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RSS teachers in newsYouTube presses play on Channel 4 top shows
News The broadcaster's best-known shows such as Skins, Hollyoaks, The Inbetweeners and Peep Show will all feature on YouTube, along with around 3,000 hours of full-length programming such as Teachers and Ramsay's Kitchen... [16 Oct 2009]
Is open source software finding a home in Whitehall?
News October will see the launch of the National Digital Resource Bank (NDRB), a digital store of educational materials for teachers, which is based on an open source platform. The UK government may have been slow to adopt... [29 Sep 2009]
No phone, no internet, no electricity: This is no ordinary IT job
News For those who fancy volunteering, the VSO's openings for IT workers fall into two categories; teaching - helping colleges and IT centres to develop curriculums and train existing teachers on using IT, or teaching... [25 Aug 2009]
Singularity University: Where today's tech titans teach the next generation
News After all, they have regular access to superstar teachers like George Smoot, a professor at the University of California at Berkeley and winner of the 2006 Nobel Prize in Physics; Dan Kammen, co-director of the Berkeley... [21 Aug 2009]
Teachers get £5.6m to swot up on how to use tech
News Teachers in England are to get help to learn more about technology thanks to a £5.6m training programme, funded by the Department for Children, Schools and Families. The programme is aimed at increasing... [21 Jul 2009]
Budget: £750m cash injection for UK tech
News On e-skills the budget mentioned a £3m scheme to provide training for science teachers, a pilot programme to encourage science take-up in 20 local authorities and an additional £2m to be invested in providing support to... [22 Apr 2009]
Tate offers freebie art wisdom on iTunes
News Material for teachers, videos of performance art and multimedia guides to the four Tate galleries' current exhibitions will also be featured on iTunes U. The Tate is offering a slew of audio and video content around some... [16 Apr 2009]
Apps left useless in Vista 'rescued' for Windows 7
News Photos: From robot teachers to Microsoft Surface Microsoft has sought to "rescue" certain types of programs for use in Windows 7 that were rendered incompatible by the move to Vista. Before, the rule of thumb was that if... [12 Mar 2009]
Microsoft increases options to switch stuff off in Windows 7
News Photos: From robot teachers to Microsoft Surface It is not just Internet Explorer that users will be able to switch off in Windows 7. In a blog posting on Friday, Microsoft noted that, with Windows 7, customers will have... [09 Mar 2009]
Windows 7 to go head-to-head with XP in netbook game
News Photos: From robot teachers to Microsoft Surface Microsoft will continue to offer Windows XP for netbooks even after it starts selling Windows 7 for the subnotebooks, a company executive has revealed. [06 Mar 2009]
Windows Mobile gets a makeover
News Photos: From robot teachers to Microsoft Surface Microsoft has unveiled the next iteration of its mobile operating system - Windows Mobile 6.5 - which has been given what it describes as a complete graphical makeover and... [16 Feb 2009]
Windows 7 buzz killing Vista?
News Photos: From robot teachers to Microsoft Surface The positive buzz for Windows 7 is creating an interesting challenge for Microsoft: It appears to be making it tougher to get businesses to move to Windows Vista. [12 Feb 2009]
'Less secure' Windows 7 gets some changes
News Photos: From robot teachers to Microsoft Surface In a reversal, Microsoft said on Thursday that it will make changes to the way a controversial security feature works in Windows 7. After getting lots of feedback that... [06 Feb 2009]
Windows 7: Six flavours to choose from
News Photos: From robot teachers to Microsoft Surface Despite criticism that Windows Vista came in too many versions, Microsoft is moving ahead with plans to offer just as many editions of Windows 7. Although the software... [04 Feb 2009]
Windows 7: No plans for beta number two
News Photos: From robot teachers to Microsoft Surface Microsoft has confirmed that it won't issue a second beta of Windows 7, saying the next test version of the operating system will be a near-final release candidate. [02 Feb 2009]
