hoping the Federal Communication Commission’s National Broadband Plan...
Mar 17 2010 / No comment / Read More »Universities hope to top Google’s high-speed list »
As cities vie for the opportunity to be chosen for Google Inc.’s pilot of an experimental, ultra-fast internet network, colleges and universities have thrown...
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