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Teacher Knows if You’ve Done the E-Reading
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Educators from nine universities are testing technology from a Silicon Valley start-up, CourseSmart, that allows them to track their students’ progress with digital textbooks.
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Bernstein Research: it would cost a whole lot for Google to provide nationwide broadband, w/benefit to Google unclear. - Joshua Brustein
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More Moorepocalypse as AMD predicts the end for everyone's favorite dynamic in the transistor industry. - Joshua Brustein
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Software makers need to bear responsibility for stopping cyberattacks.
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