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Nigel Robertson

US entertainment industry to Congress: make it legal for us to deploy rootkits, spyware... - 0 views

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shared by Nigel Robertson on 28 May 13 - No Cached
  • Nigel Robertson on 28 May 13
     
    Cory Doctorow on moves to get congress to allow business to plant malware on your computer just in case you do something they think is wrong.
Nigel Robertson

Report Released by U.S. GAO Demonstrates the Need for Open Textbooks - Creative Commons - 0 views

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report creative commons textbooks open_book open_education_resources

shared by Nigel Robertson on 15 Jun 13 - No Cached
  • Nigel Robertson on 15 Jun 13
     
    "A report issued by the United States Government Accountability Office on June 6th confirms a trend of the educational publishing industry: textbook costs to students at higher education institutions are rising 6% per year on average, and have risen 82% over the last decade. The study, ordered by Congress, looks at the efforts of publishers and colleges to increase the availability of textbook price information and "unbundled" buying options as required under provisions in the Higher Education Opportunity Act of 2008 (HEOA"
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