November 26, 2012

How to Clean Up Your Online Image

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You would never let your front porch or storefront become dilapidated. You would never hand out a crumpled resume or business card. And y...
November 19, 2012

Meet Baxter: The Humanoid Robot to Revolutionize U.S. Manufacturing

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Rethink Robotics unveils Baxter, a robot that can work alongside humans. According to Valentin Schmid at The Epoch Times , Baxter could re...
November 12, 2012

U.S. is Tightening Web Privacy Rule to Protect Young

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Federal regulators are about to take the biggest steps in more than a decade to protect children online. According to Natasha Singer of The...
November 5, 2012

Squishy Robots That Can Hide and Seek

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Researchers have built soft-bodied robots that can either blend into or stand out in their environment by changing their color. According t...
October 29, 2012

Naive Online Daters Turn into Drug Mules

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Seriously? YCMTSU ! One fine day, Sharon's and Catherine's online dates , called "Frank" and "Marc," asked them...
October 24, 2012

Why Young People Should Create Their Own 4-Hour Work Week

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Young people shouldn't bother "fighting over the remaining scraps of the old economy," said Walter Russell Mead. Now is a fan...
October 22, 2012

5 New Rules to Pick a Cell Phone Carrier

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There are more variables than ever to consider when signing-up for cell phone service (or shall I say tracker service ;-) New shared plans...
October 15, 2012

When Rachel became the Office Robot

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Telepresence robots, which retail for about $9,700, just may be the future of work. For several weeks in the summer of 2012, I was a robot i...
October 12, 2012

Cyberwarfare Emerges From Shadows for Public Discussion by U.S. Officials

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Defense Secretary Leon E. Panetta warned Thursday, Oct 11, 2012 that the United States was facing the possibility of a “cyber-Pearl Harbor”...
October 8, 2012

Screen-Viewing Blues: Why You Should Unplug at Night

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Spending evenings in front of a glowing computer, TV, or cellphone screen can put you at risk of depression, Science News reports. Nightti...
October 1, 2012

Are social media making us lonely?

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For all the connectivity offered by social media, we “have never been more detached from one another, or lonelier.” Do you agree? It’s the ...
September 26, 2012

It's History in the Making: Google's Self-Driving Cars Are Now Legal In California

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California governor Jerry Brown signed a bill into law on September 25, 2012 that clears Google's driverless cars for use on state-ow...
September 20, 2012

Amazon Shifts Tactics on Sales Taxes

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Tax-free shopping on the Internet may soon come to an end, said Monica Langley in The Wall Street Journal . Republican governors in budget-...
September 19, 2012

The Smiley Emoticon Turns 30 Today!

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The official birthdate of the smiley is September 19, 1982. It was created by Scott E. Fahlman at Carnegie Mellon University. The two ori...
September 17, 2012

5 Web Tools Every Student Needs to Know

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It’s back to school time, and though most of us have mastered the use of social media to enhance our personal lives, what about mastering I...
September 10, 2012

It's Back to (Online) School Time!

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Advances in technology, coupled with increased demand for educational services, have given birth to a wave of new online learning options. ...