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All The Right Type 3.6 (Windows)

Bring your typing skills up to warp speed with All The Right Type. Designed by keyboarding teachers. All The Right Type 3 has a new look with a futuristic campus and a spaceship pacer game. All The Right Type 3 uses a classroom-tested methodology to develop keyboarding skills. Realistic posture...

Tags: Skill, Posture, Ingenuity Works, Learning Lab, Practice Pavilion, Games, Microsoft Windows, Leadership, Personal Technology, Operating Systems, Software, Management

Software downloads 2005-10-17

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Master the Facts Multiplication 5.0.5 (Mac)

This program was made in direct response to teachers asking for math software that was more educational than entertainment. Master the Facts Multiplication is a no-nonsense approach to aiding students in learning their multiplication facts. Drills up to 12x12. Includes optional timer and displays problems missed at end of drill....

Tags: Apple Macintosh, Teacher, Fast Rabbit Software, Advertising & Promotion, Desktops, Tools & Techniques, Marketing, Hardware, Management

Software downloads 2009-11-02

Fake 'Conficker.B Infection Alert' spam campaign drops scareware

Not much they can do.Not much they can do.Email was never designed for security, and it's HARD getting everybody on the same page with a solution that works, because basically every solution we know of pretty much requires everybody to use it. But, unfortunately, it's difficult convincing people running email...

Tags: Internet service providers (ISPs), Cyberthreats, Spam, Microsoft Corp., Conficker.B Infection Alert, spam campaign, sample message, Internet Service Provider, e-mail, Microsoft Windows

Discussion threads 2009-10-19

Is lower power consumption Windows 7's killer feature?

what killer feature?I don't know about OSX but Linux is more energy efficient than windoze.FYIsold by M$ under the namne of 'Windows' something.What is this "Windoze" you speak of?Never heard about it before....Anyway, can Linux run my programs? (Office, Photoshop, the latest games, Windows Live Essentials?) No? Oh.... Thats some...

Tags: Operating systems, Microsoft Windows, Microsoft Windows 7, killer feature

Discussion threads 2009-09-03

Mimic Virtual Lab CCNA 4.40 (Windows)

MIMIC Virtual Lab creates a real world lab environment with a network of Cisco Routers and Switches. It gives hands-on learning experience without buying expensive equipment for the preparation for CCNA certification. It provides simulated Cisco Routers (2620, 3640, 7206) and Switches (2950, 3550, 6500) along with LAN, WAN, ISDN,...

Tags: Cisco Router, Environment, CCNA, Microsoft Windows, Gambit Communications, Training And Certification, E-learning, Networking, Enterprise Software, Software

Software downloads 2009-06-25

10 data center paradoxes -- out of complexity comes simplicity

For every action there is an equally potent reaction, and that is certainly the case in IT developments we've been seeing as of late. Call them paradoxes if you will, and I just published some of them in an article for Database Trends & Applications on the...

Tags: Data Center, Paradox, Data Centers, Cloud Computing, Virtualization, Storage Management, Utility Computing, Storage, Hardware, Data Management, Joe McKendrick

Blog posts 2009-06-18

CallPilot Release 5.0 Installation and Configuration

View Available Dates and LocationsThis training course is designed for distributors and installation technicians whose job function includes installation, configuration, and basic system maintenance responsibilities on the CallPilot unified messaging system. In this course, you will experience a typical CallPilot system installation, learning each step in...

Tags: Knowledge, Installation, CallPilot, CallPilot Software, Microsoft Windows, Strategy, Networking, Operating Systems, Software, Management

Training 2009-05-01

Even with adult content regulated, Second Life is dead in ed

OK, so the title is a little cheesy, but I don't think I'm wrong here. Linden Labs announced today that it would be regulating the adult content rampant on its virtual world, Second Life. According to TG Daily, The company will implement a three-tiered...

Tags: Second Life, Productivity, Christopher Dawson

Blog posts 2009-04-22

Our brilliant kids are bored

Our brilliant kids are boredSmart kids are bored, but is this really the explanation?Smart kids have always been bored because American schools do not recognize the difference in the learning paces of children. Fast learners are not challenged by a school curriculum designed for the lowest common denominator. They...

Tags: OPEN SOURCE, Smart Kid, OKC, brilliant kid

Discussion threads 2009-04-15

KidZui is useful for parents, classrooms, labs

Image via CrunchBaseKidZui is a kid-friendly web browser for OS X and Windows; it is also available as a Firefox add-on, making it compatible across all platforms. KidZui has a lot of strengths that make it very appealing for parents or elementary classroom computers. Although it does support a...

Tags: Kid, KidZui, Corporate Communications, Productivity, Web Browsers, Apple Mac OS X, Games, Marketing, Internet, Operating Systems, Software, Apple Mac OS, Personal Technology, Christopher Dawson

Blog posts 2009-04-09

Resumes in a Web 2.0 world

Resumes in a Web 2.0 worldRE: Resumes in a Web 2.0 worldYeah so great idea to have your Resume include the "social networking" component...2 things I see wrong here: 1: Most companies put a block on all social networking/blog websites. (yes most IT Admi'sn can un-block them, but why?) 2:...

Tags: Recruitment & Selection, Channel management, Blogging, Social Sites, Craig, contract comment, Web 2.0 World, Facebook, Web 2.0, job, Web

Discussion threads 2009-04-07

Interview with Andrea Vaccari, research associate at MIT's SENSEable City Laboratory

Now that machine and sensor data is joining social data traffic on the Internet, the ability to interpret and create meaning out of the information to improve life could be the post-Web 2.0 manifesto. MIT's Senseable City Lab has been on the task for years with various...

Tags: City, Mobile, Network, Data, Massachusetts Institute Of Technology, Cell Phone, Analysis, SENSEable City Laboratory, Cellular Phones, Networking, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Chris Jablonski

Blog posts 2009-04-06

FRS Fraction Master 2.1 (Mac)

FRS Fraction Master is an easy to use drill and practice program to aide students in learning to identify and understand fractions. Practice modes include identifying, reducing, adding, subtracting, and estimating fractions. FRS Fraction Master can be used in introducing fraction skills, reinforcing lessons in the classroom, or remedial practice.Parents,...

Tags: Fraction, Apple Macintosh, Teacher, Fast Rabbit Software, FRS Fraction Master, Productivity, Desktops, Hardware

Software downloads 2009-03-28

Threatpost launches as best practice for enterprise IT and social media

While social media represented measurable success for many consumer-focused companies, there is still a lot of learning to be done in terms of how enterprise technology-focused companies leverage social media. And while many are having luck using collaboration tools or even white label social networks for improving internal communications or...

Tags: Brand, Kaspersky Lab, Information Technology, Social Media, Site, Best Practice, Threatpost, Naraine, Kaspersky Team, Drawas, Branding, Security, Marketing, Jennifer Leggio

Blog posts 2009-03-20

Is Microsoft Amalga in trouble?

Is Microsoft Amalga in trouble?Could it be Vista's reputation?Or should we call it Longhorn? Sadly the problems related to the Longhorn/Vista development was very public and far from the best PR.If someone was to go with a "name you can trust" IBM is ahead of MS. Apple's probably...

Tags: Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), Microsoft Windows, Microsoft Amalga, Microsoft Corp.

Discussion threads 2009-03-17

Too young for the Classmate?

My 6-year old was thrilled to have the convertible Classmate back in the house this weekend. It had been with a couple of coworkers and their small children to see just how it would stand up to the pre-school set. My youngest is obsessed with the Nintendo game...

Tags: Kid, Classmate, Keyboards, Productivity, Monitors & Displays, Tools & Techniques, Games, Hardware, Peripherals, Components, Management, Personal Technology, Christopher Dawson

Blog posts 2009-03-15

Cart troubles

One of our schools has two carts of MacBooks. They're new this year and the principal has done a wonderful job of scheduling the heck out of them. They have brief downtime around lunch but are otherwise pushing 100% utilization. However, all is not well in MacBook...

Tags: Cart, Computer, Kid, Productivity, Christopher Dawson

Blog posts 2009-02-25

To Linux or not to Linux?

To Linux or not to Linux?A safe choiceAnd, more importantly, a good choice for your users' needs. Which they will agree with soon enough.Ubuntu for the kidsIncreasingly open source free software is making in roads in the schools. Not just because it's free but because it works. In my child's...

Tags: UNIX, Operating systems, OPEN SOURCE, tiebreaker, Remember IT, Linux

Discussion threads 2009-02-19

Giving quizzes with Google Docs

It's budget season around these parts (always good times, especially in a recession) and my first pass at a budget was cut by around 50%. I have a week until our next round of meetings to fully justify the items that remain. The 50% cuts were...

Tags: Google Inc., Google Docs, Student, Teacher, Response System, Corporate Communications, Cloud Computing, Marketing, Christopher Dawson

Blog posts 2009-02-18

Windows 7 Starter Edition - not an answer for Ed Tech

Windows 7 Starter Edition - not an answer for Ed TechForget StarterGo for Home or Pro. They'll run just as well on netbooks. RE: Windows 7 Starter Edition - not an answer for Ed TechWho said Windows 7 Starter Edition was for ed tech? No one. Are you feeling...

Tags: Operating systems, UNIX, OPEN SOURCE, Windows 7 Starter, Windows 7 Starter Edition, Microsoft Windows 7, Ed Tech, Linux, Microsoft Windows

Discussion threads 2009-02-10