Goodbye to privacy?
PC World reports that New Yorker Barry Hoggard draws a line in the sand when it comes to online privacy. In May he said farewell to 1251 Facebook…
Month: May 2010
Why transparency in college admissions is bad
There are few experiences short of death, disease, injury or divorce that have as much potential for trauma for American families as the college admissions process, reports the…
Mizzou finds balance between web security, intellectual freedom
In fostering an open learning environment, it's important that a university's IT department doesn't inhibit independent thinking or intellectual freedom. However, the web surfing habits of employees were…
Android Music Store to take on Apple iTunes
All gloves are off between Google and Apple, after the search giant unveiled a host of products to compete with the Cupertino company, PC World reports. Following Google…
Facebook, MySpace confront privacy loophole
Facebook, MySpace and several other social-networking sites have been sending data to advertising companies that could be used to find consumers' names and other personal details, despite promises…
ACLU helping keep Twitter users’ IDs secret in Pa.
The Associated Press reports that an American Civil Liberties Union lawyer said May 20 his organization is helping two anonymous Twitter users fight an effort by prosecutors to…
FCC says wireless market is concentrated
CNET reports that the Federal Communications Commission warned May 20 in a new report that the wireless industry is becoming more concentrated. In its annual report on competition,…
Vendors link e-textbook content with LMS software
As digital textbooks become more common on higher-ed campuses, providers are making it easy for professors to share textbook notes and resources with students through their class learning…
Stanford prepares for a “bookless library”
One chapter is closing—and another is opening—as Stanford University moves toward the creation of its first "bookless library," a smaller but more efficient and largely electronic library that…
House GOP stops major science, technology bill
It was strike two for a major science funding bill on May 19 as House Republicans again united to derail legislation they said was too expensive.