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A Google a Day puzzles improve Web searching skills

The three Rs (Reading, wRiting and aRithmetic) were the education basics of generations past, but maybe now we should add a fourth, information Retrieval. We all turn to Web search engines like...

Posted: August 20, 2011, 10:08 AM

AP-Google Journalism and Technology Scholarships

The Associated Press and Google announced a scholarship program to foster digital and new media skills in student journalists. The AP-Google Journalism and Technology Scholarship program will...

Posted: August 17, 2011, 11:42 AM

UIST Student Innovation Contest

The ACM Symposium on User Interface Software and Technology sponsors a Student Innovation Contest (SIC) with the goal of innovating new interactions on state-of-the-art hardware. They give you the...

Posted: August 15, 2011, 11:07 PM

UIST Student Innovation Contest

The ACM Symposium on User Interface Software and Technology sponsors a Student Innovation Contest (SIC) with the goal of innovating new interactions on state-of-the-art hardware. They give you the...

Posted: August 15, 2011, 11:07 PM

Talk: Smart Grid Demand Response, 4pm Wed 8/17

Demand Response; What is it and What are the Business Opportunities? Dr. Bjorn Frogner 4:00pm Wednesday, 17 August 2011 Maryland Clean Energy Technology Incubator UMBC South Campus...

Posted: August 15, 2011, 6:03 PM

Mid-Atlantic Student Colloquium on Speech, Language...

Full Title: Mid-Atlantic Student Colloquium on Speech, Language and Learning If your research involved language processing and/or machine learning you should consider submitting a poster abstract...

Posted: August 12, 2011, 10:28 AM

Exploring job trends

The job search aggregator indeed.com collects job listings from a large number of of websites, including job boards, newspapers, associations, and company career pages. Using this data, they...

Posted: July 21, 2011, 1:16 PM

Exploring job trends

The job search aggregator indeed.com collects job listings from a large number of of websites, including job boards, newspapers, associations, and company career pages. Using this data, they...

Posted: July 21, 2011, 1:16 PM

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