Wednesday, February 20, 2013

Why would we consider China to be the only entity that finds “insider information” profitable?
Apple, Facebook, Twitter hacks said to hail from Eastern Europe
… Investigators familiar with the matter told Bloomberg they believe a cybercriminal group based in either Russia or Eastern Europe is carrying out the high-level attacks to steal company secrets, research, and intellectual property, which could then be sold on the black market.


Not so terrifying, unless it's not your drone.
Like a Swarm of Lethal Bugs: The Most Terrifying Drone Video Yet
Science writer John Horgan's feature on the many ways drones will be used in coming years is interesting throughout, and terrifying in the passage where he describes an effort to build micro-drones that are, as the U.S. Air Force describes them, "Unobtrusive, pervasive, and lethal."


For my programming students... See if you like this one.
… SynWrite is a freeware desktop application that is sized at nearly 4 MB; the app is compatible with computers running Windows. The application lets you open text files and edit them. If your text files is a source file, you can select the appropriate language from the app’s options and have the right things appropriately highlighted.
Similar tools: NotePad.cc and NoteTab Light.


The world is changing... Colleges should make clear what they will and will not accept.
How To Get College Credit For Online Learning
… While the MOOC supporters out there tout the fabulousness of free access to awesome class material, there has been a lot of discussion as to how the distance-based, free MOOC model might be amended to offer university-level course credit to interested students.
We mentioned awhile back that that Colorado State University’s Global Campus was the first US based institution to offer course credit for a MOOC offered through Udacity, and that edX was partnering with Pearson to offer in person exams for some of their MOOCs (not required for the course, but available if a student is interested).
And now we’re hearing that more and more students are using services to get college credit for online learning. They’re taking a course or two and then taking the officially-sanctioned tests (like CLEP and DSST) to get course credit.


...and many for teachers.
48 Free Education Apps Sorted By Grade Level


For my 11 year old niece, the rock star...
Musink is a free music composition editor that lets you easily write music notes. To write a note, you simply click where you would like notes to appear and proceed note by note. Note and rest durations are set and adjusted automatically for you. Most notation editors make it your responsibility to make music look good. Musink takes this burden from you and automates all layout tasks. When you move a note, or add a mark, other marks, notes, rests and text will move automatically to make room. When you delete items, others will move to ensure no unsightly gaps appear in your score.
As soon as you done with your music score, it takes 2 clicks to publish it as a PDF/PNG/XPS document, which you can easily share online or send by email.

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