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.
… 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.
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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