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Online Piracy Fight Arrives at College Campuses

Posted by Asha 64 days ago (http://www.newsfactor.com)

Starting this month, colleges and universities that don`t do enough to combat the illegal swapping of "Avatar" or Lady Gaga over their computer networks put themselves at risk of losing federal funding. A provision of the Higher Education Opportunity Act of 2008 is making schools a reluctant ally in the entertainment industry`s campaign to stamp out unauthorized distribution of copyrighted music,

Study Reveals Serious Internet Addiction Among College Students

Posted by admin 134 days ago (http://inventorspot.com)

.... After a 24 hour withdrawal from all media, the students described that period using literal terms of addiction, the same terms associated with drug and alcohol addition - withdrawal, frantically craving, very anxious, antsy, miserable, jittery, crazy...Â Others said they were lonely, sad, alone, secluded, isolated...

Call For College Inventors Alternative Energy Technology Competition

Posted by admin 138 days ago (http://inventorspot.com)

Inventors Digest has partnered with the National Collegiate Inventors & Innovators Alliance (NCIIA) to host the the 2010 Collegiate Alt-Energy Challenge: Help Save The World One Kilowatt at a Time.Â The challenge is seeking ideas for innovative low-cost, alternative energy technologies, products, solutions, and services that will help assuage the cycle of poverty, malnutrition, disease and death among peoples of the world that live without electricity.

In College Is Better Education Just a Click Away

Posted by Asha 183 days ago (http://www.newsfactor.com)

The students in Michael Dubson`s physics class at the University of Colorado fell silent as a multiple choice question flashed on a screen, sending them scrambling for small white devices on their desks. Within seconds, a monitor on Dubson`s desk told him that 92 percent of the class had correctly answered the question on kinetic energy, a sign that they grasped the concept. Clickers -- not unli