PC Magazine, in consultation with the Princeton Review, has published a list of what it calls "America's top wired colleges," and the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign tops the list.

The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) is seeking public comment on a number of proposed changes to the list of eligible services for the e-Rate, the $2.25 billion-a-year program that provides discounts on telecommunications services to schools and libraries. The proposed changes would broaden the list of eligible services in some areas; comments are due Sept. 18.

For the past year and a half, students at Broad Creek Middle School in Newport, N.C., have used virtual reality technology to enhance their reading skills across the board--and the evidence suggests these efforts are paying off.

The decision by Comcast--the nation's second largest broadband-service provider (after AT&T)--to set an official limit on the amount of data that residential subscribers can download and upload each month could affect students who learn from home or live off campus, ed-tech observers say.

Japan's Sony Corp. has launched a voluntary recall of 438,000 Vaio portable computers, citing a potential hazard that could cause the machines to overheat or possibly burn a user, Reuters reports.

The One Laptop Per Child project is bringing back its two-for-one deal on its low-cost laptop and has tapped Amazon.com to handle its Give One, Get One program, launched initially last year, CNET reports.

What's he eating for lunch? Is she showing up for class? What subjects are they weak in? Software is helping unravel the mystery, reports the Los Angeles Times.

Comcast has asked a federal appeals court to overturn an FCC ruling that the company is improperly managing customers' online traffic, reports the Washington Post.

Virginia Tech has installed electronic message boards throughout campus, following a recommendation from a university committee looking at safety after the April 16, 2007, shootings on campus, the Associated Press reports.