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Before the gunfire, cyberattacks
Weeks before bombs started falling on Georgia, a security researcher in suburban Massachusetts was watching an attack against the country in cyberspace, reports The New York Times. …
Parents fear video games more than porn, alcohol
According to Newsfactor.com, recent polls suggest that parents are more concerned about their children's exposure to video games than alcohol, violence and pornography. …
New York State Senate gets bill banning bullying acts in the schools
Legislation aimed at banning bullying in public schools, including harassment based on sexual orientation, has been quietly introduced in the State Senate, reports The New York Times. …
States may tax iTunes, other digital downloads
According to CNET, with retail e-commerce sales now estimated to exceed $130 billion a year, and iTunes song purchases topping 5 billion, state politicians and tax collectors have begun to…
Congress cuts off college aid for sex offenders
Some of the nation's worst sex offenders will no longer be eligible to receive generous educational financial aid packages while they are confined in treatment centers under a bill approved…
Web privacy on the radar in Congress
On Aug. 1, four top members of the House Committee on Energy and Commerce sent letters ordering 33 cable and Internet companies, including Google, Microsoft, Comcast and Cox Communications, to…
Budget cuts mean end of Ky.’s TV college courses
A program that has helped thousands of Kentuckians get a college education will end due to state budget cuts, reports the Herald-Dispatch. …
Court blocks MIT students from showing subway hack
A federal judge ordered three college students to cancel a Sunday presentation at a computer hackers' conference where they planned to show security flaws in the automated fare system used…
Libraries step into the age of iPod
Hoping to draw back readers, libraries nationwide have vastly expanded their lists of digital books, music, and movies that can be downloaded by patrons to a computer or MP3 player,…
College and company link up to lure foreigners
In an unusual partnership that began last fall, Northeastern University is using Kaplan Inc., a for-profit education company, to find students for-and help run-an academic program for international students to…