State senator proposes requiring state’s public institutions of higher learning to award academic credit for faculty-approved online courses. [Read more]
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California bill would expand clout of online college courses
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Get Six Months of Office 365 and 20GB Extra SkyDrive Storage for Free with an .EDU Address
Want to try Microsoft Office 365 but don’t want to pay for a subscription? If you have an .edu email address you can get up to six months of free access, plus an extra 20GB of SkyDrive online storage. More »
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Tesla delays Model X one year
In its annual report filed last Thursday, Tesla says its Model X crossover electric vehicle will begin production in late 2014, one year later than it had originally announced. [Read more]
Morgue puts unclaimed body photos online
Cook County in Chicago hopes that someone, somewhere might identify some of the bodies in its morgue. The images, though, are tough to take. [Read more]
Jailed hacker allowed into IT class, hacks prison computers
Nicholas Webber, serving five years for creating a hacker’s forum site, is somehow invited into an IT class in jail. The consequences are difficult. [Read more]
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Outbox delivers your snail mail to your iPhone or iPad
This intriguing new service, currently rolling out in San Francisco, collects your physical mail, then opens, scans, and delivers it via app or browser. [Read more]
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Outbox delivers your snail mail to your iPhone or iPad
Mark Zuckerberg co-sponsors $33M prize to extend human life
Backed by tech luminaries, the Breakthrough Prize in Life Sciences, a $3 million reward, is being presented to 11 different scientists for their efforts to cure diseases. [Read more]
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Hackers can easily breach Emergency Alert Systems
Security researchers warn that many emergency alert system devices used by radio and TV stations are susceptible to cyberattacks, which could cause widespread panic. [Read more]
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Hackers can easily breach Emergency Alert Systems
Google touts benefits of WebP image format
Switching just one Google site to its own image format saves the company terabytes of network traffic a day. Maybe showing it off will help it find some allies, too. [Read more]
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Microsoft goes after Google with attack on Gmail privacy
Campaign titled “Don’t get scroogled by Gmail” encourages users of Google’s free e-mail service to dump it for Microsoft’s Outlook.com. [Read more]
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