A University of Memphis law professor has banned laptop computers from her classroom and her students are passing a petition against it. Professor June Entman says her main concern is that students are so busy keyboarding they can’t think and analyze what she’s telling them. Students have begun collecting signatures on petitions and tried unsuccessfully… Continue reading Law Professor Bans Laptops in Class
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Google patents free Wi-Fi
Google has developed three technologies for offering wireless internet across the US free of charge. The company has filed for three patents relating to offering a wireless internet service stateside. The patents mention offering advertising through a wireless internet connection. Google is teaming up with partners to build and implement the infrastructure enabling them to… Continue reading Google patents free Wi-Fi
Capping The Volume On Your iPod
Owners of recent iPods will now be able to set how loud their digital music players can go. Apple Computer, facing complaints and a lawsuit claiming the popular player can cause hearing loss, made the setting available as part of a new software update Wednesday. The free download applies to the iPod Nano and the… Continue reading Capping The Volume On Your iPod
Largest Flash Drive In The World
I’m not sure if this is a joke or not, but according to Engadget , BUSlink has launched a 64GB – thats 64 gigabytes not megabytes – flash drive in its PRO 2 series. Even though it says on the BUSlink website that these are actually available for purchase ($5000 8O), I still feel that… Continue reading Largest Flash Drive In The World
Even Microsoft Designers Have Problems With IE
A user on digg news site, who calls himself ‘pipdipchip’, noticed while snooping around the CSS and sourcecode of Microsoft sites some rather interesting CSS values. In the GeneralStyles CSS of Microsoft Connect, home of Microsoft’s betas including Windows Vista, is a comment “fix for the IE 1px-off margin error” and underneath are the values:… Continue reading Even Microsoft Designers Have Problems With IE