iPad Won’t Transform Education Just Yet

January 20, 2012

Apple’s announcement on Thursday that it would be introducing a new iPad textbook experience and iBooks authoring toolpresents huge opportunities for technology in classrooms. The company is selling textbooks from McGraw-Hill, Pearson and Houghton Mifflin at a price comparable to print versions, and it’s presented an unprecedented opportunity for teachers to compile their own materials. [...]

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January 19, 2012

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Major Flaw in Wi-Fi Protected Setup Discovered

December 31, 2011

The now widely used Wi-Fi Protected Setup (WPS) standard is apparently not as protected as router makers had hoped. According to a new study, the PIN codes used to lock down the system can be brute forcedon many devices by inputting incorrect PIN codes. Millions of routers and access points could be affected. When a [...]

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Yellow Slime Mold May Hold Key To Intelligent Bio-Computers

December 31, 2011

Quantum computing isn’t the only nifty next-gen PC advancement scientists are all a-flutter about; there’s plenty of attention being focused on intelligent bio-computers made from organic materials, too. A Japanese scientist by the name of Toshiyuki Nakagaki thinks that he’s found just the organism that can make it possible, too: amoeboid yellow slime mold. That’s [...]

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Verizon Wireless Explains 4G LTE Issues as “Growing Pains”

December 31, 2011

It’s a little ironic for a company which likes to ask “Can you hear me now?” to remain silent at a time when its customers demand some answers. After three 4G LTE data outages in a single month, it’s imperative for VZW to step up and say something that will restore customer confidence in its [...]

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MSI Unveils First LED-based All-in-One PC

December 31, 2011

All-in-one (AIO) PCs are quickly becoming a dime a dozen with little to separate one Sandy Bridge or Fusion model from the next. Credit MSI with finding a way to differentiate its new Wind Top AE2071 model from the rest by supposedly being the first in the industry to use an LED panel. Combined with [...]

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PlayStation Vita Sales Slump One Week Post Launch

December 31, 2011

Sony found itself scrambling to explain away early complaints lodged against its PlayStation Vita handheld console and quickly deniedthere exists a widespread issue of any kind. Not quickly enough. Following a flurry of sales during its first two days of sales in Japan, interest in the PlayStation Vita appears to have dropped sharply. The console [...]

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Success: Verizon Wireless Drops $2 Convenience Fee

December 31, 2011

Let it never be said that the Internet can’t be used for good as well as evil. After a huge online backlash, Verizon Wireless has backed away from plans to begin charging a $2 “convenience fee” to customers for paying their bills online, or by the phone. The change was supposed to go into effect [...]

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HP sued over security flaw in printers

December 8, 2011

A lawsuit against Hewlett-Packard alleges that the company sold LaserJet printers that it knew had a security flaw in them that could allow hackers to steal data, take control of networks and even cause physical damage to printers through overheating. The suit, filed last week in district court in San Jose, Calif., accuses HP of [...]

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Android leads the iPhone?

December 8, 2011

PARIS–In the fight between the two smartphone heavyweights, Google Executive Chairman Eric Schmidt was blunt today about who he thinks is winning. (On Left) Google Executive Chairman Eric Schmidt speaks at the LeWeb conference. (Credit: Stephen Shankland/CNET)   “Android is ahead of the iPhone now,” Schmidt declared to an audience of techies and aspiring entrepreneurs [...]

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