Managing greenwashing risks in higher ed when revising sustainability targets
Institutions must see sustainability not as a static objective, but as an ongoing process that requires regular reassessment and honest communication
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
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.
Study explores the future of book digitization
Reluctant faculty members, challenges in scanning old texts with foreign characters, and conflicting ideas about whether information should be commodified or made free on the internet have been…
Wal-Mart to offer its workers an affordable online education
Wal-Mart is dipping its toe into the online-education waters, working with a web-based university to offer its employees in the United States affordable college degrees, reports the New…
Software could ease pain of Windows 7 migration
The migraine-inducing process of migrating Windows from XP to 7 could get easier now that virtualization developer InstallFree has released InstallFree Bridge 2.0, a program that reportedly eliminates…
Yahoo faces privacy test with new eMail features
Yahoo Inc. is hoping to turn on a new sharing option in its popular eMail service without shocking users who prize their privacy, reports the Associated Press.
Canadian government gives businesses greater powers over copyright
The conservative Canadian government is giving consumers permission to copy content for personal use, while expanding the ability of businesses to digitally lock their products to prevent anyone…
Some colleges have second thoughts on Gmail
