Campus technology departments going green
Campus technology departments across the country are finding that investing in energy-efficient technologies has an economic benefit as well as helping to save the environment.
Month: November 2010
Should you be snuggling with your cellphone?
WARNING: Holding a cellphone against your ear may be hazardous to your health. So may stuffing it in a pocket against your body, reports the New York Times’…
Questionable science behind academic rankings
For institutions that regularly make the Top 10, the autumn announcement of university rankings is an occasion for quiet self-congratulation, reports the New York Times.
Higher education may be first to see cuts
This week, hundreds of college students and faculty protested at the Louisiana Capitol in Baton Rouge against $310 million in cuts to education over the past two years,…
Fresh iPhone apps for Nov. 15: UberTwitter, Target for iPad, Demotivational Creator
Heading up today’s Fresh Apps is a cool new Twitter client that makes checking out links from your Twitter feed a little easier, reports appolicious.
Historically black colleges look to increase online presence
Many historically black colleges and universities have yet to enter a booming market for online instruction that could be particularly lucrative for them.
Viewpoint: No eMail left behind
For the more than 10,000 students, faculty and staff at Pepperdine University, sharing information digitally, often in the form of large documents, media files or data files, is…
Cisco’s shortfall an omen for rest of tech world
A gloomy outlook from Cisco Systems Inc. is shaking some investors' faith in the strength of the technology industry's recovery, the Associated Press reports.
Google warns Facebook users of ‘trap’ before data export
If you hadn't yet heard, there's been a bit of a kerfuffle this past week over your data by two Internet giants - Facebook and Google, reports ReadWriteWeb.
Will your local library lend eBooks? (Or can they?)
According to some publishers, if libraries start lending e-books, it could serve to "undo the entire market for e-book sales," reports ReadWriteWeb.