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- My father, the casemodder
- I love hearing about these wacky aesthetic computer modifications that people do. While a lot of them definitely have the "cool" factor, most aren't exactly useful or practical. But when I heard about one particular "casemod" from one of my readers, I was intrigued. It just so happened that this...
- Tags: Jason Perlow
- Blog posts 2008-08-29
- The depressing future of the Internet
- A brief overview of how the Internet came about: some years ago, some military boffs thought it'd be awesome if computers could talk to each other, so the US could nuke the hell out of other countries without actually being near there. A smart professor from England then came up...
- Tags: Security, IPv6, Computer, Flaw, IPv6 Adoption, Internet, Zack Whittaker
- Blog posts 2008-08-28
- How do we address the have-nots?
- How do we address the have-nots?It's the NetThe problem is no longer the availability of hardware: many computers are being dumped that can easily be made productive again, by installing a lean Linux on it like Xubuntu. So poor people can have a fine computer for free. That's easy to...
- Tags: PRODUCTIVITY, INTERNET, computer, Internet access
- Discussion threads 2008-08-28
- How do we address the have-nots?
- I attended a leadership summit on Monday (it was actually pretty good stuff, with concrete plans, goals, and generally more than you get out of your average bit of professional development) and, not surprisingly, a serious focus was on technology. I think people are finally realizing that, while technology...
- Tags: Kid, Productivity, Business Structures, Wireless LANs, Transportation, Leadership, Wi-Fi, Finance, Wireless, Management, Christopher Dawson
- Blog posts 2008-08-27
- MediaMax / The Linkup: When the cloud fails
- MediaMax / The Linkup: When the cloud failsMore to blameShame on the customers who selected this vendor. When evaluating vendors in the cloud, your RFP should identify exactly how these companies secure, backup, and process your data. I fear that poorly run IT shops like this one will...
- Tags: cloud computing, MediaMax, Linkup
- Discussion threads 2008-08-27
- Can you trust kids with a Kindle?
- Can you trust kids with a Kindle?Can you trust kids with a Kindle?I agree with you for the most part. An electronic book or ereader would be good for looking up information to reference. The drawback I see is the price tag of the kindle, and if someone...
- Tags: E-books, textbook, locker, e-book
- Discussion threads 2008-08-27
- Can you trust kids with a Kindle?
- As more and more reports point to Amazon's attempts to enter the $5.5 billion US market for textbooks with their Kindle e-reader, one has to ask, can you trust kids with these things? I know Amazon's efforts are really focused on college students, but I'm looking at...
- Tags: Text, Textbook, Kindle, Channel Management, Web Browsers, Marketing, Internet, Christopher Dawson
- Blog posts 2008-08-27
- Dell XPS M1330-126B
- Note: This review is part of our Back to School 2008 roundup, covering specific configurations of popular laptops that can be found in retail stores.While 13-inch laptops make up only a small part of the market, Apple's popular MacBook has made this form factor, which we call thin-and-light, a staple...
- Tags: Notebooks, Processors, XPS 1330, Apple MacBook, Dell Computer Corp.
- Product reviews 2008-08-26
- Amazon eyeing up the textbook market? About time
- Amazon eyeing up the textbook market? About timeKindle for TextbooksI think it's a GREAT idea, it will not just save money but save on students' backs and space. If the memory would be enough to hold 4 or 5 textbooks at a time, maybe more, then it would be...
- Tags: Web site development, Web technology, textbook, Amazon.com Inc.
- Discussion threads 2008-08-26
- Go ahead...bring in your laptop
- Go ahead...bring in your laptopWe allow people to use their ownso long as they allow me to install security software and updates and inspect the machines at my discretion. Those who do use their own see this as me doing them a favor, not the other way around.I use my...
- Tags: NETWORKING, Cyberthreats, network, Go-Ahead, laptop computer
- Discussion threads 2008-08-26
- Go ahead...bring in your laptop
- There is a growing controversy in our district over the use of personal laptops and other computing devices that can access our wireless or wired networks. A significant majority, myself included, believe that, aside from WPA and a strong password for the routers, teachers and students should be able...
- Tags: Teacher, Laptop Computer, Notebooks, Wi-Fi, Wireless, Security, Hardware, Notebooks & Tablets, Christopher Dawson
- Blog posts 2008-08-26
- Valgetal Falling Numbers (exe)
- Valgetal ("falling numbers" in Dutch) is an educational falling blocks-style math game with 20 progressively difficult levels for addition, subtraction, multiplication, and division. It is a clever twist on mathematical games and lots of fun. To advance a level, you must complete basic equations by controlling the placement of falling...
- Tags: Level, Joustra Software, Games, Personal Technology
- Software downloads 2008-08-26
- Toki LineTest HD (zip)
- Toki LineTest HD is a pencil test software for the professionals in animation, students, or amateurs. With Toki LineTest HD, the animators have everything to carry out their pencil tests: digitizing of the drawings taken with a video camera (DV camera, and Web cam) or imported from a scanner, digital...
- Tags: Camera, Digital Salade, Toki LineTest HD, Scanners, Hardware, Peripherals
- Software downloads 2008-08-26
- Amazon eyeing up the textbook market? About time
- Recent reports suggest that Amazon may be readying new versions of its Kindle ebook reader for use in the textbook market. While Amazon won't confirm any of the rumblings in the blogosphere, Ars Technica reports that The new model will supposedly be considerably larger than the...
- Tags: Amazon.com Inc., Textbook, Kindle, E-books, Personal Technology, Christopher Dawson
- Blog posts 2008-08-25
- Office Ultimate 2007 for $16,014,000,000,000
- Office Ultimate 2007 for $16,014,000,000,000termsThe second part of the terms are likely because some universities give their students lifetime access to their .edu email address. As long as they have graduated.Microsoft is going to find it very hard to keep Office Suite prices northof 50 bucks. Enterprises are not...
- Tags: OPEN SOURCE, allway, Microsoft Corp., Microsoft Office, OpenOffice
- Discussion threads 2008-08-25
- Office Ultimate 2007 for $16,014,000,000,000
- Seriously! A copy of Microsoft Office Ultimate 2007 for just over $16 quadrillion Zimbabwe dollars. Bargain! I know I sometimes bitch on about Microsoft as being as evil as an al-Qaeda suggestion box, but this time they've excelled themselves. I got a press-release through a couple of...
- Tags: Microsoft Office, Office Suites, Software, Zack Whittaker
- Blog posts 2008-08-25
- Which merchants benefit most from open source?
- Which merchants benefit most from open source?Which businesses exist because of open source?Seriously, Open Source has lowered the bar to becoming a business to the cost of hardware and time. Yes, people always say their time is worth $1000/hour, but that's assuming people are paying you at ALL times.For...
- Tags: Web servers, Servers, server, open source, small business, Web server, software
- Discussion threads 2008-08-25
- Mandatory email
- Is it wrong of me to expect teachers and administrators to check their email once a day? We all check our boxes regularly for paper notes, mail, handouts, and the like, so email seems an easy step, right? A lot of my teachers are fairly savvy...
- Tags: Teacher, E-mail, Online Communications, Christopher Dawson
- Blog posts 2008-08-24
- Google finally ready to launch Jaiku on their platform
- Google finally ready to launch Jaiku on their platformLIVESEARCH Has had this forever!Gaggle copying MS again!Ballmer told me:http://fakesteveballmer.blogspot.comRE: Google finally ready to launch Jaiku on their platformCopying is human nature. Children copy their parents. Students copy their teachers. Adults copy their peers. And businesses copy each...
- Tags: Digital music, Digital media, Jaiku, Google Inc., LiveSearch
- Discussion threads 2008-08-23
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