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Students can now rent Kindle textbooks from Amazon

Amazon has announced a new program allowing students to rent textbooks. “Kindle Textbook Rental is a flexible and affordable way to read textbooks. You can rent for the minimum length,...

Posted: July 19, 2011, 9:28 AM

Students can now rent Kindle textbooks from Amazon

Amazon has announced a new program allowing students to rent textbooks. “Kindle Textbook Rental is a flexible and affordable way to read textbooks. You can rent for the minimum length,...

Posted: July 19, 2011, 9:28 AM

Teens prepare for cybersecurity careers at CCBC camp

The Community College of Baltimore County this month held a five-day cybersecurity camp for teenagers who may be on track to becoming cyber experts. Twenty-two students from Baltimore and Howard...

Posted: July 18, 2011, 2:32 PM

Teens prepare for cybersecurity careers at CCBC camp

The Community College of Baltimore County this month held a five-day cybersecurity camp for teenagers who may be on track to becoming cyber experts. Twenty-two students from Baltimore and Howard...

Posted: July 18, 2011, 2:32 PM

Perks help tech startups attract and retain employees

While you can find a treehouse to rent using Airbnb, they also have a mockup of one for their employees to chill in. Last week’s Wall Street Journal had a story, The Perk Bubble Is Growing as...

Posted: July 15, 2011, 10:51 PM

Perks help tech startups attract and retain employees

While you can find a treehouse to rent using Airbnb, they also have a mockup of one for their employees to chill in. Last week’s Wall Street Journal had a story, The Perk Bubble Is Growing as...

Posted: July 15, 2011, 10:51 PM

Computer science major tops for jobs

Software Development Times reports that Computer Science is the top major for job offers. “Computer science graduates now get more offers of employment than any other major. This is the first...

Posted: July 14, 2011, 12:22 AM

Computer science major tops for jobs

Software Development Times reports that Computer Science is the top major for job offers. “Computer science graduates now get more offers of employment than any other major. This is the first...

Posted: July 14, 2011, 12:22 AM

Is a smartphone your Internet portal?

Today’s Washington Post article, As smartphones proliferate, some users are cutting the computer cord, describes how smartphones are enabling a “always-on, Internet-on-the-go society”. “A...

Posted: July 12, 2011, 12:20 AM

Is a smartphone your Internet portal?

Today’s Washington Post article, As smartphones proliferate, some users are cutting the computer cord, describes how smartphones are enabling a “always-on, Internet-on-the-go society”. “A...

Posted: July 12, 2011, 12:20 AM