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1/27/12
TechNews for the week: January 27; January 25; January 23;

War, Politics and Reports (Also, see Finance and Economics)
Human rights report details crackdowns in Iraq; In Pakistan, coup looms but does not strike; EU bans Iran oil imports;
Final results confirm Islamists winners in Egypt’s elections;
U.S. weighs expanded military presence in the Philippines; Veterans agency knew of improper buying under McKesson contract;
Rand Paul in pat-down standoff with TSA in Nashville;
Supreme Court says search warrants needed when police use GPS devices to track suspects;
Text of Obama's State of the Union 2012;
Gingrich wins South Carolina Republican primary; Romney rips into Gingrich in primary speech; Crunch time for Romney; Romney’s corporate worldview;
Romney vs. Gingrich highlights GOP unease; Gingrich under fire from conservative media;
Factual Flubs in Florida; Gingrich wants Freddie Mac records released before Fla. primary;
Romney discloses income of $21.7M in 2010, $20.9M last year; Romney’s other tax returns; Private equity industry in the crosshairs;
Vice President Biden Calls Gingrich Food Stamp Charge 'Ridiculous';
Tired and broke, Santorum heads home to do taxes;

Math, science and technology:
Security issues
Judge: Americans can be forced to decrypt their laptops; Hawaii may keep track of all Web sites visited;
Research into an Information Security Risk Rating; Evidence on the Effectiveness of Terrorism;
Former CIA officer charged with leaking secrets to reporters;
Math and science
Solar radiation storm sweeps over Earth;
Five future technologies; New pill with ingestible microchip monitors you from the inside; Scientists create 'invisible' object;
Web design issues
Google announces privacy changes across products; users can’t opt out; Google's new privacy policy;
Five apps for crapware cleanup; 10 indispensable Android apps; A free Microsoft Office alternative that's actually good;
Developing in HTML5: The Basics; Knock-out photography websites;
Apple is sabotaging an open standard for digital books;
Other news
The death of online piracy: the end of the Internet as we know it; How the new European data law will affect U.S. companies;
Jewish group criticizes U Penn for Conference on Pressuring Israel;
The case of anonymity in social media;

Finance and Economics
Federal Resurve says it is unlikely to raise key interest rate until late 2014; IMF report: Global economy is slowing sharply;
Center for Medicare and Medicaid Innovation aims to cut health-care costs;
Government takedown of Megaupload leads to new fears; MegaUpload lawyer: U.S. misunderstands the business;
Apple: made in China, untaxed profits kept offshore;
Want to sue a company? Not so fast;
Senate, House Put Brakes on Anti-Piracy Bills;

Education:
State Support for Colleges Falls 7.6% in 2012 Fiscal Year; Despite Budget Problems, States Continue Working on College Readiness;
Moody's Says Outlook for Higher Education Remains Mixed;
Cal State Trustees Vote to Cap New Presidents' Pay ; N.J. to Merge Major Universities;
Computer Science Professor Departs Stanford University To Join Start-Up Offering Low-Cost Online Classes;
Pros and Cons of Social Media in the Classroom;

1/20/12
TechNews for the week: January 20; January 18;

War, Politics and Reports (Also, see Finance and Economics)
Iraq violence up sharply since U.S. troops’ exit; The US-GCC (Gulf Cooperation Council) fatal attraction;
Taiwan wants a separate peace with China;
Hackers disrupt Israel airline, stock market; Israeli group hacks Saudi stock exchange sites;
Pentagon interest in cybersecurity may ease contractors’ pain from cuts;
Obama administration to reject Keystone pipeline;
84 percent of Americans disapprove of job Congress is doing;
House GOP campaign chairman got discounted VIP loan;
Federal judge rules Four GOP candidates fail to make Virginia primary ballot; Supreme Court throws out judge-drawn Texas electoral maps that favor minorities;
Krugman: "Gold bugs have taken over the GOP"; In this GOP field, moderate is relative; Reexamining the myth of no-fault capitalism;
FACT CHECK: Distortions in Monday's GOP debate;
Santorum edges Romney in final Iowa vote tally; Santorum charity for poor spent most of its money on management, political friends;
Perry drops presidential bid, endorses Gingrich;
Romney’s miserly concern for the poor; Romney Parks Millions in Cayman Islands; Romney needs to be careful about his ‘facts’ about the Afghanistan war;
Newt Gingrich releases his 2010 tax returns;
Fact checking the CNN debate in Charleston ;

Math, science and technology:
Security issues
January Crypto-Gram Newsletter, TSA, Homeland Security, Surveillance and more; Pentagon, CIA sued over alleged meetings with filmmakers;
Police overreach in name of fighting terrorism; The Continued Militarization of the U.S. Police; FBI Shuts Down One of Largest File-Sharing Sites;
Red Wine and Lies;
Math and science
IBM Rattles Moore's Law With Smallest Magnetic Memory Bit;
5 Seriously Mind-Boggling Math Facts; Math Formula May Explain Why Serial Killers Kill;
Decision time for removing Leap Seconds
Resources to learn to program;
Other news
Demand for e-books soars;
The Influence Industry: Activist groups want to undo ruling that led to ‘super PAC’ frenzy;

Finance and Economics
Iceland’s recovery from economic meltdown;
How, Exactly, Does Trade Bring Prosperity?; S&P downgrades Credit ratings of 9 euro nations;
President’s power over the economy is limited; U.S. losing high-tech manufacturing jobs as more operations move to Asia ;
Private-equity returns and the Carlyle Group; Morgan Stanley to Limit Cash Bonuses after worst quarter since 2008;
Millionaires Back Buffett Tax If They’re Exempt;
Electricity Declines 50% in U.S. as Shale Brings Natural Gas Glut; Time to consider mass mortgage refinancings;
7 charged in $61M single-stock insider trade case;
Supreme Court Upholds Law That Pulled Foreign Works Back Under Copyright;
Momentum May Topple Anti-Piracy Bills;

Education:
State Budget Cuts for Research Universities Imperil Competitiveness;
Romney Praises For-Profit Colleges, Including One Run by a Donor;
Recession Hits College Students Seeking Jobs on the Side;
University Of Florida, Florida State University Presidents Suggest Higher Tuition For STEM Students;
Mountain State U. President, Noted for $1.8-Million in Pay, Is Fired; Tenured Professor Faces Dismissal over use of sabbaticals;
5 Colleges to Test Bulk-Purchasing of e-Textbooks in Bid to Rein In Costs; Apple launches iBooks 2 digital textbooks; The Apple license agreement;
Do Sports Build Character or Damage It?
College athletes Inch Closer to $2,000 Stipend, Multiyear Awards; NCAA’s Enforcement Leader Makes Her Case;
Stiff Scholarship Cuts Are Proposed Under NCAA Penalty Structure;
OSU where do Nearly $14M annually in Rec Sports fees go;

1/13/12
TechNews for the week: January 13; January 11; January 9;

War, Politics and Reports (Also, see Finance and Economics)
Lessons from lost wars; U.S. to resume peace talks with Taliban; A Marine portrait of Afghan realities; Pakistan’s army-civilian rift deepens;
Blast kills Iran nuclear expert amid "covert war"; Strait of Hormuz: Danger waters;
South China Sea: Call for US build-up;
Israel Calls Saudi based Hacking ‘A Terrorist Operation’;
U.S. to pull two Army brigades from Europe; Obama to seek power to shrink federal government;
2 GOP Debates in 15 hours: Santorum and Evangelicals Coalescing; Stuff White Politicians Say… to Black People;
The Real Problem With Romney’s ‘Fire People’ Gaffe; Romney’s ‘creative destruction’;
Ron Paul worries some in GOP as S.C., Florida primaries loom;
GOP takes control of Virginia General Assembly;
Nikki Haley’s Rough Start;

Math, science and technology:
Security issues
Abolish the Department of Homeland Security; Homeland Security Monitors Facebook, Twitter, Others; Protecting Your Privacy at International Borders;
The TSA Proves its Own Irrelevance; TSA Cupcake Update; Collecting Expert Predictions about Terrorist Attacks; A Theory of Online Jihadist Sites;
FBI Issues Warning on Financial Phishing Scheme; Zeus returns: FBI warns of 'Gameover' ID-theft malware;
How to steal an identity in seven easy steps; Recovering a Hacked Gmail Account;
Time to Patch Your HP Printers;
Math and science
The Banach-Tarski non-Paradox;
Web design issues
How to Transition from Office 2003 to Office 2010;
U.S. Official Approves of ICANN’s Domain Expansion;
Google evangelists release bible of good Android design; Top 10 Sites for Educational Apps;
Other news
Where Are the Liberals?;
Jon Stewart Rips GOP's Hypocritical 'Class Warfare';
Free e-books at Amazon are popular;

Finance and Economics
France loses top credit rating;
SEC changes policy on criminal admission; calls for detail on debt exposure;
Debate Flares Over ‘Stop Online Piracy Act’; Lawmaker Defends ‘Stop Online Piracy Act’;
Supreme Court rules in favor of arbitration;
Why Did Kodak, Motorola, And Nortel Fail?

Education:
Americans increasingly question the value of higher education; Study Disputes Claims That Preferentially Admitted Students Catch Up;
Lack of interest and aptitude keeps students out of STEM majors; 'Badges' Earned Online Pose Challenge to Traditional College Diplomas;
University of Maryland plans $7.2 million president’s house amid budget cuts; Georgia Regents Approve Mergers of 8 Campuses Into 4;
Moody's Warns That Illinois Universities Could Be Downgraded;
'U.S. News' Sizes Up Online-Degree Programs;
OSU role in FBI program raises questions;
Evaluation of iPad for educational use; Another Teaching with iPads story; Technology Is at Least 3 Years Away From Improving Student Success;
Use any Web 2.0 tool at any Level of Bloom’s Taxonomy;
The NCAA’s New Plan of Attack on Rogue Agents; NCAA President: ‘We Need to Clarify Who’s in Charge’; Eligibility Standards Miss the Mark;
Spend Less in Division I? You Kidding?; Is the NCAA Listening to Athletes?
Supreme Court Declines to Hear Case Over Sports Cuts at James Madison U.;

1/6/12
TechNews for the week: January 6; January 4;

War, Politics and Reports (Also, see Finance and Economics)
Karzai supports direct U.S.-Taliban talks; Karzai Says Afghans to Take Control of Bagram Prison;
Militant groups in Pakistan unite; Taliban says it will open Qatar office for talks with U.S.;
Libyan leader warns of civil war; Emboldened protesters rally in Syria; Deadly explosion in Syrian capital;
Maliki marks end of U.S.-Iraq pact; In Iraq, Sunni official hit by bomb;
Iran seeking to expand influence in Latin America; warns U.S. aircraft carrier not to return; In Iran, a sense of impending war; EU states consider delay on any Iran oil ban;
North Korea blasts South, other foes;
Navy’s worst-case cost overrun tops $1 billion for aircraft carrier Gerald Ford; Obama unveils new military approach;
Air Force charges three cadets with sex crimes;
Texas consumer health program to shut down;
GOP’s election battle plan: Use Obama’s own words against him; Gingrich Account of First Divorce Disputed by Aides, Documents ;
Iowa GOP says Romney edges Santorum for victory in caucuses by 8 votes; Bachmann quits race; Perry staying in; Vote counter claims Iowa miscount;
President Obama’s recess appointments;

Math, science and technology:
Security issues
Hackers Publish Data from ‘Shadow CIA’ Agency; Hackers aim to launch Internet satellite network;
Israel Accused Twitter of Aiding Terrorist Organizations; Saudi Hackers Post Personal Info on Israelis;
Math and science
Applying Game Theory to Cyberattacks and Defenses; Brave new world of weaponry;
Bite-Size Science, False Positives, and Citation Amnesia; Most Federally Backed Medical Trials Are Found to Be Unpublished;
Physical Activity May Help Kids' Grades, Too; The Fat Trap;
10 Tech Concepts You Need to Know for 2012;
Web design issues
HTML5 Rises as Adobe Flash Falls in Mobile Market; Effective website navigation using CSS3; JavaScript Date Creation;
XP still top OS, but Windows 7 hot on its trail; Ten most useful Nook tips and tricks;
Other news
Dave Barry’s Year in Review;
A Dispute Over Who Owns a Twitter Account Goes to Court;
Retired colonel accused of taking $2 mil from Nat. Guard fund;

Finance and Economics
Economy adds 200,000 jobs in December, unemployment rate falls to 8.5 percent;
Is innovation leading to higher unemployment?
Shell to close final-salary pension scheme;

Education:
Unemployment Varies by College Major; Saving during childhood is associated with Success in College;
Unaccredited Law School Sparks Debate With Lawsuit Against Bar Association;
Lawmaker says Georgia University System Wants to Merge 8 Campuses Into 4;
Study: E-Textbooks Saved Many Students Only $1;
The ‘Flipped Classroom’ at Stanford; Findings and unanswered questions about clicker implementations;
Unsolicited Career Advice for Mathematicians; Three things learned about teaching by taking a short course;
U. of Miami Athletes Avoid Testifying in Pleading Involving Rogue Booster; Penn St. memos show funding fears, secrecy effort;
College Football: The Worst Coach in the History of Every BCS Program;