Professors banish laptops from classrooms

On a windy morning in downtown Washington, a hundred Georgetown Law students gathered in a hall for David Cole's lecture on democracy and coercion. The desks were cluttered with books, Thermoses and half-eaten muffins. Another item was noticeable in ...

School workers on leave amid webcam probe

PHILADELPHIA - Two information-technology workers at a suburban Philadelphia school district that secretly activated webcams on students' school-issued laptops are on paid leave amid an FBI wiretap investigation. Lower Merion School District ...

Surf the Web at the speed of light

If and when those laptops do arrive, they will be powerful -- more powerful in fact than even today's supercomputers. The battery that powers the laptop won't necessarily last any longer, but the power it does hold will make calculations orders of ...

At universities, is better learning a click away?

Others embrace fancier models or newer applications for smart phones and laptops that allow students to query the professor by text or e-mail during the lecture or conduct discussion with classmates — without the cost of purchasing a clicker.

Malware turns your cell phone against you

Even smaller and lighter laptops aren't carried everywhere. Most smart phones travel with their owners, from the bedroom to the board room, and are rarely more than a few feet away. Cell phones also have features many desktops lack like microphones ...