Tuesday, November 06, 2007
"Student researchers are keenly aware of the importance of effective time management," says John Law, ProQuest director of platform development, who led the study of student research habits. "They understand that their academic success depends upon their ability to find and synthesize a large volume of information, judge its relevance, and incorporate it into their academic experiences.
Tuesday, November 06, 2007 11:15:06 AM (Eastern Standard Time, UTC-05:00)    Disclaimer  |   | 
Registration is open for the 15th Annual Great Moonbuggy Race. The Cassini Scientist for a Day contest challenges students to be a NASA scientist studying Saturn.
Tuesday, November 06, 2007 11:12:22 AM (Eastern Standard Time, UTC-05:00)    Disclaimer  |   | 
We invite individual, commercial, nonprofit, government, and all other Internet users and stakeholders (including ISPs) to participate in the Network Neutrality Squad.
Tuesday, November 06, 2007 10:55:23 AM (Eastern Standard Time, UTC-05:00)    Disclaimer  |   | 
Mobile phones based on Google’s software are not expected to be available until the second half of next year. They will be manufactured by a variety of handset companies, including HTC, LG, Motorola and Samsung and be available in the United States through T-Mobile and Sprint.
Tuesday, November 06, 2007 10:50:07 AM (Eastern Standard Time, UTC-05:00)    Disclaimer  |   | 
Now that the price of coal is at a historic low relative to oil, there's no stopping consumers and producers alike from embracing Al Gore's nightmare.
Tuesday, November 06, 2007 10:48:12 AM (Eastern Standard Time, UTC-05:00)    Disclaimer  |   | 
I commend Verizon Wireless for taking a big step in the right direction by acknowledging that there's a specific threshold for "too much," to wit, 5GB in any billing period. In addition, I am glad that Verizon Wireless is now specifying the throttling speed, 200 Kbps, max. It is a Very Good Thing that Verizon Wireless is acknowledging the specific parameters it is actually using!
Tuesday, November 06, 2007 10:46:49 AM (Eastern Standard Time, UTC-05:00)    Disclaimer  |   | 
The path from CISO to executive team may not be a well-tread one, but breaking out of the security box and into the board room can be achieved by thinking about business. Five things that CISOs should do less of:
Tuesday, November 06, 2007 10:44:00 AM (Eastern Standard Time, UTC-05:00)    Disclaimer  |   | 
A new blue-ribbon panel that will develop cybersecurity recommendations for the next president faces a compressed schedule and the challenge of agreeing on a cybersecurity agenda that it wants the next administration to address.
Tuesday, November 06, 2007 10:42:45 AM (Eastern Standard Time, UTC-05:00)    Disclaimer  |   | 
According to the indictment, Escalera worked at Fresno State's computer help desk and used his access to a PeopleSoft management system program to hack the password of a supervisor, then used that to obtain full administrative privileges. Armed with root rights, Escalera was able to access the usernames and passwords of several people authorized to change student grades, including the school's registrar and its academic records coordinator.
Tuesday, November 06, 2007 10:42:00 AM (Eastern Standard Time, UTC-05:00)    Disclaimer  |   | 
The path from CISO to executive team may not be a well-tread one, but breaking out of the security box and into the board room can be achieved by thinking about business.
Tuesday, November 06, 2007 10:37:13 AM (Eastern Standard Time, UTC-05:00)    Disclaimer  |   |