Google rebuts DOJ objections to digital book deal
Google Inc. wants the digital rights to millions of books badly enough that it's willing to take on the U.S. Department of Justice in a court battle over…
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IBM makes cloud computing available to academia
IBM has joined technology leaders Google, Microsoft, and Amazon in providing colleges and universities with free cloud computing aimed at easing campuses’ IT strain and enhancing distance learning.
Google to build ultra-fast web networks
Google Inc. plans to build a handful of experimental internet networks around the country to ensure that tomorrow's systems can keep up with online video and other advanced…
Universities use stimulus money to build high-tech research labs
Ten colleges and universities will use a total of $123 million in stimulus funds to build scientific facilities that will ... Read more
Carnegie Mellon to offer online safety program
Carnegie Mellon University will use a $20,000 grant from the Verizon Foundation to create and distribute web safety advice to faculty, teachers, and students in K-12 schools and…
Stanford affirms support for Google Book Search
The U.S. Justice Department’s concerns about Google Book Search persist, but not everyone shares those concerns: Stanford University last week affirmed its support of the expansive online library…
Feds still troubled by Google Books deal
The U.S. Justice Department still thinks a proposal to give Google the digital rights to millions of hard-to-find books threatens to stifle competition and undermine copyright laws, despite…
Microsoft opens its cloud to researchers
Researchers have until March 15 to submit proposals to the National Science Foundation that would grant access to Microsoft’s massive cloud-computing power for three years.
Experts split: Are FY11 student aid increases enough?
President Obama’s fiscal year 2011 budget includes $156 billion in student aid, a second consecutive increase in Pell Grant funds, and a lower cap for student loan repayments—but…
Social media use on the rise, but fewer young people are blogging
The use of social-networking web sites among young Americans continues to climb—but fewer teens and young adults are blogging now than four years ago, and the number of…