In iPad vs. Kindle e-Reading Race, iPad Wins

"So far, in the e-reader wars, the iPad is beating the Kindle. But both are doing well, and the e-reader market has 'essentially become a two-horse race' between the two devices, says ChangeWave Research, which recently surveyed more than 2,800 consumers."

Survey Finds Mobile Users Love Unlimited Data Plans

"A survey of more than 800 smartphone users has found that unlimited data plans are their most important preference when making decisions about carriers and devices. The report by the financial research firm Sanford Bernstein found that customers are willing to pay more for the peace of mind of knowing they won't get hit with a huge overage bill."

Facebook Makes People More Social: Study

"Contrary to common belief social media websites such as Facebook do not weaken personal ties, they strengthen them in unique ways for different age groups, according to a new study."

Security Needs Drive Cyberforensics Industry

"Cyberforensics, the science of finding and securing digital evidence buried deep within company networks, is fast emerging as a global industry."

French Deal May Break Deadlock Between Google and Publishers

"A new agreement between Hachette Livre and Google could offer a way forward in the ongoing dispute between authors, publishers and the search engine over the digitising of out-of-print books."

Facebook: 25 Pct of U.S. Traffic and 100+ Million App Downloads

"If Facebook isn’t already the largest website ever, it’s sure to get there soon. According to research company Hitwise, nearly one quarter of all U.S. Internet traffic went to Facebook during the week ending Nov. 13, 2010."

8 Ways Technology Is Improving Education

"Despite these opportunities, adoption of technology by schools is still anything but ubiquitous. Knezek says that U.S. schools are still asking if they should incorporate more technology, while other countries are asking how. But in the following eight areas, technology has shown its potential for improving education."

Bible App Hits 10 Million Downloads

"Tuesday the church announced more than ten million smartphone users worldwide have downloaded its free Bible application. LifeChurch hopes by having a copy handy, people will be more likely to read scripture. The app, which is based on the church-funded website, YouVersion.com, launched in July of 2008."

How College Students Evaluate and Use Information in the Digital Age

"A report about college students and their information-seeking strategies and research
difficulties, including findings from 8,353 survey respondents from college students on 25 campuses distributed across the U.S. in spring of 2010, as part of Project Information Literacy."

Enrollment in Online Courses Increases at the Highest Rate Ever

"Growth from the fall of 2008 to the fall of 2009 was 21 percent, compared with 17 percent the previous year, says a new report from the Sloan Consortium."

More Than 250 Million People Use Facebook on a Daily Basis

"Facebook founder and CEO Mark Zuckerberg just shared that his company has more than 500 million members, and more than half of them use Facebook every day, with growth accelerating thanks to mobile."

The Chinese Search Engine That's Bigger Than Google

"Robin Li, the chairman and chief executive of Chinese search provider Baidu, claimed that the company serves more search requests than any search engine, anywhere -- including Google."

Facebook Unveils New Messaging System

The "'modern messaging system' will handle e-mail, IM, SMS and Facebook messages."

Tweeting Students Earn Higher Grades Than Others in Classroom Experiment

"Besides getting better GPA’s, students who chatted on Twitter were more engaged than their nontweeting peers, a study found."

As Textbooks Go Digital, Campus Bookstores May Go Bookless

"As students cut costs by buying books from cheaper online retailers or by downloading e-textbooks, campus bookstores sell fewer and fewer textbooks. That's triggering an identity crisis for one of the oldest institutions on campus and leading some college officials to ask: If textbooks go digital, does the campus even need a bookstore?"

Digital Sales 'Worth 25% of Market by 2015'

"Between 15% and 20% of the book reading public will own electronic devices and up to 25% of books will be sold in digital form by 2015, according to a new French study."

Times Will Rank E-Book Best Sellers

"In an acknowledgment of the growing sales and influence of digital publishing, The New York Times said on Wednesday that it would publish e-book best-seller lists in fiction and nonfiction beginning early next year. "

Federal Authorities Say Firing for Posts on Facebook Illegal

"A Connecticut woman who was fired after posting disparaging remarks about her boss on Facebook has prompted a first-of-its-kind case by federal authorities who say her comments are protected speech under labor laws."

Reader Choice, Not Vendor Influence, Reshapes Library Collections

"College librarians are testing a different and, they say, more efficient mechanism for purchasing library materials: patron-driven acquisition."

Study Shows Universities May Be Failing to Sufficiently Teach Basic Research Skills

"Colleges and universities may be failing their students at a time when research skills and collaborative learning are becoming more and more important. In today's information-driven workplace, people spend much of their time formulating questions, finding relevant information and drawing conclusions, often working in virtual teams scattered across the globe."

Global Smart Phone Market Climbed Nearly 90 Percent in the Third Quarter

"The global smart phone market climbed nearly 90 percent in the third quarter, according to research firm IDC, as consumers flocked to handsets made by Nokia, Apple and Research In Motion."

New at iTunes U: Free E-Books

"Oxford, Rice, and the Open University have added digital books to the lectures and other materials available on the educational-content platform."

Bedtime Texting, Emailing Affect Teens' Sleep

"Texting and emailing long after bedtime are common among children and teens, according to a new study, and could help explain why some are sleep-deprived the next day."

Apple Has 95 Percent of Tablet Market: Strategy Analytics

"Apple controlled 95 percent of the emerging market for tablet computers with its iPads in the July-to-September quarter, research firm Strategy Analytics (SA) said on Tuesday."

U.S. Online Spending Rose 9 Percent in Q3: comScore

"U.S. online spending rose 9 percent to $32.1 billion in the third quarter, market research firm comScore said on Monday."

Search Engine Blekko to Rely on the Human Touch

"A small Silicon Valley company with some big name backers will release a test version of a new search engine that the company says has a key ingredient that is missing from Google, the human touch."