Surviving the budget crisis
Although the economy has begun to rebound, campus leaders still face serious budget shortfalls that threaten their ability to implement new technologies and deliver a world-class education to…
Month: July 2010
Researcher finds Safari reveals personal information
Computerworld.com reports that a feature in Apple's Safari browser designed to make it easier to fill out forms could by abused by hackers to harvest personal information, according…
Dell to pay $100 million settlement
Dell, several former executives, and its founder, Michael S. Dell, agreed on July 22 to pay more than $100 million in penalties to settle charges of disclosure accounting…
Flipboard’s iPad web-zine flops under weight of its own hype
A nifty new iPad application called Flipboard has gone from fascination to mockery at startup speed, reports the Washington Post.
Data breaches slam campuses this summer
It's been a tough summer for college IT officials charged with defending campus servers from hackers targeting databases brimming with students' and faculty's personal information.
GOP senators move to block FCC on net neutrality
Seven Republican senators have announced a plan to curb the Obama administration's push to impose net-neutrality regulations on the internet, CNET reports.
The web means the end of forgetting
The digital age is facing its first existential crisis, reports the New York Times: the impossibility of erasing your posted past and moving on.
Lawmaker to push for open online textbooks
While college professors and book publishers must abide by new rules aimed at reducing the cost of textbooks, the law's sponsor says he will push for another bill…
Wireless broadband network set to launch next year
U.S. schools, businesses, and consumers might get more options in wireless service starting next year, with the launch of a new wireless broadband network that aims to provide…
‘Wikiracing’ picking up speed among college students
The latest procrastination-tool-of-choice on college campuses is called "Wikiracing," reports the Philadelphia Inquirer—and like the “Six Degrees of Kevin Bacon” game, albeit modified for the internet age, it…