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New Law In Effect Regarding Electronic Waste

Gino Geruntino — Mon, 02 Jan 2012 22:58:55 +0000

Utica, NY (WIBX) - The 2010 New York State Electronic Equipment Recycling and Reuse Act has entered its next phase.

Jamie Tuttle, school recycling coordinator for the Oneida-Herkimer Solid Waste Authority, says, as of now, businesses are mainly impacted

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Wondering What Most Use the Internet for? Well, It's Not That Exciting — Survey of the Day

Nick Romano — Fri, 09 Dec 2011 15:02:19 +0000

Why did the average American go online? For no particular reason (Ba-dum-bum).

Although this may not become the newest joke anytime soon, it’s actually a true statement. According to a new report from the Pew Research Center’s Internet & American Life Project, 53 percent of 18- to 29-year-old Americans go online just for fun or to waste time. With 2,260 participating adults, it turns out that 58 percent of all adults go online for the same reason.

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How Far Will Your Company Go to Change Your Behavior on the Clock?

Shauna Wright — Fri, 25 Nov 2011 12:22:27 +0000

You probably already know about existing employee monitoring software that can capture your keystrokes or screenshots or track which websites you visit while on the clock — but a new patent idea from Microsoft would take workplace surveillance one step further with software that can actually analyze human behavior.

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Online Courses for Elementary and High School Students?

Shauna Wright — Mon, 14 Nov 2011 16:45:02 +0000

In an effort to accommodate students with varying levels of advancement and in reaction to state budgetary cuts, at least 30 states in the US now let elementary and high school students take all their courses online.

According to Evergreen Education Group, a consulting firm that works with online schools, an estimated 250,000 students nationwide are enrolled in full-time virtual schools, a 40 percent increase in the last three years. And the International Association for K-12 Online Learning, a trade group, says two million kids take at least one class online.

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Prestigious Waldorf Private School Keeps Computers Away from Kids

Shauna Wright — Tue, 25 Oct 2011 13:12:03 +0000

The 160 Waldorf private schools in the United States boast an impressive student body: the children of tech luminaries from firms like eBay, Google, Apple, Yahoo and Hewlett-Packard.

But what makes Waldorf a seemingly odd choice for such parents is that until kids are in the eighth grade, the school is completely unwired with not a computer screen to be found.

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Why Are Most Computer Voices Female?

Kathy Landin — Sun, 23 Oct 2011 16:30:06 +0000

Who knew — there’s a reason why most computer voices are female.

In fact, there are several reasons.

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