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Survey: College vital but less accessible
The poor economy is ratcheting up anxieties about college affordability at a time when more Americans than ever say a college degree is essential to success, USA Today reports. …
Google, NASA offer virtual Mars tours
Google is working with NASA to give internet users three-dimensional views of Mars, reports InformationWeek. …
Criticism mounting over Windows 7 security
Microsoft is facing increasing heat over the security implications of a change designed to make Windows 7 less annoying than its predecessor, CNET reports. …
Rutgers students ask departments to put syllabi online
The Rutgers University Student Assembly voted to reinforce a university-wide mandate to better inform students of course expectations when choosing semester classes, reports the Daily Targum, the campus newspaper.…
MySpace turns over 90,000 names of registered sex offenders
MySpace provided two state attorneys general the names of 90,000 registered sex offenders it had banned from its site in response to a subpoena, the New York Times reports. …
Google Latitude keeps tabs on friends’ locations
Google plans to launch software called Latitude on Wednesday that lets mobile phone users share their location with close contacts, reports CNET. …
Microsoft targets education market with multimedia SDK
ChannelWeb reports that Microsoft has released the software development kit for its long-in-the-works Semblio technology for creating multimedia educational content. …
Mac OS X makes the grade in new computer science course
In a sign that Apple's Mac OS X operating system has gone truly mainstream, computer-science programs like that at the University of Utah have announced classes focused on administering the…
IBM computer will have power of 2 million laptops
Seven months after IBM delivered the world's fastest supercomputer, it has announced an even speedier one with the computing power of 2 million laptops, Reuters reports. …
Roanoke College squirrelly over internet interruption
A squirrel's apparent appetite for fiber-optic cable drove internet users at Roanoke College absolutely nuts last week, reports the Roanoke Times. …