The hidden link between AI strategy and student retention
Institutions are fighting for enrollment, and retention is one of the few levers they can directly influence
Apple is said to face inquiry about online music
The Justice Department is examining Apple’s tactics in the market for digital music, and its staff members have talked to major music labels and internet music companies, according…
Communications law to be reviewed
Two top Democratic legislators said Monday that they would begin a process to modernize telecommunications laws that were last overhauled in 1996 but barely mention the internet, The…
Teenagers text more than they call
OMG, W8 til U read this: one in three teenagers sends more than 100 text messages a day, and 72 percent are now text-messagers, compared with 51 percent…
Mizzou finds balance between web security, intellectual freedom
In fostering an open learning environment, it's important that a university's IT department doesn't inhibit independent thinking or intellectual freedom. However, the web surfing habits of employees were…
Facebook, MySpace confront privacy loophole
Facebook, MySpace and several other social-networking sites have been sending data to advertising companies that could be used to find consumers' names and other personal details, despite promises…
ACLU helping keep Twitter users’ IDs secret in Pa.
The Associated Press reports that an American Civil Liberties Union lawyer said May 20 his organization is helping two anonymous Twitter users fight an effort by prosecutors to…
House GOP stops major science, technology bill
