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6/26/09
TechNews for the week: June 26; June 24; June 22;
War Politics and Reports (Also, see Free Speech and Homeland Security)
Report: Goldman Sachs on pace for record bonuses; Citi boosting salaries to offset lower bonuses;
Credit Score Shell Game;
Unemployment Rate Expected To Persist;
Obama Administration Looks to Colleges for Future Spies;
U.N. Yugoslav Tribunal's Prosecution Of Ex-Spokeswoman Draws Criticism;
Gov. Sanford cons and pros; Limbaugh Blames Sanford's Affair On Obama;
Information technology:
Security issues
Design issues
Other news
Google's vision improving for image search ;
Q&A: Software Pioneer Dan Bricklin;
Microsoft's Outlook 2010 HTML Controversy;
Net politics:
Good sources include Politechbot.com and Greplaw (cyberlaw forum at Harvard Law School);
Copyright issues
Trademark, domain names
First Amendment, Free Speech
Privacy issues
Homeland Security
Education:
Some Presidents Say Colleges Must Alter Their Business Models; When is it time for a college to close?
Report: Most Colleges Avoid Risk Management;
New NCATE requirements for accrediting Education Schools go into effect immediately; Five Myths About No Child Left Behind;
Report details How 15 States Are Working to Improve Remedial Education;
Accreditation Group and Unesco Team Up to Take On Diploma Mills;
City College of San Francisco’s Trustees Defer College's Plan to Rename Courses for Paid Sponsors;
Judge rules Colorado State Board Broke Open-Meetings Law when it selected one of its members as the sole finalist for chancellor in a private session;
More Revelations on Illinois Admissions;
Liberty U bans College Democrats; Welcome to the Air Force Academy: You're doing everything wrong!;
German Court Allows Students to Rate Teachers Online;
Online System Brings Individualized Learning to Colorado State Chem Lectures; A pilot program brings math into the real world;
Worse Than an F: Canadian University Pioneers New Grade for Failure for cheating; Should Definitions of Cheating Change in the Age of Texting?
Kansas State U. Audit Finds Possible Financial Shenanigans in Athletic Department;
U. Colorado to Raise Money by Text Message at Football Games;
Title IX's 37th Anniversary Forum, Talk Focuses on Academics, Not Just Sports;
6/19/09
TechNews for the week: June 19; June 17; June 15;
War Politics and Reports (Also, see Free Speech and Homeland Security)
Obama spells out major financial rules overhaul; 10 large US banks to repay $68B in TARP funds;
A.I.G. Balks at Claims From Jet Ditching in Hudson; AIG lawyer: Ex-top exec plundered retirement plan; House targets Fed Chair Bernanke in BoA investigation;
Trims to Medicare, Medicaid Are Proposed to Help Fund Reform;
Calif aid request turned down by U.S.; State hiring freezes allow thousands of exceptions;
Furloughs: Another Way to Cut Labor Costs raises questions about worker rights;
Credit Bailout: Issuers Slashing Card Balances;
Document Shows CIA Mistaken on 'High-Value' Detainee; CIA Fights Full Release Of Detainee Report; CIA Fired Firms that helped introduce waterboarding;
Judge to review Cheney interview in CIA leak case; NSA Criticized for Intercepting Phone Calls, E-mail;
1979 State Dept. Document Found Israeli Settlements 'Inconsistent' With the Law;
Supreme Court Rules Inmates Lack Constitutional Right to DNA Testing;
Twitter-clueless Rep. Hoekstra is the new Ted Stevens;
With N.Y. Senate in Dispute, Politics a 'Circus';
Information technology:
Security issues
Design issues
Other news
A New Way to Monetize Video;
Google Unveils Potential Exchange Killer;
Chasing Moore's Law Getting Too Expensive;
Net politics:
Good sources include Politechbot.com and Greplaw (cyberlaw forum at Harvard Law School);
Copyright issues
Patent issues
Privacy issues
Other News
Drug suspect turns tables on NYPD with videotape;
Deep-Diving Submersible Combines AUV, ROV Capabilities;
Verizon, AT&T Deny Colluding to Set Texting Prices;
Education:
Survey Identifies Trends at U.S. Colleges That Appear to Undermine Productivity of Scholars;
US News Planning Expansion Of Rankings Website;
Military Academies see applications jump 10-40 percent;
U.S. to Spend Up to $350 Million For Uniform Tests in Reading, Math; Texas district takes new approach to math testing;
Challenges to SAT Are Cited as Way to Fight Bans on Race-Conscious Admissions;
If new GI bill remains unpassed Veterans Could Be Forced to Return Some Student Aid; U.S. Supreme Court Agrees to Hear Student-Loan Case;
Study Finds Drinking by College Students on the Rise;
Oregon governor and lawmakers at budget impasse; U. Tennessee System Announces Layoffs for the Future;
U. California Faculty and Staff Members Could Face 8% Pay Cut; Attending California Community Colleges Cost To Rise 30 Percent;
Federal Investigators Subpoena Admissions Records at 3 Illinois Universities; Millions of Dollars Later, U. Wisconsin Still Lacks New Payroll Software;
Facebook application, Inigral, allows students to network with peers before first day of class;
Studies Explore Whether the Internet Makes Students Better Writers; Essay: Not Every Child Is Secretly a Genius;
HP says Tablet PC Beats Your Whiteboard; 11 reasons tablet PC is better;
Student Beats Cheating Charges for Posting Work Online; Poll shows Teen cheating morphs with new tech;
NCAA intends to take away Florida State victories; appeal fails;
More SAT problems for Memphis basketball;
$1-Million Shaw Prizes Go to 5 Researchers;
6/12/09
TechNews for the week: June 12; June 10; June 8;
War Politics and Reports (Also, see Free Speech and Homeland Security)
Financial Players Try to Influence Regulatory Overhaul; Goals Shift For Reform Of Financial Regulation; Executives Unruffled by Proposed Compensation Rules;
10 Banks Allowed to Repay $68B in Bailout Money; Panel says Banks May Need New Stress Tests; Spike in Interest Rates Could Choke Recovery;
Supreme Court Clears the Way for Chrysler Sale ;
CIA Urges Judge To Keep Bush-Era Documents Sealed;
Pentagon Travel often funded by parties with financial interest;
Information technology:
Security issues
Design issues
Other news
Free Internet? Dead in 5 years;
Wolfram Alpha rolls out core updates; Alioscopy Unveils 3D Video Without the Glasses;
Net politics:
Good sources include Politechbot.com and Greplaw (cyberlaw forum at Harvard Law School);
Copyright issues
Patent issues
Trademark, domain names
Homeland Security
Other News
Isaac Newton: Physicist And ... Crime Fighter?;
Mathematics or Mismanagement: The Crash of 2008;
Education:
Higher education's failure of ethic leadership; Business Deans Say Co-Authorships Are Often Undeserved;
In Clemson Rankings Controversy, Most College Officials Assume Everyone Games the System; playing the ranking game;
ASEE Working With US News To Improve Accuracy Of Rankings Data;
Study: Students Pay More as Colleges Spend Less on Instruction; Cuts at UC-Riverside Reflect Harsh Realities for All of the System's Campuses;
Panel Appointed to Investigate U. of Illinois Admissions; UNLV's President Faces Possible Ouster;
Top Republican on House Education Panel Could Be Replaced by Direct-Loan Supporter;
Purdue, Indiana University Setting Higher Math Standards; WolframAlpha Web Site Could Ignite a New Campus 'Math War';
Top 20 websites every scientist (or engineer) ought to know;
Lecture Capture Is Getting Campuses Talking; Brigham Young U. Reconsiders Its Ban on YouTube;
Beware the Learning Curve of Electronic Textbooks; 6 Lessons One Campus Learned About E-Textbooks;
'The Computer Ate My Homework': How to Detect Fake Techno-Excuses;
NCAA places Alabama football program on 3-year probation; 'Bama pays big price for free textbooks;
SAT score for second Memphis player questioned;
Plans for Oklahoma State U.'s Athletic Village Are Still On Hold;
5/22/09
TechNews for the week: June 5; June 3; June 1;
War Politics and Reports (Also, see Free Speech and Homeland Security)
U.S. occupation will end, but cultural influence on Iraq will live on; Obama calls for new beginning between US, Muslims;
New Approach to Afghanistan Likely ; Defense department report: US broke bombing rules in Afghanistan;
Report: NKorea Kim's youngest son named successor;
Cheney personally oversaw at least four Briefings of Lawmakers To Defend Interrogation Techniques;
Judge Revisits Warrantless Eavesdropping;
In Cox Years at SEC, Policies Undercut Action; new SEC Chief Strives To Rebuild Regulator; SEC charging ex-Countrywide CEO Mozilo with fraud;
Paul Krugman: Reagan's biggest legacy - changing America's financial rules; The new economy: More Employees Forced To Take Furloughs;
SC Supreme Court orders governor to apply for stimulus money; Massachusetts Higher-ed group blasts diversion of education stimulus money;
Joblessness Hits 9.4%, but Slowing Losses Raise Hopes;
Interest Groups Press Congress for Permission to Pollute ;
U.S. Gets Majority Stake in New GM;
Information technology:
Security issues
Design issues
Other news
Adobe reader alternatives;
The cure for YouTube's ills: Charge for uploads; YouTube monetization help; YouTube making jump to TV screens;
Net politics:
Good sources include Politechbot.com and Greplaw (cyberlaw forum at Harvard Law School);
Patent issues
Trademark, domain names
Privacy issues
Other News
Can the Internet Make a More Open Government?; How the White House Is Using Web 2.0 Technology So Far;
Nobel laureate: Wind is not the future, but solar energy is;
Better Running Through Walking;
Did Computer Failure Bring Down Air France 447?;
Education:
46 States, D.C. Plan to Draft Common Education Standards;
Report Outlines Health Concerns for Student Veterans;
Higher Education Act says colleges must verify that an enrolled student is the same person who does the work;
Charleston Academic Magnet makes top 10 High schools in college readiness;
Hot-jobs list could point the way for college grads;
Most College Presidents' Pay Climbing; U California Executives to Take 5% Pay Cuts;
Auditor Finds KY Student Loan Lender Received Millions in Excess Subsidies;
Court in Colorado Finds Metropolitan State College of Denver's Tenure Changes Invalid;
U. of Illinois to reform appeals process after paper reveals political influence;
Researcher describes steps taken by Clemson to move up in US News rankings;
Newspaper says College Sports Programs Use Privacy Law to Hide Their Inner Workings;
Introducing a Remedial Program That Actually Works; Keeping Students Engaged with Classroom Assessments; Colleges Using Blogs Instead of Blackboard;
25 ways to teach with Twitter; The New Student Excuse? Overcoming the laptop wall; one idea: Poll Everywhere;
Culture, Not Biology, Underpins Math Gender Gap;
Complex Math NYU faculty receive 3 Abel prizes in 5 years;