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Viacom says YouTube ignored copyrights

Viacom says YouTube ignored copyrights

Pointing to internal YouTube eMail messages, Viacom said in a court filing that the video site’s founders turned a blind eye when users uploaded copyrighted clips so they could amass a big audience and sell the company quickly, reports the New York Times.

Digital Storm’s DAVINCI Ushers in Workstation Renaissance for Creative Professionals

Digital Storm’s DAVINCI Ushers in Workstation Renaissance for Creative Professionals

Intel i7 980X and NVIDIA Quadro powered workstations optimize application performance for superior digital content creation
Fremont, CA – (March 18, 2010) – Digital Storm, the predominant name in system integration, proudly debuts its flagship line of workstations: DAVINCI.
Digital Storm’s DAVINCI workstations harness the power of Intel’s new i7 980X processor, NVIDIA’s Quadro graphics card and [...]

Premier Mounts Promotes Phil Davenport to Manage Premier Mounts LTD. for the UK, Europe and Middle East

Premier Mounts Promotes Phil Davenport to Manage Premier Mounts LTD. for the UK, Europe and Middle East

ANAHEIM, CALIF. (March 18, 2010) – Reaffirming its commitment to supplying European and Middle East customers with the highest quality projector and flat-panel mounts, stands and carts, Premier Mounts (www.mounts.com) has promoted Phil Davenport to European general manager. A five-year veteran at Premier Mounts, Davenport will assume responsibility for sales efforts in Europe and the [...]

Compton’s by Britannica Revised for 2010; Hundreds of articles rewritten, hundreds of new photos, images

Compton’s by Britannica Revised for 2010; Hundreds of articles rewritten, hundreds of new photos, images

CHICAGO, March 18, 2010—The 26-volume Compton’s by Britannica student encyclopedia has been revised for 2010, the publisher, Encyclopaedia Britannica, Inc., said today.
The lavishly illustrated set, which is popular among students in grades 6-12, has seen hundreds of its main-text articles revised and boasts hundreds of new photos, images and other additions.
Entries on geography and nations [...]

K-8 Principals Gather to Raise Student Achievement, Shape School Reform

K-8 Principals Gather to Raise Student Achievement, Shape School Reform

As primary catalysts for creating a lasting foundation for learning, K-8 principals to focus on
transformational leadership strategies for strengthening the nation’s schools.
Alexandria, VA—March 18, 2010—Elementary and middle school principals from around the nation will be attending the National Association of Elementary School Principals’ (NAESP) 89th Annual Convention and Exposition April 8-11 in Houston. The convention, [...]

Geometric Dimensioning and Tolerancing-Online Training Now Available

Geometric Dimensioning and Tolerancing-Online Training Now Available

Indianapolis, Ind. – March 18, 2010 – Oxygen Education, LLC, a market leading developer of online learning content for technical education and workforce development, today announced the availability of its Geometric Dimensioning and Tolerancing (GD&T) online training. The capstone of its online Blueprint and Drawing curriculum for advanced manufacturing, Oxygen’s GD&T course teaches learners the [...]

Exclusive Screening of New Documentary Life Kicks-Off High School Phase of Siemens We Can Change The World Challenge

Exclusive Screening of New Documentary Life Kicks-Off High School Phase of Siemens We Can Change The World Challenge

Nation’s Premier Sustainability Challenge Expands to Encourage High School Students to Become Green ‘Agents of Change’ in Their Communities and Beyond
Philadelphia, Penn. (Mar. 18, 2010) – The Siemens Foundation, Discovery Education and the National Science Teachers Association (NSTA) are partnering again this year to educate, empower and engage students and teachers nationwide to become “Agents [...]

FOLLETT SOFTWARE COMPANY INTRODUCES COGNITE

FOLLETT SOFTWARE COMPANY INTRODUCES COGNITE

New technology helps create a K-12 digital learning environment for teachers, students, parents
MCHENRY, Ill., March 4, 2010 – With leading-edge technology that engages the 21st century learner, Follett Software Company today introduced Cognite™, an easy-to-use digital learning environment that integrates discovery tools, retrieval and communication with the goal of creating a vibrant experience where K-12 [...]

Million Voice Project to Improve Education by Listening to Students

Million Voice Project to Improve Education by Listening to Students

Pearson Foundation leads research initiative to survey students and to provide actionable data to thousands of schools
NEW YORK – March 16, 2010 – Current academic research increasingly emphasizes the role that personal engagement plays in students’ success in high school and in their preparation for college and career. In response, the Pearson Foundation today announced [...]

Intel honors science excellence

Intel honors science excellence

Space exploration could become cheaper and more efficient, and scientists might understand how genetics influence the spread of prostate cancer—thanks to the work of some very talented high school students.