Techcordance

Resolution

Elected student leaders at American River College in Sacramento, Calif., have adopted a resolution that seeks to protect classmates from the “anti-religious and political indoctrination” of professors and others on campus. “I think we have accomplished a historic and very significant act today by passing this resolution to advocate for a Student Bill of Rights,” said student Rep. George Popko, who authored the resolution. The measure was adopted by an 8-1 vote. “The purpose of the resolution is to go on record asking the administration to adopt the Student Bill of Rights as official campus policy,” the 22-year-old councilman said. The resolution models activist David Horowitz’s “Student Bill of Rights,” a bill which was introduced to the California senate as SB 5 in 2005. Popko says he plans to present a Student Bill of Rights Resolution containing those provisions on May 3 before the General Assembly of the Student Senate of California Community Colleges, an organization representing 2.7 million college students.

Trucks

Ford Motor and Opera Software have announced a collaboration to add Web browsing to the Internet-enabled in-dash computers that Ford is installing in some of its trucks and vans.
The built-in Ford Work Solutions computer, which is being marketed to contractors, farmers, construction workers and business owners, is equipped with Microsoft Auto, a version of the Windows CE operating system.
In addition to accessing the Web through the Opera browser, the computer can run LogMeIn to enable remote access to office and home PCs. The computer also includes Garmin GPS navigation and is integrated into the vehicle cell phone. Internet access, through Sprint’s 3G network is available for $25 a month for a 25-megabyte plan or $50 for up to 5 gigabytes of data, which should be more than enough for the vast majority of users.