Bill Gates kicks off college tour
While the world faces enormous challenges such as feeding its populations, developing clean energy, and fighting diseases, many of its best and brightest citizens are focused on other…
Month: April 2010
Data analysis tool offered to campuses free of charge
Faculty and students on 200 campuses nationwide will have free access to advanced data management and analytics software via cloud computing beginning in the fall 2010 semester, after…
Teens prefer texting vs. calling … except to parents
For teenagers, texting on mobile phones has dethroned actual voice calls when it comes to connecting with their friends, according to a new report released today by the…
Kindle to expand beyond Amazon?
It's a tricky little issue: What if you designed a piece of hardware and were also the only one who sold the software for it? Yahoo News reports…
Report examines violent attacks on U.S. college campuses
A report by federal law enforcement officers, released last week on the third anniversary of the Virginia Tech massacre, offers the first comprehensive analysis of violent attacks carried…
iPad too much for some campus networks
The New York Times reports that the iPad has been touted as the next big thing in higher education technology, especially as more textbooks make the digital conversation,…
Supreme Court hears text-messaging privacy case
The U.S. Supreme Court appears likely to rule against public employees who claimed a local government violated their privacy by reading racy text messages they sent through their…
Colleges appeal to students with green policies
Small private colleges and large research universities alike have adopted green policies in recent years in an effort to trim energy bills, encourage sustainability, and lure environmentally conscious…
Universities looking to federal government for funds
Public university presidents from across the nation are meeting this month to talk about replacing dwindling state support for their campuses with more dollars from the federal government,…
For Google’s next act: Printing from any device to any printer
Having made encyclopedias, paper maps, and newspapers redundant, Google is now out to do the same for printer drivers, NewsFactor reports.