ACT Joins Group Supporting Pi Day and STEM Education
ACT Joins Group Supporting Congressional Resolution on Pi Day and STEM Education "Designating March 14, 2009, as Pi Day and encouraging schools and educators to focus on activities that teach [...]
All Hail the Pi!
It’s not just the fourteenth day in March anymore! Congress is recognizing March 14th for its mathematical significance as Pi (3.14-ish) in an effort to promote the importance of math [...]
France and Ireland lobbying for cybercrime training program
Yahoo!News reveals that “France and Ireland are hoping the European Commission will back a plan to create an academically accredited cybercrime training program for law enforcement. The proposal calls for [...]
IBM likes Open Source when it suits them, not when it costs.
Dana Blankenhorn has as an interesting but misguided post on IBM's commitment to Open Source. He suggests that support for OSS represents good citizenship, and a change of corporate culture. [...]
Harvard professor warns of the dangers of protectionism
The International Herald Tribune has a great article by Harvard professor Edward L. Glaeser on the dangers of protectionism. The SF Gate writes that, according to research firm IDC, “worldwide [...]
Reid Hoffman’s recipe for jump-starting the economy
The Washington Post has a great op-ed by the founder and CEO of LinkedIn, Reid Hoffman, in which Mr. Hoffman points out that “[t]o translate the stimulus into sustainable growth, [...]