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Desperate Schools Bribe Students With iPods

Colleges are cashing in on the fact that no one can say no to Apple.

Latest comment by Anonymous: I believe the mild mannered rambler left his nuggets at home today. If you investigate the programs, you will see its not about gadgets and gimmicks, its about teaching our youth in a way they want to learn as opposed to trying to force them into a method that was state of the art in 1894.
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With a new jetpack bringing technology to great heights, inventions that used to exist only in movies are going from fiction to fact. So suit up and get ready to destroy stuff.

Schools That May Cause the Earth's Destruction

Even before this conference about the possibility of an apocalypse gets underway, these colleges are already hard at work developing new technology that could lead to the end of humanity.

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Computers: As expensive as they are, they’re essential to almost everyone’s life.

 

Whether it is in the office, at school, or at home, Americans are spending incredible amounts of their time on the internet. The average teenager between the ages of 13 and 18 spends roughly over 72 hours a week u

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Creepy, Sexy or Cool? The Nokia 888

The Nokia 888 is flexible, thin and uses space-age technology to learn about its user's personal preferences from examining the places they visit. Hopefully, it doesn't become self-aware and spark a robot insurrection...

Latest comment by saycheese: things like this always suck when they first come out, it'll probably be a while before rubber phones are worth having (if they're worth having at all)
$50,000 to the National Texting Champion

Screw physical activity. Who wants to work up a sweat when LG’s national texting competition will bring you fame and wealth?  Details here.

Latest comment by Anonymous: I love this message! As a former Vandy Sorority Girl (and proud of it) I think its fabulous! The competition, not that great, but the graphic--darling!
Berkeley Lab to Build Low-Power Supercomputer for Climate Research (Yawn)
Berkeley Lab to Build Low-Power Supercomputer for Climate Research (Yawn)
"hoho yeah, it's a pleasure model."

Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory is initiating a project to create an energy efficient supercomputer, which will be used for more accurate weather predictions. Former models would cost $1 billion and 200 mega
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NU's Snell Library Finally Enters the 21st Century
Final Cut Pro, MacPros  and iLife galore! ... and vinyl?

NUTV strikes back with their latest video on Snell Library's new Digital Media Design Studio, which, for the most part is pretty cool. Let people say vinyl is a dead format but its nice to know where we can go to transfer o... MORE »
Latest comment by Anonymous: Glad to hear that you like the new digital design studio at NU. The NUTV reporters and editors are a firts rate team. We look forward to working with them in the future an encourgae more awesome student production.
Is Northeastern Getting Googlemapped?
You know how you can check out Google street maps of some cities like New York and L.A.? Is Boston and Northeastern next?

Judging from a car seen on campus yesterday the answer is yes. A car with four cameras perched atop it sped down Forsyth -- taking photos along the way.

Hopefully Huskies didn't look on with their mouths agape or they'll be forever e-immortalized thanks to Google.
Northeastern Technology Doing A-OK, No iPod Sunglasses Yet Though
The latest Northeastern invention... except not.

Contrary to popular belief, NU's got some stuff bubbling up in the technology department.

And surprise! It doesn't have anything to do with Rubix cubes.

According to Friday's Herald, the school's two-year old School ... MORE »
Link: http://news.bostonherald.com/business/technology/g...
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