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[Education] Integrating Macbooks: “Classrooms of the future: Laptops bring lessons to life” – Las Cruces Sun-News

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Here is a positive snippet regarding laptops (Macbooks) in the classroom…
Classrooms of the future: Laptops bring lessons to life – Las Cruces Sun-News:
“The laptops — 25 students units and one for the teacher make up a mobile computer lab that teachers can check out at the school. There are two such labs, [...]

[iPhone App] FeedMe Tech: Listen to Technology News

As a happy subscriber to numerous technology podcasts I wonder if an application such as FeedMe Tech will be useful to me.
I guess it can not hurt to give it a try! (Link —> )

Based on my initial use of the application I find the idea unique and interesting yet the execution is confusing and [...]

[News] 1,000,000,000 Apps Sold: Congratulations Apple!

(Via Apple)
It is official.
I wonder who owns the billionth app…

[News] “AppsWeLike”: Built-In Recommendations for iPhone and iPod Touch Apps

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To find user opinions for App Store applications you can either surf through the iTunes App Store reviews, subscribe to/read reviews from an application review website, or ask someone what their opinion is.
What if you could also receive recommendations from within an application that you already own?
A service that answers this question was just announced…

[News] Live TV on the iPhone: Just another fee?

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Even though live TV on the iPhone is not here yet, what would it mean for existing contracts if it does come in the near future? Could it possibly be an add in for the next generation iPhone or would it be just another fee? My assumption is… another fee.
Live TV Coming [...]

Windows Worm: 8 Million PC’s hit in a week

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Just saw this in the news this morning…
DailyTech – New Rampant Windows Worm Seizes 8 Million Business PCs in a Week .
“As of today, an estimated 8.9 million machines are infected with the virus.  The very sophisticated worm exploits multiple secure flaws in Microsoft’s Windows OS’s.  It injects itself into services.exe, a common system process.  [...]