FCC Boss on Spectrum Shortage and iPhone Apps

Julius Genachowski, from the FCC was recently speaking at a wireless conference, warning that the wireless industry is in need of more spectrum. While there, he also spoke about what his favorite iPhone apps are, wonder what they will be then. Read more

Kindle Eats Homework: Amazon pays for deleting student’s book notes

A US District Court judge has now allowed Amazon.com to settle a lawsuit regarding its Kindle device. Amazon is to pay lawyers $150,000 who is representing a US high school student, whose copy of George Orwell’s “1984 was deleted from his device. Read more

Sony Reader Touch Edition: Hands-on Video

A video has recently showed up on Engadget showing the Sony PRS-600 aka the “Touch Edition”, the major difference between this reader and other readers is the fact that you can freely annotate your books, which is very useful if using the ebooks for educational purposes. Read more

New Dell Latitude 2100 Netbook

The new Dell Latitude 2100 Netbook has been kitted out with a host of features that is child friendly, such as its resistive touch-screen, ideal for learning games as well as its rugged exterior. We all know how rough children can be, so the netbook needs to be robust. Read more

Apple Gets Xbox Exec: Games for Tablet, iPhone and iPod

In an interesting move, it appears that Apple have acquired the services of Richard Teversham, a former Microsoft employee. He used to be the European senior director of business, insights, and strategy for the Xbox so we wonder what input he’ll now have on the future of iPhone gaming. Read more

Earth Day 2009: Games and Activities

Today is Wednesday, April 22, 2009, which means that it is Earth Day 2009. This is a day where we should find the time to learn about our planet and also how we can take care of it. You have to remember that our Earth is a living thing and anything we do has a huge affect on it. Read more

Ecstasy pills are found in pre-owned Grand Theft Auto IV box

A shocking bit of news for you now, as a consumer in the UK has reported finding ecstasy tablets inside a pre-owned copy of Rockstar’s Grand Theft Auto IV game. Read more

Bill Gates World’s Richest Person: 30% decline in billionaires

Forbes has released its latest list of “Richest People in the World” and Bill Gates has regained the title as “Richest Person in the World.” Bill Gates lost $18 billion, but still managed to regain the top spot. There has also been a 30% decline in the number of billionaires. Read more

Barack Obama speaks out on Video Games

When speaking to the country in a recent session of Congress, US President Barack Obama has found the time to mention Video Games as a growing problem in the US amongst all other things. Read more

European Parliament states games are good for kids!

TechReport have stated that a fresh report from the European Parliament into the effects of video games on children has concluded with ’somewhat’ surprising results, stating that ‘Video games can stimulate learning of facts and skills such as strategic thinking, creativity, cooperation and innovative thinking.’ Read more

Speakaboos Releases Holiday Classics Available on iTunes and Rhapsody

Speakaboos have now released their digital content for children via iTunes and Rhapsody. Users will now be able to download Speakaboos holiday classics library of storybook videos of well-known holiday stories, as read by celebrities. Read more

Last Minute Christmas Gifts at the Right Price

While Christmas is great and everything, it’s definitely crept up on us! Here we are now, 4 weeks to go and no tree, no turkey and worst of all, No Presents! Oh No! But worry not my disorganised friends; Prezzybox has a range of last minute gifts in one place so you don’t need to spend ages looking around for the perfect present Read more

Toshiba TLP-WX1000U and Viewsonic PJ359w widescreen projectors

There are two new widescreen projectors coming on to the market, the Toshiba TLP-WX1000U and Viewsonic PJ359w. These projectors are for business / education users, and that is evident by the way that they look, as they have not been designed sleek like consumer models. Read more

Yahoo Zimbra to become hosted email service for education

Yahoo Zimbra already has 20 million mailboxes, and are now looking to expand that even further by going in to educational institutions. This will be done in two ways; the first is by advertising-supported e-mail option and the second, as a paid-for service. Read more

SMART multitouch table: Microsoft Surface for school kids

We were all exited when we first learned about the Microsoft Surface, the multitouch computer table. There was only one problem; it was a bit on the expensive side, so was only good for business use. Well thanks to SMART Technologies, they are launching their own version for school kids. Read more

Microsoft to launch Global Anti-Piracy Day

Microsoft have announced that they are to launch Global Anti-Piracy Day, this will be a series of education initiatives as well as enforcement actions. The new campaign is to hit 49 countries on 6 continents, and is hoped to combat the trade of pirated and counterfeit software. Read more

Ask.com launch Ask Kids site

Ask.com have now launched their popular Ask Kids site, Ask have also released the results of a survey that are shocking to us. It seems that 43% of US parents have admitted that they have done their children’s homework for them. Read the full detailed survey below. Read more

VIA Pico-ITX at the Heart of Modern Robots

VIA Technologies, Inc, a leading innovator of power efficient x86 processor platforms, today showcased VIA EPIA Pico-ITX-based entertainment robots at the Taipei International Robot Show (TIROS), being held on 21-24 August at the World Trade Center in Taipei, Taiwan.

With robotics development representing the cutting edge of technological progress, VIA’s commitment to extremely compact form factors, robust performance, extensive feature sets and extremely low power consumption means that VIA’s off-the-shelf EPIA boards are becoming an essential component for academic, hobbyist and commercial robot developers Read more

Microsoft Office Ultimate 2007 now offered via the Web to students

As part of Microsoft Corp.’s commitment to education, the company is re-introducing The Ultimate Steal program this school year, inviting students who are actively enrolled at educational institutions to purchase Microsoft Office Ultimate 2007 at a low student price of $59.95 (U.S.). This program begins in the United States today with additional countries to be launched throughout the year. The offer will be available to students throughout the academic school year Read more

AT&T Delivers 3G Wireless Access in Westchester, Rockland, Putnam

The need for more speed is always on our minds when we are trying to keep connected while on the move, AT&T Answers this need for speed in Westchester, Rockland and Putnam Counties.

The company is delivering ultra fast wireless access to more mobile applications every month, and now they have expanded again. Read the press release below for full details Read more

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