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Becta Publications will no longer be available from October 22nd
Becta, the govt organisation that has previously held responsbility for the promotion of technology thoughout UK schools until the announcement of it's closure in May by teh new UK colalition govt has posted on it's site that anyone wishing to order any publications previously available through them should do so by October 22nd 2010. Doanloadble publications will be available until March 2011. Get them whilst you still can folks!! http://news.becta.org.uk/display.cfm?resID=42413&page=165
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FaceBook Updates Privacy Settings - Again
FaceBook has updated their privacy settings again, adding in a groups feature to improve a user's ability to limit what others can see. The new functionality allows a user to list friends in a group and decide what updates they can and cannot see. The site has also added the ability to download all content a user has posted on FaceBook to their computer. Guides and discussions about E-Safety matters in schools are available in the E-Safety forum. The normal mantra for social networks and scho
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OLPC looking to create a tablet PC
The One Laptop Per Child organisation had been granted £3.5 million to develop a tablet PC. http://news.bbcimg.co.uk/media/images/49373000/jpg/_49373610_xo-3.jpg More from the BBC here: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-11475335
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CEOP Boss Resigns
http://static.bbc.co.uk/frameworks/barlesque/1.5.2//desktop/3/img/blocks/dark.png Just breaking on the BBC news website now. It appears that the higher-ups at CEOP didn't want to be assimilated as part of the National Crime Agency and so the boss has fallen on his sword so to speak. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-11472033 CEOP, for those of you that don't know is a very, very good organisation that takes on child abuse oniine and provides some frightningly good training for schools an
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South Bend School Advertising Goes South
The city of South Bend in America has hit the media spotlight for an advertising campaign that went, well, south. As part of a campaign to promote public schools in the area, a large billboard went up promoting the "15 best things about our public schools." Unfortunately for the billboard's creators, not even four proof-reading sessions could prevent the letter L from being omitted in the word public and changing the meaning completely. A picture of the offending billboard can be found her
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Adobe Reader Fake Update Warning
Adobe are warning customers about a series of scam E-Mails claiming to offer a bogus update to it's Adobe Reader software. The senders claim to be genuine Adobe Reader Support representatives in the E-Mail but the supposed "patch" contains a malicious payload of malware. Adobe have stated in their news bulletin that updates are only available via the official Adobe Reader download page and not from any other source. Time to get warning your users then. Thanks to Angry Technician for the he
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School Report Card On Phillips Direct : Helping Geeks To Tap Into A Healthier Them
Device Name: - Philips DirectLife Price: - $99 (which includes the device and four month subscription $12.50 every month normally). Other Information: - The device is only available in USA and Netherlands but there are companies that will act as an intermediary to get your packages back to the UK. Basic Information: - The DirectLife system is a fitness device that helps you monitor the amount of movement across your whole day and then highlight where you can improve and help people tap i
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Making IT Support FIT: A Course delivered by XMA that every ICT Support Technician Should Attend.
A long time ago in a galaxy far, far away (all right it was Coventry in 2003) FITS (Framework For ICT Technical Support) was created by soon to be closed BECTA. FITS unlike its creator is far from closed and is growing stronger by the day. FITS is a framework for the education IT support sector based on a version of ITIL (Information Technology Infrastructure Library) and every education ICT support technician should have this framework in their arsenal . About FITS In 2009 in a smart move
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Google Goes Secure
In case you were not aware search giant Google has added encryption to it's search results on the new beta Google SSL page. The encryption is intended to allow users to make search results without any third parties intercepting the search term. The page can be reached by visiting https://encrypted.google.com but Google do stress that search results you click on can still be intercepted by an ISP unless the page you visit also uses the https:// protocol. Network administrators may also want to
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30% of smart boards have their warranty activated. Activate To Win
Apparently as title says only 30% of smarts boards have the free warranty activated on it. Smart Technologies are running a campaign which ends on 31 August 2010 that has been designed to raise the awareness of the benefits of registering for the SMART Board IWB’s warranty. Schools registering for the warranty will be selected each week for a range of prizes including a laptop trolley filled with 30 Fizzbook Spin 10.1" mini tablet PCs with WIN7 starter, one of 75 SMART Response PE 32 handset
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[YAAV] Security update available for Adobe Flash Player (v10.1.82.76)
It's that time of the month again. Another update to fix several critical Adobe vulnerabilities (this time in Flash Player). The update can be downloaded using the secret URL you get once you have signed a distribution agreement. Source: http://www.adobe.com/support/security/bulletins/apsb10-16.html
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Google Waves Goodbye
The much hyped Google Wave communication platform is to be scrapped by search giant Google. The company blog has announced the user adoption of Wave was insufficient and it will no longer be developed as a standalone product. Wave is expected to remain operational until the end of the year at minimum. However, Google points out that the core technologies used in Wave are are Open Source and this allows for other companies or communities to continue the project. Elements of Wave may also ap
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