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New game for PlayStation 3: Crunching numbers

Sat, 05 Dec 2009 15:56:07 GMT

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New game for PlayStation 3: Crunching numbers

Alejandro Martínez-Cabrera, Chronicle Staff Writer

Saturday, December 5, 2009

When it comes to high-performance computing, Sony's PlayStation 3 is not all fun and games.

Four years after Sony unveiled its gaming console to the world, some researchers and federal agencies are using PS3s for serious work.

Are You Getting Scammed by Facebook Games?

Sat, 14 Nov 2009 15:29:36 GMT

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Clip Source: www.time.com

Are You Getting Scammed by Facebook Games?

Conflict of Interest Arises as Concern in Standards Push

Mon, 02 Nov 2009 16:43:32 GMT

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Conflict of Interest Arises as Concern in Standards Push

A respected literacy-research organization is asking that a process be put in place to make more transparent potential conflicts of interest that writers of the common national academic standards might have, and to address them.

Augmented Reality in a Contact Lens

Thu, 15 Oct 2009 14:40:16 GMT

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Augmented Reality in a Contact Lens

A new generation of contact lenses built with very small circuits and LEDs promises bionic eyesight

The FTC's Mad Power GrabThe commission's preposterous new endorsement guidelines.

Thu, 08 Oct 2009 10:31:14 GMT

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Clip Source: www.slate.com

The FTC's Mad Power GrabThe commission's preposterous new endorsement guidelines.

If you're a blogger and you write about goods or services—and what blogger doesn't write about books, movies, music, theater, restaurants, home theaters, laptops, manicures, clothing, tutoring, bicycles, cars, boats, cameras, strollers, watches, lawn care, pharmaceuticals, gourmet food, maid service, hair care, concerts, banking, shipping, or septic tank service from time to time?—then you've just made yourself vulnerable to an investigation from the Federal Trade Commission.

Soon, Bloggers Must Give Full Disclosure

Thu, 08 Oct 2009 10:30:24 GMT

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Soon, Bloggers Must Give Full Disclosure

On Monday, the F.T.C. said it would revise rules about endorsements and testimonials in advertising that had been in place since 1980. The new regulations are aimed at the rapidly shifting new-media world and how advertisers are using bloggers and social media sites like Facebook and Twitter to pitch their wares.

Hey, kids! Hate school? Don't tell Facebook!

Thu, 08 Oct 2009 10:29:38 GMT

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Hey, kids! Hate school? Don't tell Facebook!

The First Amendment right to insult one's school increasingly challenged

The Internet “is bringing up things we used to say verbally, that’s now searchable and online,” says Robert L. Shibley, vice president at the Foundation for Individual Rights in Education (FIRE). While FIRE advocates for university students, who have significantly more rights than high school students, Shibley notes the slippery slope between the two education levels.

Get everyone in U.S. online, panel says

Sun, 04 Oct 2009 13:25:56 GMT

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Get everyone in U.S. online, panel says

NEW YORK - The nation needs to give the same urgency to making sure all Americans have broadband access as the Eisenhower administration did in building an interstate highway system a half-century ago, a report released Friday concluded.

Nancy Atwell Speaks Up

Sun, 27 Sep 2009 19:10:19 GMT

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Comcast fires back at Net neutrality proposals

Tue, 22 Sep 2009 10:27:48 GMT

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Comcast fires back at Net neutrality proposals

The FCC is pushing for Net neutrality, stirring online debate among companies that will be affected.

WASHINGTON (CNN) -- Federal Communications Commission Chairman Julius Genachowski outlined two new principles Monday that represent big steps toward net neutrality -- prompting a plethora of online reaction.

A Parent’s Appreciation of a Classroom Blog

Thu, 17 Sep 2009 10:15:58 GMT

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A Parent’s Appreciation of a Classroom Blog

When Sophie came home on the first day talking about the new kids she had met, we were able to check the blog to put faces to all of the new names thanks to first day pictures posted on the blog. Last week Sophie came home super excited about the “Insect Song” they sang in class. That night, we listened to the kids singing it from the front row. We have always appreciated the insight into our kids’ days that we get from weekly or monthly parent letters, but the immediacy and multi-media goodness of Mrs. Morrison’s regularly updated blog makes us feel like we are there for some of it. What more can a parent ask for?

A Twitter Timeline of the California Wildfires

Wed, 02 Sep 2009 10:25:04 GMT

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Clip Source: www.newsweek.com

A Twitter Timeline of the California Wildfires

Selected tweets from the enormous Los Angeles Station Fire.

Parents Misjudge Social Network Habit

Tue, 01 Sep 2009 18:53:52 GMT

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Clip Source: www.nytimes.com

Parents Misjudge Social Network Habit

Common Sense Media, a watchdog group that examines children’s media exposure, has released the results of an online survey showing that, to the surprise of few, teenagers are extraordinarily plugged in to social networks like Facebook. Other studies have shown as much in the past.

But Common Sense is apparently the first to ask parents about their perceptions of their own children’s media usage — and here the numbers get interesting.

Burglars Using Social Networks to Target People, Report Says

Mon, 31 Aug 2009 21:49:10 GMT

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Burglars Using Social Networks to Target People, Report Says

Social networkers using sites like Facebook or Twitter may be leaving themselves open to burglery due to the personal information so many openly share, a report from insurance company Legal & General warns.

A New Assignment: Pick Books You Like

Mon, 31 Aug 2009 21:27:47 GMT

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A New Assignment: Pick Books You Like

JONESBORO, Ga. — For years Lorrie McNeill loved teaching “To Kill a Mockingbird,” the Harper Lee classic that many Americans regard as a literary rite of passage.

But last fall, for the first time in 15 years, Ms. McNeill, 42, did not assign “Mockingbird” — or any novel. Instead she turned over all the decisions about which books to read to the students in her seventh- and eighth-grade English classes at Jonesboro Middle School in this south Atlanta suburb.