Google has once again offered a challenge for hackers across the world, and it sounds like a contest that proud hackers may not easily refuse. The offer: up to one million dollars to anyone able to successfully hack and exploit bugs in the Google Chrome browser. Google is very confident in its product that they ...
How does your school handle allegations of plagiarism? Image courtesy of Flickr user Hazel Owen. Licensed under CC BY-NC-ND 2.0.This week, the Chronicle published an article by an English professor on how he handles plagiarism in his classes. None of the strategies are groundbreaking–he requires multiple drafts of papers so he sees progress, addresses plagiarism ...
This past weekend, the Target back-to-school circular went out. Throughout the catalog, snippets of college blogger wisdom were sprinkled in. Two members of the HackCollege staff were featured in the catalog–Laura’s piece about sleep can be seen here, and my piece on student blogging is here. We even got strange-but-cool drawn headshots–mine’s the one on ...
And by “kittens” we mean “software.” Image courtesy of Flickr user Simon Lieschke. Licensed under CC 2.0 BY-NC.First off, election day is tomorrow. If you haven’t voted yet, do so! (You can even check in on Foursquare.) In addition, we’re having a contest. A few weeks ago when Emily went to the Microsoft Open House, ...
The new Windows Phone 7 was the big deal of the day. It was, to its credit, very pretty.As you saw last week, I was able to interview Steve Ballmer as part of the Microsoft Open House. But that was really a small portion of the overall event. Most of the day was spent on the launch and demonstration
*Spark proves that a silly product name can still lead to massive success. A screenshot of the *Spark homepage.If you have a smart phone running Android or Symbian, you may want to check out *Spark from HipLogic, which recently launched in beta. The app allows you to transform your phone’s lau
Twitter: it’s like RSS, but even simpler! Follow us at @HackCollegeRSS and @HackCollegeDo you prefer to follow RSS feeds through Twitter, rather than Google Reader or some other service? Then today is your lucky day! We’ve started a new Twitter account just for our RSS feed–@HackCollegeRSS. Our main Twitter account, @HackCollege, will still be providing ...
How long could you function with a computer and nothing else? Image courtesy of Flickr user Johan Brook and licensed under CC by SA 2.0 It’s been a pretty incredible few days over here at HackCollege. A bunch of us got together in New York for a weekend, we’re working with Lifehacker for their back-to-school ...
Her Campus founders (from l-r) Stephanie Kaplan, Windsor Hanger, and Annie Wang got their start as undergrads. Congratulations to our friends at Her Campus, who were recently named as one of Inc. Magazine’s 30 Under 30 entrepreneurs. The site, a lifestyle hub for the modern “collegiette,” uses a team of nearly 400 student contributors to ...
Nixty will potentially blur the line between student and teacher. Photo courtesy of Sewanee. Licensed under CC BY-NC-SA 2.0.Last week saw the launch of a new eLearning site named Nixty. The site’s concept is simple: educators can upload course materials to the website, to be accessed by user
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