Deca means ten in Greek. Octo means eight also in Greek, but when octo is used in composite words it becomes octa-. Therefore, deca-core, means ten-core and octa-core means eight-core. Why are we using Greek words to describe the CPU or other hardware or software features, when we could very well use modern English? After […]
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Web 2 discussion at World Economic Forum
What is the real importance of Web 2.0? Is it anything more than publishing home videos? The discussion comes from 2007, but it remains timely. Among the participants, Bill Gates emphasized especially the influence on education and Viviane Reding the need for freedom.
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Home Servers to replace CD-DVD libraries
Most digital media today is stored on an individual computer and then synched to one device or another or streamed through a home network to an entertainment system or other appliance. The drawback with such a system is that all files will be lost should the hard drive crash, and it’s very difficult to synchronize […]
There is growing excitement about ereaders at the moment. Amazon’s version, the Kindle, has been an unexpected hit in America, and there is talk of it reaching the “tipping point” of mainstream acceptance. Last year it accounted for six per cent of Amazon’s sales of titles available in both print and electronic format, and growth […]
“As of 2008,” the 49-year-old professor of English at Emory University writes in “The Dumbest Generation,” “the intellectual future of the United States looks dim.” The way Bauerlein sees it, something new and disastrous has happened to America’s youth with the arrival of the instant gratification go-go-go digital age. The result is, essentially, a collective […]
Unlike traditional schools, Frederick’s students work at vastly different levels in the same classroom. Children with special needs rub shoulders with high performers. Computers track a range of aptitude levels, allowing teachers to tailor their teaching to their students’ weakest areas. The Internet is also a catalyst for change. U.S. enrollment in online virtual classes […]
Neurologist Jordan Grafman told Time magazine: “Kids that are instant messaging while doing homework, playing games online and watching TV, I predict, aren’t going to do well in the long run.” “I think this generation of kids is guinea pigs,” educational psychologist Jane Healy told the San Francisco Chronicle; she worries that they might become […]
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Repetitive strain injury
Repetitive strain injury cases have soared by over 30 percent in the last year, costing businesses over US$600 million in lost working hours – and causing pain and debilitating discomfort to over-worked staff. Microsoft claims the rapidly emerging trend of ‘mobile working’ – with office-based employees now working on the move for an average of […]
Kutner and Olson, a husband-and-wife team at Harvard Medical School, detail their views in “Grand Theft Childhood: The Surprising Truth About Violent Video Games and What Parents Can Do“. “What I hope people realize is that there is no data to support the simple-minded concerns that video games cause violence,” Kutner told Reuters. The pair […]