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Will spyware be Spitzer's next big thing?
May 7 2005 1:57PM (CT)
ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) - The windowless, cluttered 10-by-15-foot storeroom on the third floor of a Manhattan government building seems an unlikely setting for Attorney General Eliot Spitzer's next big thing. But purveyors of spyware and adware and even the major companies that advertise in the surreptitious downloads fear exactly that from the Democrat dubbed the "Sheriff of Wall Street."
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Computers now grading students' writing
May 7 2005 12:03PM (CT)
COLUMBIA, Mo. (AP) - Student essays always seem to be riddled with the same sorts of flaws. So sociology professor Ed Brent decided to hand the work off _ to a computer.
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Bloggers' conference emphasizes reporting
May 7 2005 11:00AM (CT)
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) - Bloggers _ those Internet-based writers without rules _ are fighting back against criticism that their work is unreliable, libelous or just poorly done. More than 300 bloggers came to town Friday for a two-day conference that was heavy on teaching techniques used by journalists in what bloggers term "the mainstream media." One class taught students how to access and analyze government statistics.
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Court strikes down TV anti-piracy rules
May 7 2005 10:09AM (CT)
WASHINGTON (AP) - People buying the next generation of digital televisions will be able to record and then watch their favorite shows without any interference from Hollywood. A federal appeals court on Friday threw out government rules requiring built-in, anti-piracy technology to let broadcasters and studios prevent digital shows from being copied and being shown on other TVs, computers and video players.
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Craigslist.org founder eyes journalism
May 7 2005 10:08AM (CT)
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) - The number of people who use Craigslist.org is expanding at more than 100 percent per year _ a growth rate any venture capitalist would covet. But the people who run the 10-year-old community Web site, which gets 8 million unique users and more than 2 billion page views per month, seem to have little interest in exploiting new sources of revenue, going public or even adding to their 18-person staff.
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Technology changes classroom dynamics
May 7 2005 10:07AM (CT)
PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) - In a recent "Ethics and Public Policy" class, Brown University professor Ross Cheit asked his students if they had a moral obligation to report cheating if they knew about it.
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