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Princeton Student Faked Own Beating
Princeton Student Faked Own Beating

Princeton Student Faked Own Beating

Sent death threats to himself and other campus conservatives

(Newser) - A Princeton student who claimed his views on morality and membership in a conservative organization triggered death threats against him and a beating has confessed that the threats and attack were self-delivered, the Daily Princetonian reports. Four others on campus, including a prominent conservative professor, were also threatened as part...

Research Notes Make Internet History
Research Notes Make Internet History

Research Notes Make Internet History

New project to archive academic raw materials online

(Newser) - The Center for New History and Media has received a big grant to help store the raw material of academic research as part of its Internet Archive project, Ars Technica reports. Director Dan Cohen wants to help the academic world by making it easy for scholars to make their research...

Internet2 Gets 10X Boost
Internet2
Gets 10X Boost

Internet2 Gets 10X Boost

Alarmingly fast network speed gets much quicker - but you can't use it yet

(Newser) - A parallel network to the commercial Internet has made another giant leap, increasing its already incredibly fast speed tenfold to 100 gigabits per second. That means Internet2—used by researchers, universities and some corporations—will be able to download a movie in a few seconds; the current 10 gig connections...

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