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Firefox 7 is out!
Mozilla appears to have pushed the final build of Firefox 7 although autoupdate and the website have not been updated yet. Initial Changelog: Vastly improved memory usage (up to 50% better) and increased speed Added a new rendering backend to speed up Canvas operations on Windows systems Bookmark and password changes now sync almost instantly when using Firefox Sync Added support for text-overflow: ellipsis Added support for the Web Timing specification Added an opt-in system for us
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A (Quick) Guide to Windows Parental Controls
It is not unusual these days to encounter headlines and news articles bemoaning the evidance that children are increasingly accessing inappropriate web sites and playing ’damaging’ games that are aimed at more mature audiences. Mix these in with fears of online grooming via the use of communication methods such as instant messaging and email and we have a perfect storm of political and media pundits claiming not enough is being done to protect children who access computers in the home. But they'
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Windows 8 on RM Slate Overview
Windows 8 Developer Preview on RM Slate Overview Please note that this article is in no way supposed to be an authoritative guide, just a quick look at how things functions and any new or changed features I come across. As this isn’t even a beta expect many things to change as time rolls on as well. Introduction I think it would be fair to say that many of us have been waiting with baited breath for this first glimpse of Windows 8, and for me to see this version running on a table
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EduGeek
Is DropBox ok to use?
Because I have a background of being involved in discussions around data protection I sometimes get a prod about online storage and web 2.0 tools. Over the last 6 months I have had quite a few over online storage options, but I have never really stuck down on (electronic) paper what my concerns are and why I have them. There are a few concerns I have, some centre around ownership of files and data, some around data protection and some around management of the tools. Online storage often comes
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EduGeek
Dell and the Derbyshire Schools BSF Project
Schools have come a long way since 1999 when the first roll out of the NGfL (National Grid for Learning) funded networks began to hit schools. Mainly provided by the likes of Research Machines and Viglen these often consisted of 1 server and a classroom’s worth of desktop computers. As the years rolled on and the NGfL project gained momentum and the newly arrived network managers began to exert better control over the planning, expansion and budgeting for these annual network upgrades. With t
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EduGeek
EduGeek User Panel Applications close on Friday
We will be closing applications to this round of the EduGeek User Panel on Friday evening. If you would like to join the EduGeek User Panel all you need do is click here and submit a post to apply. Info about the Panel: The goal of the panel is to try and ensure all the upcoming tweaks/changes to the site are actually to the benefit of all. The panel will also be asked questions about colour schemes and general thoughts on the future features to try and make sure we are heading down the corr
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EduGeek
EduGeek needs you!
EduGeek is looking to put together a user panel made up of you, our users. The goal of the panel is to try and ensure all the upcoming tweaks/changes to the site are actually to the benefit of all. The panel will also be asked questions about colour schemes and general thoughts on the future features to try and make sure we are heading down the correct path with EduGeek. Some of these ideas will go to public poll too if they are big issues but initially the panel will be able to give first thoug
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EduGeek
Looking for work?
For those that are not aware, EduGeek has a UK education IT jobs forum thats free for schools/universities to list jobs on! On the left side you should see a list of recent jobs but if you would like to be notified daily you can simply click here then select Daily Notifications then each day when new jobs are posted you will get an email with links to them all. Companies that want to list their jobs must get in contact with us via this link as free listing is only for schools/educational pla
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EduGeek
Google just bought Motorola Mobility
It appears Google just bought the mobile arm of Motorola for $12.5 billion! Yahoo is reporting that the agreement is paying a premium of 63% per share over the price they were trading at on Friday.Google are planning to run it as a separate business but one has to wonder what the next wave of Motorola handsets will be like when they are released. This could also mean big changes for the tablets Motorola have been producing and certainly seems to explain why no Motorola Windows Phone 7 handsets
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Firefox 6 released early (a.k.a. Firefox 5 is now EOL'd)
Although Firefox 6 is officially scheduled to be released on 16/08/2011, you can now download the final version from Mozilla's FTP servers. As you can see from the list below, v6.0 has quite a few exciting new features. Download Links: [b]Windows[/b]: [url="ftp://ftp.mozilla.org/pub/mozilla.org/firefox/releases/6.0/win32/en-GB/Firefox Setup 6.0.exe"]en-GB[/url] / [url="ftp://ftp.mozilla.org/pub/mozilla.org/firefox/releases/6.0/win32/en-US/Firefox Setup 6.0.exe"]en-US[/url] / [url="ftp://
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EduGeek
Consumerisation of IT in Education
Tim Bush from Microsoft has an interesting article about the consumerisation of IT in education at the Microsoft's UK Schools Blog which certainly has a slant about BYOT. Here is a snippet with amusing video: ---- While looking through my Twitter feed this morning over a quick coffee, I came across a great Tweet from Mark Reynolds, a member of the education team here at Microsoft, with a link to an interesting video presenting some of the key drivers around the concept of the consumerisatio
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EduGeek
A Big Conference Thank you
Now that things have settled down a bit from our annual conference and we are repacking our bags for the trip to Philadelphia, it is time to post up a big thank you to all of our members, speakers and exhibitors who attended and supported this year’s event. We hope you felt, like us, that it was the best one yet. Firstly, our thanks go to the staff at the rather wonderful Westleigh Conference Centre and to the University of Central Lancashire’s network services people (thanks John!) who ensured
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