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"Even though a hard drive with a terabyte (or 1,000 gigabytes) of storage can hold thousands of photographs, songs and movies and costs less than $100, storing your files in a distant commercial data center, encrypted and secure, increasingly makes more sense. Cloud backups are appealing for another reason: as computing becomes more mobile - on laptops, tablets and smartphones - you need to have reliable access to the data anywhere over an Internet connection. "

" convergence of mobile, cloud computing, social platforms and Big Data in the coming years"

Can computer intelligence ever match the skills of the human brain, asks mathematician Professor Marcus du Sautoy.

"In Agbogbloshie, a slum in Accra, the (capital of Ghana, adults and children tear away at computers from abroad (to get at the precious metals inside. Left, David Akore, 18, and other foragers."

Slide Show - NYTimes.com Excellent graphics from Ghana

"In Agbogbloshie, a slum in Accra, the (capital of Ghana, adults and children tear away at computers from abroad (to get at the precious metals inside. Left, David Akore, 18, and other foragers."

"Using computers to teach children with no teachers"

Computer generated time-lapse of the Stonehenge site over a 500 year period, proposing the order and sequence of its construction all the way to its eventual decay after 1900BC.

A series of activities designed to teach technical concepts without the use of computers. Although designed for Computer Science several are relevant for ITGS: for example, compression, public key encryption, and the Turing Test.

Video describes use of computers to improve people's lives in sustainable ways.

A nice interactive diagram of a computer which displays the chemicals in each component and their effects on the human body.

"The researchers asked what could happen if a hacker could gain access to the network of a car, said Tadayoshi Kohno, a University of Washington computer scientist. He said the research teams were able to demonstrate their ability to circumvent a wide variety of systems critical to the safety of drivers and passengers. "