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  • iPad banned from several American universities over ’security’ concerns

    iPad banned from several American universities over ’security’ concerns

    Three high-profile American universities, Cornell University, Princeton University, and George Washington University, have banned the iPad from their campuses. George Washington University and Princeton University call the device a "security risk," while Cornell is concerned about students chewing through too much bandwidth. So much for the iPad being the darling of higher education.

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  • You can win $5,000 in some sort of Newegg college student contest

    You can win $5,000 in some sort of Newegg college student contest

    Fresh off its fancy IPO announcement, Newegg is running an equally fancy contest for American and Canadian college students. Provided you're 18-year-old (or older) and are attending a U.S. or Canadian college or university, you could win up to $5,000 to spend on whatever the hell you want on the Web site. What do you have to do to win such riches????

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  • Back-to-School: Who are our new college freshman?

    Back-to-School: Who are our new college freshman?

    We're running a Back to School extravaganza right now, but one thing that I don't know if we really addressed is: Who exactly is going back to school? Or, more accurately, who is going to college for the first time in a few weeks? (That's who these Back to School things are usually for, freshman. If you're going back odds are you know exactly what you need and what to expect.) What have today's 18-year-olds experienced in the world, what are they about, and what do they expect from technology?

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