Printing in a smart-phone age
This week, Hewlett-Packard will introduce a fleet of printers with web access, their own eMail addresses, and touch screens—opening up new ways for people to print from web…
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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
Digital self-publishing upends traditional book world
A technological disruption is loosening traditional publishers' grip on the book market, reports the Wall Street Journal—and giving new power to technology companies like Amazon to shape which…
RIAA asks court to close down LimeWire
The music industry has asked a federal court in New York to order a shutdown of the LimeWire file-sharing service, CNET reports.
ASU’s education technology program top-ranked for productivity
With only a few graduate faculty members, the educational technology program at Arizona State University’s Mary Lou Fulton Teachers College might be small, but according to a recent…
Apple offering price breaks for educators, college students
School isn't quite out yet for many students, but Apple already is looking ahead to next year: The company is giving college students and educators at all grade…
Will Skype eclipse fee-based videoconferencing?
With school budgets continuing to shrink, many educators are turning to free or inexpensive software such as Skype, along with the web cameras that now come standard on…
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…
Author: ‘iGeneration’ requires a different approach to instruction
The students entering college today learn much differently from students just a few years older—and that's mainly because they’ve never known a world without the internet or cell…
New test measures students’ digital literacy
Educators have a new way to determine a student's baseline digital literacy with a certification exam that measures the test-taker’s ability to assess information, think critically, and perform…
Med students’ cadaver photos under scrutiny after images show up online
Medical schools around the nation have begun re-examining their ethics codes after a string of cases in which students photographed or videotaped cadavers and posted the images on…