For better or worse, Wikipedia--the online reference site that lets anyone add to its ever-growing body of knowledge--has changed the nature of internet research. Now Google is taking the wraps off a free internet encyclopedia of its own, designed to give people a chance to show off--and profit from--their expertise on any topic.

School districts create acceptable-use policies (AUPs) to define what is--and is not--acceptable behavior when using their computer resources. But at a time when computers and internet access are seen as increasingly important tools for instruction, many school leaders are struggling with how best to enforce these policies in the event that students transgress them.

"Hybrid" courses, which offer a blend of online and face-to-face instruction, have become increasingly popular in schools and colleges nationwide. Now, a new high school in Hawaii has taken the same concept and applied it to an entire school.

Flash-card programs, eBook reading software, and science and math simulations are among more than a dozen educational software programs developed for Apple's iPhone that appear in the new App Store, which debuted July 11.

Hackers have released software that exploits a recently disclosed flaw in the Domain Name System (DNS) software used to route messages between computers on the internet, reports PC World--making it imperative that school IT staff and others patch their DNS servers if they haven't already.

The lawyer for a Missouri mother accused of creating a fake MySpace page to harass a 13-year-old girl is arguing that charges should be tossed out of court because if she is guilty, then so are millions of internet users every day, reports the Washington Post.

The Indianapolis Star reports that Brooks School Elementary teacher Mark Heiden took his students along on his summer trip to Germany--with a little help from the internet.

A ban on the enforcement of COPA, the Child Online Protection Act, was upheld in the Third U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals July 22 after the appeals court agreed with a lower court's findings that the law was vague, overly broad, and unconstitutional, DailyTech reports.

New York Gov. David Paterson signed a law July 22 that he said would lead to restrictions on video game violence and help families better monitor grisly games, ABC News reports.