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Anonymous OS is fake, 'wrapped in trojans' says AnonOps Twitter account

By Jamie Keene on March 15, 2012 10:10 am + 20 comments

A Linux-based operating system purportedly built by Anonymous launched earlier this week, with a Continue reading…
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McGraw Hill Education sees $399 iPad as nearing 'tipping point' for broad adoption

By Jamie Keene on March 12, 2012 02:13 pm + 56 comments

Last month, McGraw Hill Education was announced as one of Apple's major publishing partners for Continue reading…
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TED-Ed YouTube channel launched: educating the world one video at a time

By Aaron Souppouris on March 12, 2012 07:46 am + 9 comments

The non-profit foundation behind the enlightening TED conferences has launched a YouTube education Continue reading…
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Khan Academy iPad app available now with over 2,700 educational videos

By Sam Byford on March 12, 2012 03:30 am + 12 comments

If you're feeling a little guilty over that new iPad preorder, you could try convincing yourself Continue reading…
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Apple Configurator app gives schools and businesses tools to manage iPad deployments

By Dante D'Orazio on March 7, 2012 06:05 pm + 27 comments

Amid all the hubbub about the new iPad, Apple has released a new OS X app that's made for IT Continue reading…
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Samsung Learning Hub on Galaxy Tab devices to take on iTunes U

By Ryan Heise on February 22, 2012 02:59 am + 38 comments

It looks like Apple taught Samsung a thing or two with the launch of iBooks 2 and iTunes U, as Continue reading…
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MITx offers first free and interactive online class

By Adi Robertson on February 14, 2012 09:43 am + 6 comments

For ten years, MIT's OpenCourseWare has offered thousands of MIT course notes and lectures for free Continue reading…
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Apple officially kills white MacBook, no longer sold to schools

By Andrew Webster on February 10, 2012 10:27 am + 61 comments

The white MacBook is no more. While the computer had been unavailable to the rest of us since last Continue reading…
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NASA MoonKAM test captures the far side of the moon, gives students control in March

By Bryan Bishop on February 2, 2012 07:59 pm

Ebb and Flow, the twin spacecraft in NASA's Gravity Recovery And Interior Laboratory (GRAIL) Continue reading…
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27,000 Chromebooks heading to schools in three US states

By Tom Warren on January 26, 2012 05:31 am + 42 comments

Google announced a deal this week with three school districts in the US that brings 27,000 Continue reading…