New Degree

The first ever degree in Web Design degree is now being offered at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute. What once was the Information Techonology degree is now offered as a bachelor's or master's concentration in “Information Technology and Web Science.” The new degree focuses on web security, trust, privacy, content value, and the development of the Web of the future. Students graduating on May 29, 2010, will be the first students to receive the new degrees.

Social Media Addicts

With Facebook being the largest social network, more people are feeling the urge to constantly update their status and make more people aware of their daily activities. Forty eight percent of users update their status as the last thing they do at night or the first thing they do in the morning. Some users even check their Facebook pages if they happen to wake up in the middle of the night. Some users wouldn't even mind checking their pages during a date or even an intimate moment. Experts say that this is all motivated by the newness of the social networking craze.

Internet is the New Newspaper

Americans are reading just not the newspaper. The Interent soars to the top 3 spot for being the third most popular vehicle for getting daily news updates. Local and national news channel are first and second while newspaper came in fifth behind radio. The interent is more accessible and waste much less paper than the traditional newspaper. This goes to show that we are truly in the "computer age."

Happy Birthday Facebook

Facebook recently celebrated it's sixth birthday. With over 400 million users, Facebook is one of the webs largest social-networking sites. In celebration of the birthday, Facebook engineers are coming up with new applications like Facebook Video and Hip-hop PHP converters. Facebook has changed plenty in it's six years of life and it will continue to change and grow as Facebook remains one of the web's largest social-networking websites.

Astronauts Tweet

NASA has recently equipped the International Space Station with wireless internet access so that astronauts can communicate with friends and family back home, surf the net, check facebook, and even tweet. "Hello Twitterverse! We r now LIVE tweeting from the International Space Station -- the 1st live tweet from Space! :) More soon, send your ?s," Creamer said in his first tweet early this morning. NASA hopes that the wireless connection will help astronauts stay in touch with their families and make long missions easier and less stressful. All three astronauts on the International Space Station are expected to tweet soon and will be joined by six new astronauts in February who will also be tweeting with updates.

KeyChest technology from Disney

Last week The Walt Disney Company introduced KeyChest movie technology to the world. KeyChest technology allows the customer to purchase movies and shows from different distributors, store them on remote servers, and play them on various platforms such as the newest smartphone or the television in the living room. Disney feels like the consumer should not be limited to a DVD player or sitting in front of their TV so Disney is bringing the movies to the consumer. Disney will be working hand and hand with an unknown third-party to develop the technology. Disney hopes the technology will be completed before then end of 2010.

Me, Myself, And I

1. Bitty
2. 12 :) Full time
3. General Studies Social Sciences Specialization
4. From JTCC, I plan on attending Longwood University and majoring in Political Science and minoring in Criminal Justice. I plan to work with the federal government in the court system.
5. I enjoy social networking and online communication with friends and classmates. I would consider myself rather computer literate.
6. I have been working at a Christian daycare for 3 years. I hold a full time position teaching three year olds about the Lord Jesus Christ.
7. Sports is my niche. I love volleyball, track and field, and basketball. I played almost every sport in high school (minus cross country). I have been dancing all my life and love doing it more than anything. Unlike the typical college student, I actually enjoy school. I also welcome a challenge.