Want to fly aboard the space shuttle? You can get some face time in orbit, digitally speaking, through the space agency's "Face in Space" web project, MSNBC reports.
A technological disruption is loosening traditional publishers' grip on the book market, reports the Wall Street Journal—and giving new power to technology companies like Amazon to shape which…
For nearly a century, the yearbook has been as much a part of high school as the prom and Friday night football games—but that’s now changing, reports the…
On May 18, Google announced the 40 regional finalists in its annual Doodle 4 Google competition, which challenges school children to create their own version of the Google…
Talk about strange bedfellows: The American Heart Association and Nintendo Co. are teaming up to promote the popular Wii video game console, reports the Associated Press, as the…
Early this year, the most popular YouTube video of all time--a 2007 clip of a British toddler gleefully biting the finger of his older brother--was supplanted by a…
Arizona Gov. Jan Brewer has signed a bill targeting a school district's ethnic studies program, hours after a report by United Nations human rights experts condemned the measure,…
North Jersey high school students considering their options after graduation now can find a powerful new gateway to career exploration just a click away, NorthJersey.com reports.
The Los Angeles Unified School District’s Division of Adult and Career Education has made its English as a Second Language (ESL) instructional videos available online for the benefit…
Avatar director James Cameron urged young Americans on April 26 to pursue careers in science and technology to keep the United States at the forefront of technical innovation,…
CFO reports that the United States continues to lose ground in the battle for high-tech jobs because of its lack of outreach to domestic companies, Intel's finance chief…
A recent article entitled "Why computer science students cheat" hit a raw nerve for undergraduates, software professionals, and hiring executives, Network World reports.
Colleges’ unending campaign to attract more students and alumni donations has higher-education officials looking to two technologies that consume a growing chunk of people’s free time: social media…
Planning to build a local high-speed broadband network as a test project, Google Inc. has received more than 600 responses from communities interested in the effort, BusinessWeek reports.
Microsoft has added a "Windows Phone 7 Rockstar Award" to the list of other competitions in its annual Imagine Cup programming competition for students, reports WindowsforDevices.com.
Across the nation, a single question formed in the minds of tens of thousands of college basketball fans last Thursday at 10 p.m. Eastern Daylight Time, reports the…
School districts have imposed all sorts of drastic cuts to save money during the down economy, reports the Associated Press—and some have now resorted to placing advertisements on…