Facebook Launches Questions Feature

"Facebook has begun the rollout of a new feature, Facebook Questions, which will allow users to get answers to their queries from the entire Facebook community."

Snapshot of Global Internet Speeds Revealed

"A report based on analysis of huge amounts of net traffic has revealed the state of the internet around the globe."

Details of 100m Facebook Users Collected and Leaked

"The personal details of more than 100 million Facebook users have been harvested and published on the net."

Google in Talks to Build Facebook Competitor: Report

"Google Inc has held talks with gaming companies as it looks to develop a new service to compete with social networking website Facebook, the Wall Street Journal reported on Tuesday, citing people familiar with the matter."

Market Researchers Get New Tool in iPad

"The struggling world of consumer market research appears on the brink of getting a serious shot in the arm from an unexpected new tool: the iPad."

Movie Clips and Copyright

". . .professors can legally extract movie clips and incorporate them into lectures, as long as they are willing to decrypt them — a task made relatively easy by widely available programs known as 'DVD rippers.' The exemption also permits professors to use ripped content in non-classroom settings that are similarly protected under 'fair use' — such as presentations at academic conferences."

Are Desktop PCs Headed for Extinction?

"It's true that 75 to 80 percent of computer sales these days are laptops. But nearly 90 percent of American homes still have a trusty desktop PC, compared to just 50 percent with laptops, says sales-tracking firm NPD."

Difficulty Searching YouTube for Good-Quality Educational Clips

"While many students turn to YouTube when looking for help with their homework, it can be hard to find good-quality educational clips there, according to two professors who did a preliminary analysis of several video search engines."

More Shoppers Turn to Facebook, Twitter for Buying Advice

"Just as more of us are turning to sites like Facebook and Twitter for the news of the day, we're also looking to social networks for guidance on what to buy. That's manna to marketing folks, who no doubt will be encouraged by findings released today by Gartner research firm."

Study Quantifies How Much Companies are Losing to Cybercriminals

"In a poll sponsored by cyberrisk management firm ArcSight, Ponemon surveyed security pros in 45 U.S. organizations and concluded that cybercrime is having a material impact in the corporate arena."

Apple's iPad Goes to College

"Colleges and universities are looking to adopt the iPad as a collaborative tool, a standardized mobile device to integrate into curriculums, and, in some cases, even a cost-saving device."

India Unveils Prototype of $35 Tablet Computer

"It looks like an iPad, only it's 1/14th the cost: India has unveiled the prototype of a $35 basic touchscreen tablet aimed at students, which it hopes to bring into production by 2011."

Study: Online Seller's Race Changes Purchase Price

"Racism affects online sales across much of the nation, suggests a study."

More Small Businesses Use Twitter, Facebook to Promote

"In growing numbers, small-business owners are adopting social-networking services, location-based services, Twitter and online video to promote products and services, according to a new study by MerchantCircle, a social network for small businesses."

Survey: Americans Like Digital Media, if it is Cheap

"Only about 25% of people here say that they'd pay to access frequently used online content -- which contrasts with 43% globally -- according to the survey of 5,600 people in 22 countries."

Search Engine Bing Gains Market Share

"Independent research suggests that Bing has cornered 12.7% of the market in the 12 months since it launched."

A National Look at College Completion, Role of Technology

"Technology helps foster college access but not necessarily completion, report says."

Facebook Hits 500 Million Users

"Facebook's population is now larger than that of the U.S., Mexico and France combined. The world's largest social networking site announced Wednesday that it has hit a widely anticipated milestone, signing up its 500 millionth user."

A Sense of Place: Why Environments Matter

"'A Sense of Place' features quantitative and qualitative analysis, including an online survey of 2,910 US adult consumers, in order to measure opinions about content and advertising, and consumer perceptions of the brands advertised within these environments."

Outsourced Ed: Colleges Hire Companies to Build Their Online Courses

"As more colleges enter the booming online business, they do so for better or worse with vendors that help develop courses and recruit students."

Lost Bible-Era Languages to Be Resurrected by Computers?

"A new computer program has quickly deciphered a written language last used in Biblical times—possibly opening the door to 'resurrecting' ancient texts that are no longer understood, scientists announced last week."

What Belongs in a 21st-Century Classroom? Faculty and IT Staff Disagree

"Both groups say technology is useful for teaching and learning, but faculty members take a narrower view of what they should use in classes, according to a new survey."

Amazon Says E-Books Now Top Hardcover Sales

"Amazon.com, one of the nation’s largest bookstores, said Monday that for the last three months, sales of electronic books for the Kindle, Amazon’s e-reader, outnumbered sales of hardcover books for the first time."

Facebook Eyes Major Milestone: 500M Users

"The social networking phenomenon is expecting to grab its 500 millionth user this week, according to Andrew Noyes, a Facebook spokesman."

Study Finds No Link Between Social-Networking Sites and Academic Performance

"Spend as much time on Facebook as you want—it won’t affect your GPA, a new study says.

Typing to Tagging: 50 Years of Cataloging

"A specialist reflects on a half-century's worth of technological changes at libraries."

Using Library Experts Wisely

"Today’s librarians bear about as much resemblance to the tight-bunned owlish matrons of 1950s films as laptops do to manual typewriters. They're more like the wizened sexton of a sprawling church, the guy with the giant ring of keys who unlocks every door, closet, and coffer."

China's Online Population Reaches 420 Million

"China's online population, the world's largest, has reached 420 million as more people access the Internet with cell phones."

12 World Leaders on Twitter

12 World Leaders on Twitter

2.5 Million Muslims Threatening to Leave Facebook

"The group, apparently fueled by Facebook-clone Madina.com, are outraged at the removal of several very popular Islamic pages from Facebook.com, purges the group reportedly claim took place after the outcry over Draw Mohammed Day."

Still Plenty of Demand for iPad: Survey

"Apple Inc has already sold more than three million of its iPad tablet computers in just over three months, but there is still more demand out there, a new survey showed on Thursday."

Half of Social Networkers Worried About Privacy: Poll

"Half of Americans who have a profile on social networking sites such as Facebook and MySpace are worried about their privacy, according to a new poll."

Survey: More TVs connecting to the Web

"The company [Retrevo] says about 23% of the people it surveyed have already connected their TVs, and 26% say they haven't gotten around to it yet, but would like to."

Blackboard's Bid to Galvanize E-Textbooks

"Academic publishers are trying to encourage professors and students to use e-books by pushing digital content through learning-management systems."

The Top 40 Free iPhone Apps 2010

"We gathered our 40 favorite free apps from Apple's App Store to help make your iPhone and iPod touch shine."

E-Books Will Make Up Majority of Saint Leo U.'s Library Come Fall

"With the acquisition of a new e-book database, 53 percent of the collection will consist of online material."

Millions of Books Get Digitized for the Disabled

"Brewster Kahle, a digital librarian and founder of a virtual library called the Internet Archive, has launched a worldwide campaign to double the number of books available for print-disabled people."

Pennsylvania Woman Finds Kidney Donor on Facebook

"A western Pennsylvania woman who turned to Facebook when she needed a kidney transplant found a donor online and is now recovering from surgery."

Gays More Frequent Blog Readers, Social Networkers

"Gays and lesbians are more frequent blog readers than their heterosexual counterparts and are more likely to be members of a social network, according to a survey released on Tuesday."

Inventor of Cell Phone Interview

"In 1973, Martin Cooper changed the world, although he didn't know it yet."

Journal Review Process Increasingly Includes Check for Plagiarism

"A growing number of journal publishers are checking papers for possible plagiarism as part of their review process."

Stanford Ushers In The Age Of Bookless Libraries

"Stanford University's School of Engineering had more books than its library could hold. So school administrators built a new library -- with even less space for books. NPR's Laura Sydell reports that Stanford's counterintuitive solution marks a definite move toward digital collections over print."

Trends in College Spending Database

"This week the group released a Web-based database that tracks the spending and revenue sources of 2,300 public and private institutions. The database, Trends in College Spending Online, tracks a wide array of categories at each college, enabling comparisons among institutions, states, and sectors."

Trends in College Spending Database

Pew Research: Wealthy Have Laptops, the Poor Have Cell Phones

"While the Pew Research Center's Internet & American Life Project stated that wireless usage is up in almost all categories, some groups are trending differently than others.
It's no surprise that the wealthy would be more wirelessly equipped with a cell phone and laptop computer. . .but the report saw something different in the the less affluent and less educated masses."

eBooks Usage in For-Profit Higher Education

"At Capella University, e-textbooks are an available and accepted option in nearly all 1,250 courses. In for-profit higher education, more than any other sector, the traditional book is becoming obsolete."

Wake Up, Check Facebook: Americans Increasingly Obsessed

"Americans are increasingly obsessed with Facebook and many young women check their page even before using the bathroom in the morning, according to a poll released on Wednesday."

World Ebook Fair - Free Access to 3.5 Million eBooks This Month

World Ebook Fair - Free Access to 3.5 Million eBooks This Month

Borders Sees New E-bookstore Taking Share

"Borders Group Inc's electronic bookstore went live on Wednesday, and the company set an ambitious target to secure 17 percent of the digital book market in one year, sending its shares up more than 9 percent."

Survey: Office Workers More Mobile, Use Tech to Work Around the Clock

"America's white collar workforce is increasingly mobile and readily uses laptops and smartphones to do their jobs at all hours of the day, at home and even during their time off the company clock, according to a Unisys-IDC survey of 2,820 respondents, including 40% aged 35 or younger."

E-Mail and Social Networking May Be Hurting Off-Line Relationships

"It's possible that instead of fostering real friendships off-line, e-mail and social networking may take the place of them — and the distance inherent in screen-only interactions may breed feelings of isolation or a tendency to care less about other people."

New Report: Information Support for Research in the United States

New report: “A Slice of Research Life: Information Support for Research in the United States”

Admission Officials' Tweets Fall on Deaf Ears

"Colleges are ramping up efforts to connect with prospective students through Twitter—but students aren’t interested, a new study says."

E is For Explosion

Subtitle: "E-Readers, Etextbooks, Econtent, Elearning, E-Everything"

President Awards Money to Expand Broadband Access

"In an effort to expand broadband access and create jobs across the United States, President Obama has announced the awarding of $765-million in grants and loans to recipients that include public and private colleges."

Libraries Target Convenience with Mall Branches

"She said putting libraries in malls is one of many efforts by public libraries to become more convenient. Even at more traditional branches, libraries have built cafes, provided downloadable books or installed drive-through windows."

TV and Video Games Lead to Attention Problems

"Numerous studies have documented the negative effects of television exposure at a young age; TV viewing has been linked to behavioral and attention problems later in life. Now researchers confirm the same effect of video games on attention problems in both younger children and teens."

Study: E-books Take Longer to Read Than Print

"It takes longer to read books on a Kindle 2 or an iPad versus a printed book, Jakob Nielsen of product development consultancy Nielsen Norman Group discovered in a recent usability survey."

IBM Endorses Firefox as In-House Web Browser

"Technology giant IBM wants its workers around the world to use free, open-source Mozilla Firefox as their window into the Internet."

Amazon Launches New, Cheaper Kindle E-Reader

"Amazon.com is launching an updated version of its high-end Kindle electronic reader and cutting the price in a move to address the threat from Apple's iPad tablet computer."