Science and Technology  Copyright Fight Hits the Lab   (AP
Photo/ailatan)   Today's Robot News   And Rick Santorum thinks
college is for snobs!  Do You Know What Your Voter Wants to
Hear?  Street view on Google maps still sort of wows me. I'm
still not sure I'm prepared for the power of being able to see
almost every house in America, block by block. So it's really no
surprise that VoterMapping blew my mind.   Education on the
Cheap   Publicly funded online schools run by private companies
have been controversial with teachers groups and some education
advocates since they started to take off a few years ago. But
the concept of educating kids by computer has a strong
appeal—not just among lawmakers but also among portfolio
managers and investors. The two biggest companies offering
online education—K12, Inc. and Connections Academy—are both for-
profit, and until recently K12 had been a stock-market favorite.
But an article this week on Seeking Alpha, a major investment
website, casts doubt on the long-term pro