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Study: Data-breach disclosure laws don’t reduce identity theft
A new Carnegie Mellon University study finds that data-breach-disclosure laws--which require organizations to reveal when personal information on their servers has been compromised--have been ineffective at reducing identity theft, the…
A plan to bridge the technology gap
Improving the equity between the well-off and less well-off students is one of the goals of a proposed technology plan for the Greenville, N.Y., Central School District, the Catskill Daily…
Apple aims for the masses with a cheaper iPhone
Apple Inc. has introduced a new, cheaper iPhone model that navigates the internet more quickly, as well as a range of new applications and services, the New York Times reports.…
HP targets wider market with new touch-screen PCs
Hewlett-Packard, the world's biggest computer maker, launched a new generation of touch-screen PCs designed to lift user-friendly computing out of its expensive niche and bring it to a wider market,…
New social-networking web site enhances education
The San Jose Mercury News reports on FreshBrain, a social-networking web site created to enhance the education of youth in the areas of business and technology through interactive experiences. …
PS3 components used to build world’s fastest computer
A supercomputer with components originally developed for Sony's PlayStation video-game console has become the world's fastest computer, CIO Today reports. …
2008-09 school enrollment expected to set a record
The Washington Post reports that public school enrollment across the country will hit a record high this year with just under 50 million students, and the student population is becoming…
Florida may expand online education
The Florida Legislature has passed a bill that mandates that every school district by 2009 offer some type of online education program, even to students as young as 5, the…
Pennsylvania equips schools for the digital age
Across Pennsylvania, the way teachers teach and students learn is undergoing a massive upgrade for the digital age, the Philadelphia Inquirer reports. …
Now professors can get their star rankings, too
The New York Times reports on the Social Science Research Network, an increasingly influential web site that now offers nearly 150,000 full-text documents for downloading and gives academics the chance…