Text-to-speech reversal kindles disappointment
It's been a tough few weeks for Amazon.com and its Kindle eBook reader: Advocates for students with disabilities already were disappointed with the company's Feb. 27 decision to…
Month: March 2009
Ambitious school technology plans run up against budget deficits
All 1,000 students at Oak-Land Junior High in Lake Elmo, Minn., have laptop computers supplied by the Stillwater School District that they take to every class and can…
FTC asked to investigate Google’s privacy breaches
A privacy advocacy group has asked the Federal Trade Commission to investigate Google's data-security measures in a move that raises new questions about the security of cloud computing…
Sony eBook reader gets 500,000 books from Google
Google Inc. is making half a million books, unprotected by copyright, available free of charge on Sony Corp.'s electronic book-reading device, reports the Associated Press.
IBM, looking to buy Sun, sets up a software strategy
IBM's reported interest in acquiring the server computer maker Sun Microsystems for nearly $7 billion might seem to be a reversal of its recent efforts to move away…
Microsoft releasing Internet Explorer 8 today
Microsoft will formally release its Internet Explorer 8 browser today, hoping to reverse a steady slide in its browser dominance as consumers switch to rival software for surfing…
Students post schoolyard-brawl videos online
In schoolyards across the country, all it takes to attract a crowd is the call "Fight! Fight! Fight!" But now, students increasingly are showing up with cameras to…
Campus IT officials prep for March Madness
As the college basketball tournament known as March Madness begins today, campus IT officials are preparing for what could amount to a huge spike in network traffic. College…
Community colleges to shape new workforce
With the economy swelling unemployment lines, community colleges across the country are bracing for a wave of displaced workers looking to train for new careers. And college officials…
Alums Donate $20 Million for Technology Research Center Headquarters
The founders of the Marvell Technology Group, all UC Berkeley alumni, donated more than $20 million to create the new on-campus headquarters for the Center for Information Technology…