Articles by Laura Devaney
Colorado Senate gives first OK to in-state tuition for illegal immigrants
Senators on both sides of the aisle kept the Colorado Senate spellbound Friday with testimonials of support for a bill allowing illegal immigrants to attend public colleges at the in-state…
Welcome to sequester deadline week
The sequester is set to kick in on Friday, leaving Congress little time to prevent across-the-board spending cuts that would start this week and last until they’ve saved $1.2 trillion…
Barnes & Noble weighs its eReader investment
Even for a company with a lot of bad news lately, the bulletin from Barnes & Noble this month had an ominous feel, The New York Times reports. Barnes &…
Want to stop the phishers? Encryption and education is key
Enterprises need to tighten up security and better educate their staff if they are to protect themselves from waves of targeted attacks on their systems, ZDNet reports. According to research…
Woman, 104, forced to lie about age on Facebook
Facebook is apologizing for a problem that makes a 104-year-old Michigan woman lie about her age on the social media website, the Associated Press reports. Marguerite Joseph's granddaughter says Facebook…
84 Percent of Helpdesk Employees Save Time if End Users Have the Ability to Reset their Own Passwords, According to a New Tools4ever Survey
The survey finds that helpdesks could save a great deal of time if end users could reset their own passwords. Additionally, complex password management typically leads to employees needing to…
Two Maryland college students dead in murder-suicide shooting
Reuters reports that two University of Maryland students died early on Tuesday in an apparent murder-suicide shooting, and a third was wounded in the incident, police said. The shooting began…
Apple reportedly has 100-person team working on ‘iWatch’
As the Apple "iWatch" rumor mill gets wound up, a new report holds that Apple already has a team of 100 people working on the rumored smart wristwatch, including some…
A call for drastic changes in educating new lawyers
Faced with profound and seemingly irreversible shifts, the legal profession is contemplating radical changes to its educational system, including cutting the curriculum, requiring far more on-the-ground training and licensing technicians…
Apple iBooks for Teacher Training
We are pleased to announce publication of two new iBooks – ACTING for TEACHERS and MANAGING for TEACHERS. You can learn more about each of these interactive eBooks by visiting…