Software lets students take exams at leisure
Reuters reports that British students might soon have the chance to take college exams in their own bedrooms at any time of the day or night -- without…
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- Student programmers solve real-world challenges - July 12, 2010
- Computers make strides in recognizing speech - June 25, 2010
- On new iPhone, a mystery of dropped calls - June 25, 2010
Daring to discuss women in science
The House of Representatives has passed what I like to think of as Larry’s Law. The official title of this legislation is “Fulfilling the potential of women in…
Microsoft to Business: You Need Windows Phone 7
Citing the strong integration between its upcoming mobile phone software and its popular business-oriented products such as Office, Exchange, and SharePoint, Microsoft is actively pitching Windows Phone 7…
Competition offers $10K for 21st-century education ideas
How can technology be leveraged to deliver a world-class education affordably to students in developing countries? That's the question a new competition asks, and the best idea will…
Military taps social networking skills
Young Air Force analysts are showing how the Facebook generation’s skills are being exploited—and paying dividends—in America’s wars, reports the New York Times.
Do today’s college students have less empathy than past generations?
A study from the University of Michigan says college students today show less empathy toward others compared with college students in decades before—and the researchers attribute this partly…
Connecticut investigating Google’s use of private data
Connecticut Attorney General Richard Blumenthal on June 7 urged Google to "come clean to the American public" on whether the search engine illegally collected data in the state…
Next iPhone has clearer screen, video chat capability
The next iPhone comes out June 24 and will have a higher-resolution screen, longer battery life, and thinner design, as well as a camera on the front that…
Event calls for university transformation
While online learning is often seen as a way for adult learners to prepare for a change of career or advance skills in a current field, it is…
Hooked on gadgets, and paying a mental price
Scientists say juggling eMail, phone calls, and the flood of other data we receive in today’s media-saturated world can change ... Read more