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- Is there a happy medium for standardized testing?
- Is there a happy medium for standardized testing?Are they necessary?A question I am always hearing is whether standardized tests are necessary.I keep wondering whether it was necessary for my kid's physician to pass her MCATs. I mean, afterall, if the AYP testing proves so little, what does her MCAT...
- Tags: standardized testing, happy medium
- Discussion threads 2008-05-21
- Opposition building to standardized tests
- Opposition building to standardized testsAnother example of teachers unions ruining educationPeople can complain all they want about standardized testing, but it's the only way to measure any kind of progress. This argument that standardized testing doesn't measure intelligence is irrelevant.While A kid doing well doing well on a standardized...
- Tags: school performance, standardized testing, education, standardized test
- Discussion threads 2006-10-25
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- Preview: Plusmo Pro Football Live app (updated)
- As you already know I really want a good NFL application for the iPhone. Now that it's NFL season and it would be great to track teams, players and games in progress – especially when you can't be in front of a television. As I've I mentioned...
- Tags: Apple iPhone, NFL, App, Plusmo Pro Football Live, Plusmo NFL App, Games, Digital Music, Digital Media, Personal Technology, Consumer Electronics, Jason D. O\'Grady
- Blog posts 2008-09-05
- Google Chrome vulnerabilities starting to pile up
- Google Chrome vulnerabilities starting to pile upGoogle Chrome vulnerabilities starting to pile upFile this in the "No Surprise" category. The shoddy programming at Google which has been reflected on many of their applications and services should come as no surprise to anyone on Chrome. Google is trying to live...
- Tags: SECURITY, Google Chrome vulnerability, Google Inc., Google Chrome, vulnerability, Chrome, programming
- Discussion threads 2008-09-05
- Netflix post-mortem: hardware failure and poor transparency
- Netflix post-mortem: hardware failure and poor transparencyProbably was Worse than ThoughtThe lack of transparency is probably due to how much of a failure their disaster prepardness really is. It probably failed on many levels. No doubt Netflix doesn't want anyone to know just how ill prepared they really...
- Tags: NetFlix Inc., transparency, hardware
- Discussion threads 2008-09-05
- Little Hopper's Memory Matching Game (exe)
- Preschool and kindergarten students will have fun practicing identification of numbers, letters, animals, and things while testing their memory skills in a classic tile match up farm themed environment in Little Hopper's Memory Matching Game. This version is the first release on CNET Download.com.
- Tags: Memory, Fast Rabbit Software, Games, Flash Memory, Personal Technology
- Software downloads 2008-09-05
- What can we do better?
- What can we do better?Asking the experts!I don't have a clue how it works in you area. I volunteer at the local high school. Being a retired programmer, I thought, great, I am going to make a difference. Went to the principle. Question: who is the...
- Tags: Development tools, programming
- Discussion threads 2008-09-04
- The power of standard protocols
- The power of standard protocolsWhile I'm not an expert in IM protocols......I do agree with the basic philosophy (but you'd be surprised if I didn't). On the whole, compatibility is a good thing, even in the computer industry (where incompatibility has been seen as a competitive advantage for as...
- Tags: Instant messaging, IM, standard protocol, software
- Discussion threads 2008-09-04
- The power of standard protocols
- I've spent the past few months as the primary developer at a very small company. An important technology to this company is Instant Messaging, as it plays an essential part in our approach to unified messaging. This has meant that I have had to build, in-house, our...
- Tags: IM, Jabber, Protocol, XMPP, Instant Messaging, Internet, Online Communications, John Carroll
- Blog posts 2008-09-04
- Deep packet spy's CEO resigns
- Is this the beginning of the end for NebuAd, the Redwood City-based company that uses deep packet inspection technology to monitor Web surfing habits of individuals and use the information to insert advertising? CEO Bob Dykes has resigned to become Chief Financial Officer for Verifone. The company's...
- Tags: Packet Inspection, Internet Service Providers (ISPs), Business Services, Internet, Monitors & Displays, Hardware, Components, Sam Diaz
- Blog posts 2008-09-03
- Is there still an opportunity for TiVo?
- Is there still an opportunity for TiVo?TiVo & DirecTVTiVo are not competing with DirecTV by selling their own boxes since the TiVo HD box does not work with satellite, only cable. By partnering with DirecTV they would then have the cable market AND the satellite market available to them....
- Tags: TVs, TV & Home Theater, DVR, TiVo Inc., DirecTV
- Discussion threads 2008-09-03
- Drug profit incompatible with scientific method?
- Drug profit incompatible with scientific method?Patentability and ProfitThe problem with new drugs like Vytorin is that we must rely on short-term studies & short-term observation in order to gamble on the drugs' safety. There is, presently, only one cholesterol medication that has not only proven to be most effective in...
- Tags: tobacco, new drug, drug company
- Discussion threads 2008-09-03
- Five reasons Chrome will take over the world
- Five reasons Chrome will take over the worldFive reasons Chrome will take over the worldYou know what ZDNet needs? More articles about Chrome! 12 over the last 24 hours just isn't enough so why not add to that number.Chrome isn't taking over anything because its terribly broken. It doesn't render...
- Tags: Development tools, Web browsers, chrome, Chrome, Google Inc.
- Discussion threads 2008-09-03
- Five reasons why Chrome will crash and burn
- Google dipped its mighty toe into the increasingly crowded world of internet browsers today with the announcement of its open source offering, Chrome. After all the polished promises of a streamlined new way to tame the web, the blogosphere was ready to predict Chrome would inspire everything from the...
- Tags: Google Inc., Mozilla Firefox, Microsoft Internet Explorer, Web Browser, Chrome, Web Browsers, Internet, Google, browser, Internet Explorer, Microsoft, Firefox, Nick Heath, silicon.com
- News items 2008-09-03
- Google Chrome: The five best new features
- Google Chrome: The five best new featuresThe biggest crap is IE, which STILL ships with ActiveX, is slower thanmolasses in January, STILL includes old obsolete proprietary rendering, and is years behind in standards.More Google crap. Use at your own risk!http://www.microsoft-watch.com/content/web_services_browser/chrome_privacy_is_full_of_dents.htmlGoogle is wanting your material.http://www.theregister.co.uk/2008/09/03/google_chrome_eula_sucks/So far impressedI am quite impressed by...
- Tags: Web browsers, VERY SELDOM, HEARSAY, Google Inc., Google Chrome
- Discussion threads 2008-09-03
- Chrome is 42x faster than IE7, 9x faster than FF3
- Chrome is 42x faster than IE7, 9x faster than FF3Pretty amazing!! It seems like we DO need competition to foster innovation.NT.Chrome and key logging!http://www.microsoft-watch.com/content/web_services_browser/chrome_privacy_is_full_of_dents.htmlRE: Chrome is 42x faster than IE7, 9x faster than FF3Well please, by all means, do the opposite give us an example of ANY javascript test that...
- Tags: Web browsers, Chrome, Microsoft Internet Explorer 7, FF3, 9x, Google Inc.
- Discussion threads 2008-09-03
- Chrome is 42x faster than IE7, 9x faster than FF3
- I've been testing the new Google Chrome browser and one thing's for sure: they weren't kidding about great JavaScript performance in this beta. Check out these numbers I got from running Google's V8 benchmark suite higher is better: IE7: 30 FF3.0.1: 131 Chrome Beta 1:...
- Tags: Google Inc., Mozilla Firefox, Performance, Microsoft Internet Explorer 7, 9x, Chrome, Google Chrome, Web Browsers, Performance Management, Team Management, Scripting Languages, Internet, Human Resources, Workforce Management, Management, Software/Web Development, Web Development, Ed Burnette
- Blog posts 2008-09-03
- Parts of a system: beyond the e-voting case
- Parts of a system: beyond the e-voting caseGreater than what...."Server virtualization (in the PC/IBM sense of hosting multiple equivalent OS instances on one machine), for example, is extraordinarily popular right now and can definitely reduce data center cost - but almost always does so at greater cost to the business...
- Tags: Data centers, Virtualization, Murph, Sun Ray, Sun Microsystems Inc., IT IS, e-voting
- Discussion threads 2008-09-03
- CyberLink BD Advisor (exe)
- Get ready to experience the true power of interactive high-definition movies with PowerDVD and Blu-ray Discs. Ensure that you enjoy the best Blu-ray Disc experience possible by testing your system and understanding the basics as to what this exciting disc format has to offer. Download CyberLink BD Advisor to test...
- Tags: Blu-ray Disc, CyberLink, Blu-Ray, DVD, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Home Entertainment
- Software downloads 2008-09-03
- Chrome (beta)
- Google has released the beta version of a new browser, Chrome. In its comic-book preannouncement, Google stated correctly that watching videos, chatting, and even playing Web-based games didn't exist when browsers were first invented. Google wants the browser to help users focus on the applications and pages they are...
- Tags: Web browsers, WebKit, Chrome, Google Inc., Web browser, Omnibox
- Product reviews 2008-09-02
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