The State of Florida recently imposed a cell phone ban on students while taking the FCAT. All the parents of school children in the state received a letter explaining the ban. On the other hand, the Legislature in the State of Utah voted down a bill that would require school districts to establish policies governing [...]

The other day I realized that visitors to Caveon’s website are very interested in “cheating methods.” John Fremer and Jamie Mulkey wrote an article titled “The Ten Most Wanted Cheaters” (http://www.caveon.com/articles/newsltr_04_Q1_1.htm) which is quite enlightening and informative. And, as a follow up to that article John Fremer and Don Sorensen created a “wanted poster” that [...]

In 1965, Gordon Moore of Intel observed that transistor densities were doubling roughly every 2 years. Since then the exponential nature of faster, smaller and more powerful computational units has continued. Initially, the observation was a remarkable statement of trends. Later, it became an expectation. And, it is now considered an unrelenting challenge for high [...]