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Top News ... Illegal downloader ordered to pay $222K Students and other internet users who download or share songs and movies without paying for them have a new reason to reconsider their actions: In the first such case to go to trial, a federal jury on Oct. 4 ordered a Minnesota woman to pay $222,000 for sharing copyrighted music online. "This does send a message, I hope, that downloading and distributing our recordings is not... | Full Story Around the Web ... Securing very important data: your own The newest generation of Web applications is starting to collect and store far more than just the standard suite of identity data--name and address, phone, Social Security or credit-card... | Full Story Nano iPod catches fire in man's pocket An Atlanta man's nearly two year-old iPod Nano caught fire in his pant's pocket at the Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport, where he is employed. The flames lasted... | Full Story For schools, lottery payoffs fall short of promises Since states began legalizing lotteries more than 40 years ago, lawmakers have sold gambling as a savior for cash-starved public schools and other government programs... | Full Story More from eSchool News Online ... Why can't our data just get along? Two organizations that have been promoting interoperability among disparate educational data systems have established a new goal: creating a separate set of standards and... | Full Story Sputnik's anniversary sparks reflection With a series of small beeps from a spiky globe 50 years ago today, the world shrank--and humanity's view of Earth and the cosmos expanded. Education, too, was forever... | Full Story Feds tout computerized tests for key skills Computer-based testing can be an effective way to measure so-called "21st-century skills" such as the ability to solve problems and synthesize information, according to a... | Full Story Classes resume after U. of Memphis shooting Students at the University of Memphis returned to class Tuesday, Oct. 2, without knowing whether the fatal campus shooting of a football player was a targeted or... | Full Story Announcements from ed-tech providers ... Environmental education picks up new support in Congress and around the country | Read the full announcement National writing contest for high school students with hearing loss | Read the full announcement Cistera Networks demonstrates first-ever hosted application services package for the educational market during Sylantro Global Summit 2007 | Read the full announcement English language learner study examines best practices | Read the full announcement New PANDUIT OptiCam connectors with composite ferrules provide high-yield installation | Read the full announcement Ad control dream comes true for gamers, video watchers | Read the full announcement Launch of Sputnik, Cold War escalation featured in new ABC-CLIO 'History and the Headlines' | Read the full announcement Pearson pairs science textbooks with web-based reading comprehension and writing tool, creating powerful cross-curricular instructional program | Read the full announcement Minneapolis area schools first in Minnesota to provide innovative anonymous online messaging service for students | Read the full announcement	October Online Specials You Don't Want to Miss... 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