10 tech gadgets, apps, and services you just don't need
There are some technologies that you don't need regardless of the 'cool' factor. Save your money and buy a nice tablet computer instead.
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Android, Apple iOS flip consumer, corporate market share
Android dominates the global mobile platform in the consumer market. In the enterprise, Apple's iOS gets an iPad boost and leads. Why?
Lenovo announces ThinkPad Chromebook for schools
Lenovo will offer a Chromebook version of its ThinkPad X131e for the education sector. The Chromebook will be sold only to schools for grades K-12.
Microsoft punts reduced-cost Windows 8 devices for schoolkids
Microsoft has launched a scheme to knock 30 percent off Windows 8 devices for UK schools, while Steve Ballmer has paid a visit to Downing Street to promote a new programme to tackle youth unemployment.
Raspberry Pi gives users what they asked for: MPEG-2 and VC-1 support
After the lack of MPEG-2 and VC-1 caused an outcry among fans using the cheap Linux computer as a media centre, Raspberry Pi puts up licences for the video codecs on sale.
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India's Aakash-2: iPad Guts In A Miraculous US$21 Android Tablet
The world's cheapest computer is back on track, says the New York Times, which praises version 2 of the Aakash tablet for its solid technology.
Mountain Lion's Save As still a disaster
Changes in the behavior of Save As in OS X Lion and now Mountain Lion make problems for longtime users of Macs.
Cloud Computing: the 4th IT Industrial Revolution!
China is projected to be on par with the U.S. as a future technology innovation leader -- and the next big breakthrough is predicted to come from cloud and mobile.
Budget 2012: OLPC gets cash, praises govt
Rangan Srikhanta, CEO of One Laptop Per Child (OLPC) Australia, has praised the government for its decision to provide a grant of over $11 million to the foundation as part of this year's Federal Budget.
TeenTech Weekly: Facebook file-sharing, One laptop per Child, Gen-Y commitment
The weekly roundup of Generation Y and student resources you may have missed.
One Laptop per Child: Disappointing results?
Is the One Laptop per Child scheme producing the results we expected?
Will Android tablets overtake the iPad by 2015?
Android tablet makers, being a disparate bunch of OEMs, aren't in a position to plan and organize a proper campaign against Apple.
Raspberry Pi launch crashes sales sites
The cheap Linux computer, aimed at getting children into programming, has finally gone on sale, with demand bringing down the websites of its vendors
Next-gen textbooks? It's the ecosystem, not the device
I love hardware as much as the next geek, but solving our ed tech problems will require one heck of an ecosystem; hardware is a tiny piece of the puzzle.
Textbook of the future? Not until we figure out distribution, DRM, and ecosystem
Hardware is only a tiny part of the problem we need to solve to get educational resources into kids' hands (both literally and figuratively) at scale.
What does iBooks mean for the eBook/eTextbook industry?
The eTextbook industry got a big publicity and market education boost last week with Apple's announcements. What it didn't get was the market revolution it could have.
The poor get poorer and the rich get richer with Apple's iPad-based textbooks
Apple's new iBooks textbooks will widen the digital gap between the educational haves and have-nots.
Kindle Fire: Edu holy grail or one more DRM-ridden toy?
We're so close I can taste it. But the business models and content just aren't there yet.
Government of India launches the elusive $35 tablet, retail availability in November
The government of India has finally launched the much talked about $35 tablet targeted at students and institutes. The tablet will also be commercially available at retail stores starting November.
Classmate PC: Faster, stronger, more
Netbooks may be losing ground to tablets, but Intel's newly announced Classmates are one segment that keeps the upper hand.