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Netbooks and touch screens: A good marriage? | The Digital Home - CNET News - 0 views

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touch_screen netbooks

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  • Advantages
  • it's more intuitive. Users can simply drag their fingers around the display, making tasks simpler.
  • They are designed to give you access to e-mail, the Web, and some basic productivity elements to tag along while you're on-the-go. A touch screen might fit well with that aim.
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  • Disadvantages
  • Microsoft is offering touch technology only in Windows 7 Home Premium, Professional, and Ultimate editors. Windows 7 Starter edition--the version of the software Microsoft is pushing on Netbook makers--won't have touch technology included.
Tami Brass

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applications opensource freeware usb windows accessibility software portable

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    EduApps is an initiative developed by the JISC Regional Support Centre Scotland North & East and expands on the already very successful AccessApps. EduApps extends the AccessApps philosophy of free portable software in your pocket to include bundles of applications specifically designed for teachers 'TeachApps' and learners 'LearnApps'. Currently we host over 90 open source and freeware software applications which can be entirely used from a USB stick on a Windows computer.
Tami Brass

55 Open Source Apps Transforming Education - Datamation.com - 0 views

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  • Stellarium Downloaded more than 7 million times, Stellarium is one of the most popular open-source education apps available. With this app, you can input coordinates for any point on earth and view the night skies for any particular point in time. It's so accurate, it's even used to power many planetariums. Operating System: Windows, Linux, OS X.
  • Celestia Like Stellarium, Celestia lets you view the night skies from earth, but it also lets you fly through 3D space to any place in the known universe. When possible, it uses actual photographs of planets, asteroids, and other objects, so that you can see what they really look like. Operating System: Windows, Linux, OS X.
Tami Brass

Lifehacker - PortableApps.com Suite 1.5 Improves Menu Looks, Customization - Thumb drive - 0 views

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    Windows only: The PortableApps.com Suite, a full-featured app package that runs from a USB drive, has upgraded with a crisper-looking and more customizable menu, the latest versions of a ton of great freeware, and more.
Tami Brass

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    Student Response Network (SRN) is a powerful "virtual Clicker" student response system designed for use in school computer labs or with wireless laptop groups. It does away with the need for personal handheld "clicker" devices by providing a software-only solution for use with networked Windows desktops or laptops.
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State of the Art - Buying the Best Netbooks for the Least-Bad Compromises - NYTimes.com - 0 views

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netbooks

shared by Tami Brass on 02 Jul 09 - Cached
  • A netbook is a laptop with a shrunken screen, an undersize keyboard and a processor that’s so slow, you’d have laughed at it in 2007. The netbooks’ crucial attractions are tiny dimensions, light weight and low cost, usually $350 to $500. Otherwise, they’re all about compromises.
  • In general, these four have identical specs: Windows XP ;1 gigabyte of memory; 1.6-gigahertz Intel Atom processor; 160-gigabyte hard drive; Wi-Fi wireless; 3 U.S.B. jacks; a webcam above the screen; video output and Ethernet jacks; and a memory-card slot.
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