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Virtual lab at Carnegie Mellon wins SPORE prize
Students in introductory chemistry classes often start off with learning how to balance chemical equations. The educational message, according to Carnegie Mellon University chemistry professor David Yaron, seems to be,…
Rosetta Stone loses court case against Google
Foreign-language education company Rosetta Stone Inc. has lost a court case in which it sued Google Inc. for allowing rivals to advertise copycat software when Rosetta trademarks are used in…
Software update could turn Kindle users into a cloud-based book club
Amazon has posted an overview of what Kindle owners can expect in its version 2.5 software update slated for late May, and a key feature of the update will integrate…
Steve Jobs attacks Adobe Flash as unfit for iPhone
For iPhone users who've been wondering whether their devices will support Flash technology for web video and games anytime soon, the answer is finally here, straight from Steve Jobs, reports…
Professor to students: Text away
Georgia State University students who don’t want to yell their questions from the back of a cavernous lecture hall now have another option: They can send text messages to their…
HP buying Palm for $1.2 billion
Palm, the company that invented the PDA but has struggled to stay relevant in recent years, will be acquired by computing giant Hewlett-Packard for $1.2 billion, CNET reports. …
UGA wraps up investigation of music-downloading extortion
University of Georgia police have closed a months-long investigation into a former employee's alleged scheme to shake down students who used UGA's computer network to illegally download music and other…
Turnitin used by all universities in Singapore
iParadigms, creator of the plagiarism prevention program Turnitin, has announced that its software has been adopted by all four universities in Singapore, PR Newswire reports. …
Stanford students’ video helps effort to save preemies
Through an experimental class at Stanford's Graduate School of Business that tries to use social media for the public good, a trio of students posted a video to YouTube this…
TopSchool Wraps Up First Quarter with Record Contracts Signed
Denver, CO – April 27, 2010 – TopSchool, a leading SaaS provider of Student Lifecycle Management (SLM) solutions for higher education, has closed the first quarter with a record seven…