MIT turns to smart ventilation as campus greening continues
Can PCE and academic registrars collaborate?
This manner of research helps create a common understanding of the opportunities and challenges faced by PCE and academic registrars
Researchers: Digital devices deprive brain of needed downtime
Cell phones, which in the last few years have become full-fledged computers with high-speed internet connections, can make the tiniest windows of time entertaining, and potentially productive. But…
Scholars test online alternative to peer review
The internet is calling into question one of academia’s sacred rites, reports the New York Times: the peer- reviewed journal article.
Universities use tool to battle student ID theft
College students have to know which data are most vulnerable before they can protect their identity online. The creators of a new software program that fights identity theft…
The web is dead. Who cares?
No doubt many netizens of cyberspace were surprised to hear this week that the World Wide Web is on death's doorstep while the internet is alive and well…
Tech industry holds closed door talks on open internet
An industry body representing some of the biggest names in technology has hosted a closed-door meeting to discuss the future of the open internet, BBC News reports.
Intel to buy McAfee in $7.68 billion deal
Intel Corp. is buying computer-security software maker McAfee Inc. for $7.68 billion as the chip-maker adds to its arsenal of tools to serve an increasing array of internet-connected…
FCC: Web speed half of what is promised
A new FCC study is reporting dramatic differences between the "up to" figures touted by phone and cable companies in promoting their web connections and the internet speeds…
Fighting Obama education plans, colleges boost lobbying
Academia might be a bastion of liberal thought, but in the past two years, the higher-education industry often has lined up opposite the White House and congressional Democrats—and…
Class of 2014: eMail’s for old people
