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The 404 1,273: Where overall we think it's necessary (podcast) CNET News.com (20 most recent)
Sharon Vaknin gives us a double report of last night's Webby Awards and the new Xbox One gaming console. Then she sticks around to talk GIFs, her favorite UrbanDictionary entires, and a few of her upcoming how-to reports for CNET. [Read more]
    
Verizon partners with J Lo's VivaMovil to target Latinos CNET News.com (20 most recent)
Verizon Wireless announced Wednesday a partnership with a brand new mobile brand started by actress and singer Jennifer Lopez that will be geared toward Latino customers. [Read more]
    
2-Year Colleges Getting a Falling Share of Spending NYT Higher Education
Even as their student bodies have become poorer, community colleges are “receiving minimal federal support,” an author of a new report says.
Patent troll that wants $1,000 per worker gets sued by Vermont A-G ars technica
A patent-trolling scheme went too far and has riled a small state's officials.
Pines punched a “one way ticket toward genome obesity” ars technica
So much junk that it may push the limits of stuffing DNA into a chromosome.
Early details emerge for what could be new HTC Desire models CNET News.com (20 most recent)
Smartphones spied in certification and benchmark phases could be Taiwanese manufacturer's newest offerings. [Read more]
    
The Learning Network Blog: Lesson Plan | Cool Science: Renewing Interest in Space Exploration Through Social Media and Music NYT Higher Education
In this lesson we offer three activities inspired by the astronaut Chris Hadfield’s use of social media to renew flagging interest in space.
Merger of ancient galaxies could explain the origin of today’s giants ars technica
Collision more than 10 billion light-years away produced 2,000 new stars yearly.
Tiny crystal flowers bloom in a beaker CNET News.com (20 most recent)
Scientists at Harvard have coaxed beautiful microscopic crystal flowers to form in a beaker of chemical fluid. [Read more]
    
Adorably Chubby Mini-Spider Species Discovered in China Wired
Get a free 100-photo flip-book from Groovebook CNET News.com (20 most recent)
Speaking in Tech: Portland hipsters gagging for yesterday's web tool The Register
Foursquare gets better at local search with new filters on mobile CNET News.com (20 most recent)
Walmart exec: Mobile can revive personal touch for shoppers CNET News.com (20 most recent)
Collaborate.org launches new platform to map the world CNET News.com (20 most recent)
Citrix halfway to Avalon with XenDesktop 7 desktop and app virtualizer The Register
General Zod Threatens Earth's Annihilation in Latest Man of Steel Trailer Wired
Twitter lets advertisers collect contact info from tweets CNET News.com (20 most recent)
Power company targeted by 10,000 cyberattacks per month ars technica
Google Top Charts show world's searches for whiskey, more CNET News.com (20 most recent)
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Sony's board debates breaking up with Spider-Man The Register
Zite Strives to Fill the Hole Left by Google Reader Wired
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Watch out, chaps, it's another storage sync 'n' share produ-ARRRGH The Register
Cricket's Samsung Galaxy S4 sells June 7 for $600 CNET News.com (20 most recent)
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Eric Schmidt: 'Google IS a capitalist country... er, company' The Register
Several senior HTC employees depart following HTC First disaster ars technica
Crowd-funded music: Omaha Diner joins a wave of artists asking fans for direct support CNET News.com (20 most recent)
Juniper, Seagate stuff cash down Cloudscaling's OpenStack trousers The Register
Want the ZTE Grand S? Americans on hold until 2014 CNET News.com (20 most recent)
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Tim Cook confirms: Apple spending $100 million to build new Macs in Texas ars technica
Windows that double as cell signal boosters? Yes, please CNET News.com (20 most recent)
FBI Kills Ex-MMA Fighter Tied to Boston Bombing Suspect Wired
FLABBER-JASTED: It's 'jif', NOT '.gif', says man who should know The Register
New York Can Fight Airbnb and Uber, But the Sharing Economy Is Here to Stay Wired
How Disney and Threadless Built a 200K-Person Design Team Wired
Bunging servers in disk arrays achieves nothing. There, I said it The Register
A day at the Bay Area Maker Faire, the greatest show-and-tell on Earth ars technica
Motorola beats attorney-owned patent company at trial over Bluetooth ars technica
BMW offers in-car streaming music for cross-Europe road trips The Register
NetApp: We laid off 100s, profits dived - and it's all YOUR fault The Register
Ed Miliband brands Google's UK tax avoidance 'WRONG' The Register
The Learning Network Blog: As the Alarm Sirens Wailed NYT Higher Education
Yahoo 'won't screw Tumblr'? Then Tumblr will screw its balance sheet The Register
Slim Shady wannabe Zuck's Facebook 'STOLE' MY SONG - Eminem The Register
Stand back, everyone! Dragons' Den ace HAS FOUND THE CLOUD The Register
Blue Coat gobbles CCTV-for-network-traffic maker Solera The Register
The Funny, Occasionally Dirty, Hidden Messages in Your Favorite Games Wired
The Braver, Better Movie That Star Trek Into Darkness Could Have Been Wired
Bitcoin ATMs: Handy Vending Machines or Money-Laundering Nightmares? Wired
BMW Guggenheim Lab Maps the Trends Shaping Our Cities Wired
Arrested Development Creator on the Future of TV and Bringing Back the Bluths Wired
This Thrift Shop Junky Wears Your Grandpa's Clothes Wired
4 Questions Obama's Big National Security Speech Should Answer Wired
Stable Streaming, But Only OK Sound Wired
Word 2 to Office 365 and beyond: The good, the bad and the Ribbon The Register
If you've bought DRM'd film files from Acetrax, here's the bad news The Register
New Big Blue UK, Ireland exec to give kiss o' life to server sales The Register
The Learning Network Blog: How Much Slang Do You Use? What Are Your Favorite (Printable) Words? NYT Higher Education
Smartwatch face off: Pebble, MetaWatch and new hi-tech timepieces The Register
EU boffins in plan for 'more nutritious' horsemeat ice cream The Register
The bunker at the end of the world - in Essex The Register
Camby cash crypto-coders Cronto chomped on pronto by Vasco The Register
Facebook teens' kimonos - basically never closed The Register
HTC woes prompts 'leave now' tweet from former staffer The Register
Japan uses big data to map cultural climate change The Register
WW II U-boat attacks prompt new US response The Register
Garden fertilised by Twitter output wins Gold at Chelsea The Register
Aurora attack tried to pinch secret list of Chinese spies The Register
Microsoft talks about Xbox One’s internals, while disclosing nothing ars technica
Embedded systems vendors careless says Metasploit author The Register
This is cool: Qualcomm shows off its Mirasol display ars technica
Chicago Communities Wary of Chicago School Closures NYT Higher Education
City Will Speed Cleanup of PCB-Filled Lights in Schools NYT Higher Education
Congress Smashes Pentagon's New Den of Spies Wired
Pump Up the Jams With NuForce's Mobile Music Pump Wired
How to migrate a user account to another OS X system MacFixIt
After Apple's Tax Grilling, It's Time for Tech to Shape Up Wired
Steven Spielberg Working on Live-Action Halo Series for Xbox Wired
Why Star Trek Made San Francisco the Center of Its Futuristic Utopia Wired
Camera Traps Capture Rare and Beautiful Javan Leopards Wired
Optical drives not working with Mountain Lion for some MacFixIt
Jean Grey Gets in Bed With Logan in New Wolverine Trailer Wired
Curiosity Rover Resumes Science Operations With Second Drilling Wired
Electrified, Student-Built Karmann Ghia Runs on Tweets Wired
Awesome Photos Show Efforts to Preserve Historic Apollo Rocket Engines Wired
Game|Life Podcast Goes In-Depth on Xbox One Wired
From Green Light to Boot-Up: Behind the Scenes of Xbox One's Development Wired
How Xbox One Plans to Fight Sony, Steam, and Everything Else Wired
Exclusive First Look at Xbox One Wired
Close Up With Xbox One: Every Photo You Could Ever Want Wired
House Panel Shoves Pentagon-China Satellite Deal Out of the Airlock Wired
The Choice Blog: First-Generation Jitters About Going to Yale NYT Higher Education
U.S. Says 3 N.Y.U. Scientists Took Bribes to Reveal Work to China NYT Higher Education
How to create custom PDF compression filters in OS X MacFixIt
The Caucus: Obama Urges Morehouse Graduates to ‘Keep Setting an Example’ NYT Higher Education
The Choice Blog: Long Journey to College, but I Was Never Alone NYT Higher Education
The Choice Blog: College Plans Always Work Out, Even When They Don’t NYT Higher Education
In Decision to Enter Home Near Hofstra, a Life-or-Death Calculation NYT Higher Education
To Sharpen Student Testing, Another Round of Tests NYT Higher Education
U.S. Campuses Wrestle With Safety Perceptions NYT Higher Education
Suspect in Hofstra Home Invasion Had Extensive Criminal Record NYT Higher Education
Walcott Criticizes Calls to Reverse School Reforms NYT Higher Education
Schools Chancellor to Strike Back at Candidates Critical of Mayor’s Policies NYT Higher Education
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How to handle OS X firmware updates that won't install MacFixIt
Your Money: College Essays That Stand Out From the Crowd NYT Higher Education
On Religion: Could Griner’s Announcement That She’s Lesbian Be a Game Changer at Baylor? NYT Higher Education
Steve Jobs’s Widow Sets Philanthropy Goals NYT Higher Education
Ways to hide applications in OS X MacFixIt
New Mac spyware found in the Oslo Freedom Forum MacFixIt
National Briefing | Midwest: Illinois: Lawsuits Filed Over Chicago School Closings NYT Higher Education
National Briefing | South: Tennessee: Home-schooling Family Is Denied Asylum NYT Higher Education
Thompson Tries to Draw a Line Between Him and Bloomberg on Education NYT Higher Education
Rutgers Chooses a Woman to Lead Athletic Department NYT Higher Education
How to revert a language change in OS X MacFixIt
How to create an OS X installer from Apple's Internet Recovery MacFixIt
MS13-045 - Important : Vulnerability in Windows Essentials Could Allow Information Disclosure (2813707) - Version: 1.1 Microsoft Security Bulletins
Retired and Back in School for the Degree, Not Just the Fun NYT Higher Education
Dr. Dre and Jimmy Iovine Start U.S.C. Program NYT Higher Education
National Briefing | Education: Georgia Tech Will Offer a Master’s Degree Online NYT Higher Education
National Briefing | Education: Virginia Tech President to Retire NYT Higher Education
Quickly add items to the OS X Finder sidebar and Dock MacFixIt
Pay Dispute Heats Up at N.Y.U.’s Florence Campus NYT Higher Education
MS13-041 - Important : Vulnerability in Lync Could Allow Remote Code Execution (2834695) - Version: 1.0 Microsoft Security Bulletins
MS13-043 - Important : Vulnerability in Microsoft Word Could Allow Remote Code Execution (2830399) - Version: 1.0 Microsoft Security Bulletins
MS13-044 - Important : Vulnerability in Microsoft Visio Could Allow Information Disclosure (2834692) - Version: 1.0 Microsoft Security Bulletins
MS13-042 - Important : Vulnerabilities in Microsoft Publisher Could Allow Remote Code Execution (2830397) - Version: 1.0 Microsoft Security Bulletins
MS13-039 - Important : Vulnerability in HTTP.sys Could Allow Denial of Service (2829254) - Version: 1.0 Microsoft Security Bulletins
MS13-037 - Critical : Cumulative Security Update for Internet Explorer (2829530) - Version: 1.0 Microsoft Security Bulletins
MS13-009 - Critical : Cumulative Security Update for Internet Explorer (2792100) - Version: 1.2 Microsoft Security Bulletins
MS13-040 - Important : Vulnerabilities in .NET Framework Could Allow Spoofing (2836440) - Version: 1.0 Microsoft Security Bulletins
MS13-046 - Important : Vulnerabilities in Kernel-Mode Drivers Could Allow Elevation Of Privilege (2840221) - Version: 1.0 Microsoft Security Bulletins
MS13-038 - Critical : Security Update for Internet Explorer (2847204) - Version: 1.0 Microsoft Security Bulletins
Schools Chief Blasts Democratic Mayoral Candidates NYT Higher Education
MS12-043 - Critical : Vulnerability in Microsoft XML Core Services Could Allow Remote Code Execution (2722479) - Version: 4.2 Microsoft Security Bulletins
MS13-036 - Important : Vulnerabilities in Kernel-Mode Driver Could Allow Elevation Of Privilege (2829996) - Version: 3.1 Microsoft Security Bulletins
MS13-028 - Critical : Cumulative Security Update for Internet Explorer (2817183) - Version: 1.1 Microsoft Security Bulletins
MS13-031 - Important : Vulnerabilities in Windows Kernel Could Allow Elevation of Privilege (2813170) - Version: 1.1 Microsoft Security Bulletins
Dell's new Latitude 3330: Making Common Core assessments a reality ZDNet Education IT
MS13-034 - Important : Vulnerability in Microsoft Antimalware Client Could Allow Elevation of Privilege (2823482) - Version: 1.... Microsoft Security Bulletins
MS13-029 - Critical : Vulnerability in Remote Desktop Client Could Allow Remote Code Execution (2828223) - Version: 1.1 Microsoft Security Bulletins
MS13-032 - Important : Vulnerability in Active Directory Could Lead to Denial of Service (2830914) - Version: 1.0 Microsoft Security Bulletins
MS13-030 - Important : Vulnerability in SharePoint Could Allow Information Disclosure (2827663) - Version: 1.0 Microsoft Security Bulletins
MS13-035 - Important : Vulnerability in HTML Sanitization Component Could Allow Elevation of Privilege (2821818) - Version: 1.0 Microsoft Security Bulletins
MS13-033 - Important : Vulnerability in Windows Client/Server Run-time Subsystem (CSRSS) Could Allow Elevation of Privilege (28... Microsoft Security Bulletins
MS13-007 - Important : Vulnerability in Open Data Protocol Could Allow Denial of Service (2769327) - Version: 1.1 Microsoft Security Bulletins
MS13-022 - Critical : Vulnerability in Silverlight Could Allow Remote Code Execution (2814124) - Version: 1.2 Microsoft Security Bulletins
MS13-027 - Important : Vulnerabilities in Kernel-Mode Drivers Could Allow Elevation Of Privilege (2807986) - Version: 1.1 Microsoft Security Bulletins
MS13-026 - Important : Vulnerability in Microsoft Office for Mac Could Allow Information Disclosure (2813682) - Version: 1.1 Microsoft Security Bulletins
MS13-023 - Critical : Vulnerability in Microsoft Visio Viewer 2010 Could Allow Remote Code Execution (2801261) - Version: 1.1 Microsoft Security Bulletins
Ed-Fi Alliance: Taming the state and local data beasts ZDNet Education IT
MS13-025 - Important : Vulnerability in Microsoft OneNote Could Allow Information Disclosure (2816264) - Version: 1.0 Microsoft Security Bulletins
MS13-021 - Critical : Cumulative Security Update for Internet Explorer (2809289) - Version: 1.0 Microsoft Security Bulletins
MS13-003 - Important : Vulnerabilities in System Center Operations Manager Could Allow Elevation of Privilege (2748552) - Versi... Microsoft Security Bulletins
MS13-024 - Critical : Vulnerabilities in SharePoint Could Allow Elevation of Privilege (2780176) - Version: 1.0 Microsoft Security Bulletins
Tableau Software: Analytics for everyone, now free for students and teachers ZDNet Education IT
Code.org: Solving our CS shortage 1 teacher, 1 student at a time ZDNet Education IT
Congressional education report: 5 years and $700k to recommend "equity" ZDNet Education IT
A Special Offer From Our Sponsor ZDNet Education IT
Next-gen LEGO Mindstorms + Autodesk = Huge educational potential ZDNet Education IT
inBloom launches with Gates/Carnegie funds to unify e-learning services ZDNet Education IT
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Alan Cox Exits Intel, Linux Development Slashdot
Google Pushing Back On Law Enforcement Requests For Access To Gmail Accounts Slashdot
EFF Moves To Nix Trademark On "Gaymer" Slashdot
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Finland Is Crowdsourcing Its New Copyright Law Slashdot
AdWare.Win32.Gamevance.hfti Kaspersky Viruslist
What Birds Know About Fractal Geometry Slashdot
Open Source Software Licenses Versus Business Models Slashdot
The Mathematics of the Lifespan of Species Slashdot
Researchers Use Lasers For Cooling Slashdot
NASA and CSA Begin Testing Satellite Refueling On the ISS Slashdot
CTO Says Al-Khabaz Expulsion Shows CS Departments Stuck In "Pre-Internet Era" Slashdot
Scientists Take Most Accurate Reading Yet of Universe's Cooling Slashdot
Alan Cox: Fedora 18 "The Worst Red Hat Distro," Switches To Ubuntu Slashdot
The Mobile App Design Tail Wags the Desktop Software Design Dog Slashdot
Male Scientists More Prone To Misconduct Slashdot
Open Source ExFAT File System Reaches 1.0 Status Slashdot
Recession, Tech Kill Middle-Class Jobs Slashdot
Researchers Achieve Storage Density of 2.2 Petabytes Per Gram of DNA Slashdot
Multi-State AT&T U-Verse Outage Enters Third Day Slashdot
Magnetic 'Braids' May Cook the Sun's Corona Slashdot
US Government Announces National Day of Civic Hacking Slashdot
CES: Another Chording Keyboard Hits the Market (Video) Slashdot
Announcing Adafruit Gemma – Miniature Wearable Electronic Platform Slashdot
AT&T Buys More Alltel Operations For $780 Million Slashdot
Google Report Shows Governments Want More Private Data Slashdot
The One Sided Cyber War Slashdot
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Dell Latitude 10 Essentials and Project Ophelia - Two very different approaches to student computing ZDNet Education IT
Share With 911: Empowering the school community to keep kids safe ZDNet Education IT
Simple, low-tech solutions for school safety ZDNet Education IT
Dell empowers student leaders through the Dell Education Challenge ZDNet Education IT
Sandy Hook Elementary: This could have been any school, any of our kids ZDNet Education IT
The US education system didn't get any thanks at our table this year ZDNet Education IT
Livescribe proves that the pen isn't dead yet ZDNet Education IT
Canvas Network: Instructure takes on Coursera, et al, with a unique approach to MOOCs ZDNet Education IT
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Daily Edventures with Microsoft's Anthony Salcito [Video] ZDNet Education IT
Blackboard founder and CEO resigns - What it means for the LMS industry ZDNet Education IT
Are Big Data approaches the answer to K12 educational pain points? ZDNet Education IT
Interview: Marshall Tuck, CEO of the Partnership for LA Schools ZDNet Education IT
iPads (and tablets) in K12 - When will we get it together? ZDNet Education IT
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Silencing Weblogs in Higher Education
Some U.S. utilities say they're under constant cyber attack (Yahoo Security) SANS Internet Storm Center
Apple Execs Get Bonuses, Jobs Still at $1 eWEEK Technology News
Our very own UFO Weblogs in Higher Education
"Definitions of Textual Conventions (TCs) for Multiprotocol Label Switching (MPLS) Management" - Vish... SANS Internet Storm Center
Motorola Forecasts Loss on Struggling Phone Biz eWEEK Technology News
Beyond dictatorship Weblogs in Higher Education
Ask Slashdot: Can Yahoo Actually Stage a Comeback? (Slashdot) SANS Internet Storm Center
Yahoo Plans to Cut Hundreds of Jobs: Source eWEEK Technology News
The silence of the citizen Weblogs in Higher Education
When will R. Daneel Olivaw arrive? (IT Toolbox Blogs) SANS Internet Storm Center
Fed Slashes Interest Rates eWEEK Technology News
Radio radio Weblogs in Higher Education
CVE-2013-2843 (chrome) (Natl. Vulnerability Database) SANS Internet Storm Center
Bill Would Help States Ditch Electronic Voting eWEEK Technology News
DDOS as Civil Disobedience (Schneier blog) SANS Internet Storm Center
Sprint to Cut 4,000 Jobs, Close 8 Percent of Stores eWEEK Technology News
U.S. power companies under frequent cyberattack (NetworkWorld Security) SANS Internet Storm Center
IBM Growth in Americas Slower than Overseas eWEEK Technology News
Vuln: Moodle CVE-2013-1833 HTML Injection Vulnerability (SecurityFocus Vulnerabilities) SANS Internet Storm Center
Time Warner to Test Internet Billing Based on Usage eWEEK Technology News
Skype's ominous link checking: Facts and speculation (Heise Security News) SANS Internet Storm Center
Bernanke Backs Quick Fiscal Stimulus eWEEK Technology News
ISC StormCast for Wednesday, May 22nd 2013 http://isc.sans.edu/podcastdetail.html?id3323, (Wed, May 22nd) (InternetStormCenter) SANS Internet Storm Center
Brocade Ex-CEO Sentenced to 21 Months in Options Case eWEEK Technology News
EMC Navigates the IT Transformation Waters (Network Computing Security) SANS Internet Storm Center
Bernanke Faces Grilling on Fiscal Stimulus Stance eWEEK Technology News
Anonymous threat shutters Gitmo WiFi (The Register) SANS Internet Storm Center
Economic Worries Grow Among Voters: Poll eWEEK Technology News
BEA Accepts $8.5 Billion Oracle Offer eWEEK Technology News
Boeing to Announce Further 787 Delay: Report eWEEK Technology News
Apple to Rent Movies on Web, Shows Thin Notebook eWEEK Technology News
GM, Toyota Battle Turns Electric eWEEK Technology News
Alan Greenspan to Join Hedge Fund eWEEK Technology News
Weak Retail Sales Fuel Recession Fears eWEEK Technology News
Diebold to Restate Results Following Probe eWEEK Technology News
Overtime Hours Point to Manufacturing Recession eWEEK Technology News
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