Others - Washington Post - 2010-03-09 03:22:23.
Online courses can reduce the costly sting of college
Inessa Volkonidina had taken precalculus once and dropped it. She needed to take it again, and quickly, to fulfill a graduation requirement at Long Island University. She went online and found a company with an odd name, StraighterLine, that offered the course on even odder terms: $99 a month.
Others - Washington Post - 2010-03-09 03:22:23.
Help File: Windows 7's XP Mode; surge protector life spans
Q: I want to run Windows XP programs on my new PC. Is Windows 7 Professional's XP mode the best way to assure that?
Others - Washington Post.
Twitter, Facebook use allowed on military non-classified computer network
Everyone from troops in the field to the highest brass and civilian leaders will be allowed to Twitter, blog and use Facebook and other social networking sites on the military's non-classified computer network, the Pentagon announced Friday.
Others - Washington Post.
Book review of "The Essential Engineer," by Henry Petroski
Then there are the others, who blend pragmatism, know-how and creativity into a particularly potent form of optimism -- the kind of optimism that, as Henry Petroski points out in "The Essential Engineer," puts his colleagues "in a position to change the world -- not just study it."
Others - Washington Post.
Obsessed with smartphones, oblivious to the here and now
Jay Ferrari was squatting on a step-stool next to the bathtub, which held his 4-year-old daughter and a rising tide, when he sensed an opening to use the Sicilian Dragon defense in his iPhone-to-iPhone chess match against his neighbor.
Opinion - Washington Post.
Justice's welcome push to improve legal counsel for poor defendants
THEY ARE common stories by now: The court-appointed defense lawyer who falls asleep during a client's murder trial. The beleaguered big-city public defender who barely has a chance to scan a client's file as she rushes from courtroom to courtroom, laboring under a crushing caseload.
