BBC NEWS | UK | Education | Danish pupils use web in exams - 0 views
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The teachers also think the nature of the questions make it harder to cheat in exams
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the internet is so much a part of daily life, it should be included in the classroom and in examinations.
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they can use the internet to answer any of the four questions.
Designing an Internet for kids - CNN.com - 1 views
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The goal is to be both educational and entertaining. So KidZui has mapped out 8,600 channels of what kids are interested in, ranging from photosynthesis to Miley Cyrus. And we relate all of those categories to each other so kids can independently and safely browse, search and share.
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Our goal with KidZui is to focus on the light, not the darkness. Of course, we keep all of the bad content and the bad people out of KidZui. But we focus on letting kids who want to discover, who want YouTube, to get YouTube videos that are fun and appropriate for them ... I think it is indicative of just how much kids want to be online.
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Our goal with KidZui is to focus on the light, not the darkness. Of course, we keep all of the bad content and the bad people out of KidZui. But we focus on letting kids who want to discover, who want YouTube, to get YouTube videos that are fun and appropriate for them ... I think it is indicative of just how much kids want to be online.
Forecasting Malicious Internet Attacks - 0 views
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cyberspace is dominated by it
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Today, computer scientists outline a new way of predicting the next attack so that you can block it in advance.
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Last year, computer scientists began exploring a potentially more effective approach: predicting the sites most likely to attack and blocking them in advance. The technique, called highly predictive blacklisting, uses data from past attacks to create a network-type graph out of the pattern of links between victims .
BBC - dot.life: Teenage hackers: Making a better world - 0 views
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Around 70 teenagers had gathered for this weekend event which is the brainchild of Rewired State - an organisation thinking of clever ways to free up public data.
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different groups as they spread themselves across the third floor of the Googleplex, taking advantage of the free wi-fi - and food - laid on by the search company.
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different groups as they spread themselves across the third floor of the Googleplex, taking advantage of the free wi-fi - and food - laid on by the search company.
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BBC NEWS | Technology | Battling swine flu in cyberspace - 1 views
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battling swine flu
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"The game is based on the need to increase public awareness to the threat posed by a pandemic and the measures in place to contain it,"
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The game is played online
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Users file privacy lawsuit against Facebook - 1 views
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violating California privacy and online privacy laws by disseminating private information to third parties for commercial purposes.
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alleges the social-networking site
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The five plaintiffs are described as two children younger than 13,
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BBC NEWS | Technology | Sony to back open e-book format - 0 views
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The electronics giant said it would stop using a proprietary standard in favour of the ePub open format.
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Sony said it would have its store converted to the format by the end of 2009. Most Sony Readers can already handle books in the ePub format.
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This may not mean the end of all locks on books readable on Sony's device as the ePub format has an option to implement copyright controls.
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BBC NEWS | Technology | Google books deal battle heats up - 0 views
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The date for comments to the New York court overseeing the class action suit was extended from Friday to Tuesday, after the filing system went down. As time ticks away, supporters and critics have been manning both sides of the debate to win the public case.
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digitise the world's books and create a vast online library
OLPC's Netbook Impact on Laptop PC Industry - OLPC News - 1 views
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1. Windows XP would have been discontinued in 2007 or 2008 as was Microsoft's original plan
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2. The Windows XP licence for netbooks was lowered to $30 per device
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3. Netbooks are selling at a rate of 35 million units per year and represent more than 30% of the notebook market and this share is increasing.
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Microsoft and One Laptop per Child Partner to Deliver Affordable Computing to Students ... - 0 views
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Microsoft Windows operating system available on OLPC’s low-cost XO laptops for the world’s poorest children
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The availability of Windows, in addition to Linux, on the XO laptop will allow customers to have an expanded choice of operating environments that best fit their requirements.
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Transforming education is a fundamental goal of Microsoft Unlimited Potential, our ambitious effort to bring sustained social and economic opportunity to people who currently don’t enjoy the benefits of technology
Caught in a phishing trap - 0 views
Stimulus: Laptop for every pupil in Uruguay - 0 views
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The total figure represents less than 5% of the country's education budget.
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Linux operating
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particularly those in rural areas, where many still do not have internet access
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