‘Suicide’ query prompts Google to offer hotline number
Last week, Google’s search engine started automatically suggesting where users can call for counseling if they type in a search term that appears to focus on suicide, reports…
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Are instructors obsessed by their rankings on RateMyProfessors.com?
It’s not just students who are obsessed with web sites such as RateMyProfessors.com, reports the New York Times: Many instructors are, too.
RandomDorm: Chatroulette for the college set
Using the video chat service Chatroulette can be highly entertaining, but there’s always the chance of encountering something unsavory on the service, which randomly matches strangers for video…
Amazon threatens eBook publishers as Apple looms
As Apple builds its electronic bookstore, Amazon.com is trying to use its clout to hold on to its early lead in the market, reports the New York Times.
How privacy vanishes online
Using bits of data from social-networking web sites, researchers have gleaned people’s names, ages, and even Social Security numbers, reports the New York Times.
Online hate sites grow with social networks
According to a new report on digital hate speech, terrorists and racists are turning to online social networks and depending less on traditional web sites to recruit impressionable…
Fending off the ‘digital decay’ of archived resources, bit by bit
As research libraries and archives are discovering, "born-digital" materials are much more complicated and costly to preserve than anticipated, reports the New York Times.
Deal gives new life to overhaul of student loans
The New York Times reports that Democratic Congressional leaders struck a tentative agreement March 11 that breathes new life into President Obama’s proposed overhaul of federal student loan…
Obama’s student loan overhaul in danger
One of President Obama’s top legislative priorities, an ambitious overhaul of student lending programs that aims to save money by shifting to direct government loans, is in danger…
Google’s computing power refines translation tool
Google’s network pushes the limits of translation technology and has become a favored source of translations for millions of people, reports the New York Times.