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"CS Unplugged is a collection of free learning activities that teach Computer Science through engaging games and puzzles that use cards, string, crayons and lots of running around."

Computer Science for the days when the computers/servers/Internet/network is/are down ... or just for plain old fun.

"It's common for Facebook to undergo drastic (or silent) changes whether the users like it or not. The real question is, how ready are you when Facebook is determined to 'make the world more open and connected'? Have you made full use of the privacy and account settings to your advantage? Also, if you've been observant enough you should've discovered several improvements on the existing features to make them more visible and user friendly. Why not give this list a run-through and see if you missed any."

"THE federal government's scheme providing high school students with laptop computers is on the brink of collapse, leaving parents with hefty bills and educators with a chaotic start to the school year. Schools are already telling parents they must lease approved laptops for pupils this year, at a cost of hundreds of dollars. Some are telling students to bring their own computers, raising a raft of problems around internet capacity, security and provision of software, as well as placing pressure on low-income families."

"Now that I actually own an Surface, it's clear to me what it's about. Spoiler: it's not an iPad."

The very fact that people feel the need to make a comparison to the ipad proves that competitors lost

"One of the very interesting aspects of Twitter is the ability to have online chats about specific subjects, usually lasting for an hour or so. These chats utilise a particular hashtag, and people who want to engage in the chat will keep an eye out for the particular tag, and will use it themselves if they want to become involved. There are hundreds of chats taking place on a regular basis and there's a useful community run document that lists many of them."

DuckDuckGo illustrated guide is useful for class and staffroom discussion. Run some of the tests with your students and compare results - from home and from school, and from different search engines.

Working Women Skincare Tips If you are able to run away from fast food fast sufficient, you might be doing a enormous favour to your skin. The ingredients in fast food can damage your health and your skin too. At work, have a some of almonds, berries or some fruits handy. You need habitually eat all types and colours of organic, fresh vegetables, particularly green and leafy ones. Be necessary at least one cup of two-three dissimilar types of berries thrice a week. Take in veggie juices in your diet. These types of foods are sure to improvement your antioxidant

Are you hit with the financial block in the mid of the month? Do you find it challenging to avail the cash help because your credit score is less than perfect? If you run into a situation where you...

"An application that turns mouse movements into a modern art. The idea is that you just run it and do your usual day stuff at the computer. Go back to IOGraph after a while and grab a nice picture of what you've done!"

"Makego is a cool new app that makes your kids' real world creations come to life. The two-dollar app comes with three virtual vehicles - a racing car, an ice cream truck, and a river boat. All you have to do is make one (out of Lego, paper, or anything else you can think of), plop your device inside, and run the app."

"Once launched, the ArduSat (Arduino - satellite) will be the first open platform allowing the general public to design and run their own space-based applications, games and experiments, steer the onboard cameras to take pictures on-demand, and even broadcast personalized messages back to Earth."

BlueStacks announced a public alpha version of their Android App Player for the Mac today at Google I/O. 

Hamster Free Converter is a free Windows-only downloadable software that makes it extremely easy to convert to just about any eBook format. Hamster utilizes the same conversion engine utilized by Calibre but without the many options and advanced features. It supports more than 200+ devices including Amazon Kindle, iPad, iPhone 3, iPhone 4, iPod, FR Book, iRiver, Sony, Digma, Nook, BenQ, Kobo, Explay,CrossElec, boeye, PAGEone, WexLer. Hamster Free Converter converts any eBooks to run on Amazon, Sony, Asus, iPod, iPad, iPhone, PSP, Blackberry, Zune, iRiver,

This is Google's contest to introduce pre-university students to the many kinds of contributions that make open source software development possible. It runs from November 21, 2011 to January 16, 2012. We invite students worldwide to produce a variety of open source code, documentation, training materials and user experience research for the organizations participating this year. These tasks include:

"A venture that started in a Bondi flat is helping Microsoft unlock the power of its Kinect gaming gadget so that it could control home automation, read sign language, monitor hospital patients and even enable users to edit movies or play music using just body movements."

"Datawind, a relatively small Canadian company based in Montreal, has won an Indian government contract to produce a 7 inch touchscreen tablet named Aakash that costs $52 to manufacture and will sell, with Indian government subsidy, for $35 for universities, colleges and high schools in India. The tablet runs on Google's Android software."

"We give students the tools to learn by themselves" Pedro Peixoto runs a company that teaches social media skills as a gateway to language learning. Is this method effective? Is greater global access to online resources blurring the boundaries between formal and informal education? Listen to what Peixoto has to say on our eLearning TV Channel.

"Quickoffice Pro HD, one of the App Store's top Microsoft Office document viewing and editing applications for iPad, will now allow you to work on those Office 2010 documents when on-the-go. Quickoffice Pro HD is compatible with iPad running iOS 4.0 or later, and is available in the App Store for $19.99."