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The Windows 8 Consumer Preview has been released to the world, giving users a chance to test the most recent incarnation of the Windows operating system before it's release. The preview also includes the Windows Store where apps will be free of charge during the testing period.
Microsoft claims there are over 100,000 changes since the early developer preview was released. ...

VLC Media Player v2.0 has been officially released which comes with a ton of new features. See below for highlights and download links. ...

Last Friday I received a phone call informing me that I had to get myself to the Hack To The Future event being held at Our Ladies Catholic High School in Preston as a matter of urgency because the BBC are to be there and would be unwrapping, for the first time, the BBC Micro 2.
So, interest ignited, I quickly re-arranged my Saturday schedule and got myself onto the invite list, as this kind of opportunity couldn't be passed up. ...

I have just been sent a PR statement about the numbers from this years BETT.
BETT had 30,372* visitors over the 4 days which made it the highest attended BETT so far. This was an increase of 3.84% from last year.
Next years BETT is at the ExCel exhibition centre which I am told provides extra space and also is now at the end of January (30th - 2nd Feb) which hopefully will mean more can attend rather than having it in the first week of term for many. They also say current bookings for next years show are at 104% percent of Olympia's capacity already.
As usual EduGeek will be attending so make sure you come along to the new stand. ...

BETT 2012 is upon us but what does the transport network in London have in store? This post is for guidance only and correct at the time of publishing. Please follow the words etched into every London commuter's head and check before you travel! ...

Well, it's the end of another year and this one certainly seems to have flown by!
Everyone here at EduGeek would like to wish you a merry Christmas and a happy New Year and thank you all for your continued support.
So, before you all disappear to enjoy (in no particular order), vast quantities of food, chocolate, beer/wine/spirits, gadgets, games and, oh yes! families, let us here at Edugeek pass on our best wishes to our members, sponsors and those companies who help us out in the background and never ask for any thanks.​ ...

Windows Live SkyDrive gets a huge update to addresskey feedback, You should expect to see the first NEW SkyDrive release in a few hours. Follow SkyDrive on Twitter so that you can be one of the first people to know when it is live.
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I know some of you might already recognise the phrase including in the title, as it is a central tenet of the ICT Register, but the same ethos is wide spread within the education community. It doesn't matter whether you are talking about school staff getting together at TeachMeets, having in-depth discussions via twitter through things like #ukedchat, online communities such as EduGeek.net or more local groups such as NorthantsBLT, the growing role of schools taking ownership of their advice and guidance and how they share it with others is a very important part of how schools need to react to recent changes which have come out of DfE. ...

On Thursday the 10th of November we became aware of a server breach and because of that as a precaution we have reset everyones passwords (to get a fresh password please go to Password Recovery), if you use your previous EduGeek password on any other sites we recommend you change those account passwords too.
We have written a guide on getting started with LastPass here to help aid password management and EduGeek will be giving away some LastPass Premium 1 year subscriptions via a raffle/draw for members, details will follow soon in a new article.
This article will be updated soon with information about what we have found and what we have done to prevent similar things happening again.
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LastPass is a free password management utility that is not only easy to use but powerful and secure at the same time. It offers secure password generation, storage and automatic completion of password fields on all of your favourite web sites as well as form completion and many other features. ...