Technology access law helps those with special education needs
Americans with disabilities and those with related special education needs will be able to use smart phones, the internet, and other technologies that are staples of life and work more easily under a technology access bill signed into law Oct. 8.
Microsoft proposes public health approach to internet infections
Microsoft has proposed a bold new internet security model based on the principles used to preserve public health on a global basis, USA Today reports.
University of Minnesota to provide free iPads for research
Approximately 450 University of Minnesota students will receive Apple iPads at the end of October as a part of a major research project, reports the Minnesota Daily.
Students dependent on technology—for better or worse
Technology has become so entwined with college students’ often frantic lives that most in a new survey say they’d be more frazzled without it. Yet the poll also found that being perpetually connected comes at a cost.
Cisco unveils $599 home video conferencing system
Cisco Systems Inc. has launched a $599 home video conferencing system, a high-quality rival to Skype and other low-cost providers, as the network equipment maker seeks to expand in the consumer market, Reuters reports.
Keeping the masses safe on the internet
Recognizing that all the technology in the world can’t protect the internet from attacks, the security industry is targeting an education campaign at the weakest link, CNET reports: computer users.
The textbook alternative that could save students $700 per year
College textbooks available for free online or sold in print for low cost could slash students’ annual textbook bill from $900 to $184, according to a survey of students at 10 campuses released this fall.
Apple challenges $625.5M patent-infringement award to Yale prof
Apple Inc. is challenging a federal jury’s order that it pay $625.5 million in damages for violating the patents of a small technology company founded by a Yale professor, reports the Associated Press.
Obama: Community colleges central to economic recovery
During an Oct. 5 White House summit, Obama administration officials and community college leaders discussed ways to position two-year colleges as training hubs that could be instrumental in the country’s economic recovery. And technology, they said, would be a centerpiece to enrolling more students and boosting completion rates.
Aiming to learn as we do, a machine teaches itself
Researchers are fine-tuning a computer system that is trying to master semantics by learning more like a human, reports the New York Times.