Archive for January, 2012

What is the GMAT testing center like?

While most test-takers know what to expect on the GMAT exam itself, many arrive on test day not knowing what to expect from the actual test center. If you can do a dry run, such as Kaplans Official Test Day Experience (offered to students taking our courses), thats certainly going to help tremendously with your comfort level [...]

B.C., Rutgers, U.F. Represented in Indy

Super Bowl week is upon us — or Super Bowl weeks, rather. Little drums up apathy quite like the two weeks between conference championship weekend and Super Bowl Sunday, but I digress. A week in Indianapolis is enough, right? This year’s Super Bowl, as you may know, pits the Giants and Patriots in a rematch [...]

Texas A&M Engineering Professors Create ZeroTouch, A Multifinger Sensing Technology

It appears to be an empty frame, but it is filled with futuristic possibilities for the computer user with just the touch of a finger. Created by researchers at the Interface Ecology Lab (IEL) in the Department of Computer Science and Engineering at Texas A&M University, ZeroTouch is a virtual in-the-air touchpad computer interface that [...]

Apple Could Announce New Distribution Platform for Digital Books

If you are an Apple fanatic like me, then you have probably heard that the company is holding a media event on Thursday, January 19, 2012. What is Apple releasing this time? According to ArsTechnica.com, the company will be announcing a new platform that will be the GarageBand for e-books. Basically, it will be a [...]

Look at college basketball locals: Raffa scores 13 in Coastal Carolina loss

Anthony Raffa scored 13 points for Coastal Carolina in an 88-81 loss to UNC-Asheville on Tuesday. He also had three steals, two rebounds and one assist. DeShon Minnis started for Texas Tech but was held scoreless in a 64-55 loss to Oklahoma.