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There is a growing consensus that the way children in schools are being taught information technology is in need of a radical overhaul. Here John Naughton explains the problem and offers a manifesto for revolutionary action

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Examining body AQA has teamed with Microsoft to create a new computer science GCSE to address demands from the IT industry to develop more candidates with the necessary IT skills.

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Julia, a language for technical computing

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Microsoft’s ambitious Windows Azure cloud is many things — it’s a full-fledged platform as a service (PaaS) for developers. But beneath all that, it is also a huge pool of foundational compute and storage infrastructure for rent.

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Europe Seen Leading the Way in Hand-Held Computing

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Security researchers have uncovered a new type of malware that appears to be benign as it is downloaded, potentially fooling security software, but which morphs into malicious software once it is on a user's compute

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ach time Microsoft announces a new round of cloud computing wins for Office 365, Talkin’ Cloud asks the same question: Were any channel partners involved in the Office 365 deployments? Microsoft’s standard response: The company now has 42,000 cloud computing partners, up from 16,000 at this time last year.

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Microsoft hopes to use the company’s Web Matrix 2.0 tool–now in beta–to lure new-age web developers to Azure, its cloud-computing platform-as-a-service.

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No other subject will open as many doors in the 21st Century, regardless of a student’s ultimate field of study or occupation, as computer science. Yet, computer science is hard to find in the country’s elementary and secondary schools.

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Snaphow.com focuses on publishing user friendly PC Guides and tutorials which appeals to the regular internet users and non-geeks. This well known site belongs to Debajyoti Das, a Comp. Sc. Engg. student from Kolkata who founded this tech blog in 2009, with a vision to promote awareness about the internet and computing among non-web users.

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A 3 minute introduction to the basics of cloud computing

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The history of computing spans thousands of years – from the primitive notched bones found in Africa, to the invention of abacus in 2400 BC, to Charles Babbage’s Difference Engine in 1883, to the rise of the popularity of Personal Computers (PCs) in the 1970s. For the most part, this timeline is marked by devices that bear little or no resemblance to present-day machines both in form and capabilities.

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F5 Networks, Inc., announced that IlliniCloud, a non-profit cloud computing organization, has deployed F5 solutions to help deliver cost-effective cloud services for public and private schools in Illinois.

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The infographics demonstrate the diversity of the communities interested in cloud computing. All three are intended to appeal to people with little or no knowledge about the topic.

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A good way to understand the differences between the cloud computing market in Canada and other international markets is to start with what worries potential cloud customers the most about the technology.

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EyeOS is a cloud based operating system

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The Centre for Computing History has again been asked to supply retro computer items for the set of the forth series of The IT Crowd.
 
We have supplied the same set of machines and gadgets as we did for the last series plus some new items

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"A 3 minute introduction to the basics of cloud computing"

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"Social computing is essential to the lives of today's teachers and students yet K-12 curriculum rarely reflects this deep, interdisciplinary integration.[1] Engaging formally with pervasive computing enables a learning community to use a variety of frameworks to observe and explore the technological apparatus of their day-to-day activities"

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The term "cloud computing" is being bandied about a lot these days, mainly in the context of the "future of the web." But cloud computing's potential doesn't begin and end with the personal computer's transformation into a thin client

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