When The Going Gets Mobile, The Mobile Ditches Flash

Things are not looking good for Flash. First Apple rejects it, now Microsoft is following suit. When Windows 8 launches next year it’ll come with mobile intentions—”Metro”. No plug-ins? No Flash!

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How Does Deep Freeze Work? Like This. [Infographic]

Too Many Rumors Are A Buzz Kill

Enough is enough already. We all know iOS5 will be launching soon along with the introduction of the much anticipated iCloud service that will make all of our lives one step closer to utopia. We heard all about it this summer and they said we’d see it in the fall. It’s the fall. Where’s is it?

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The Cloud Ate My Homework

Gone are the excuses of my generation. ‘I forgot my notebook at home’, ‘someone already checked out the library book I needed’ or the fan favorite ‘my dog ate my homework’ don’t work anymore. That doesn’t mean that students today don’t have excuses. Technology may give us many benefits, but it can also give us a lot of grief.

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Looking For Klum? You Could Find Doom

Like they say in fashion, ‘one day you’re in, and the next day you’re out’. If you’re not careful when searching for Heidi Klum online, you’ll be out too—infected with computer viruses!

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My Smartphone: My BFF

Cell phones are great for more than just tuning out the world. They’re also great for blocking it out too! Who needs friends when I have my phone?

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A Windowless Windows—Coming To A PC Near You

Microsoft’s BUILD conference is underway today, and news is flooding the web about Windows 8. We already heard that the ribbon is coming, but with today’s news all the rumors about a touch-friendly interface were made a reality. Goodbye Start menu. Hello app tiles! Windows 8 apps will also run borderless, making them, well Windowless.

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Mom, Just Buy Deep Freeze

When you work in IT, you’re always doing IT. You work all day troubleshooting computer problems and tackling IT support tickets. Then what happens when you come home? You’re IT guy for hire to all of your friends and family.

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Apparently I’ve Angered The Internet

The internet is supposed to be fast, but wasn’t always fast. Technology has come a long way in recent years and we tend to take it for granted when it doesn’t come through for us.

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3 Ways XP Still Outweighs Windows 7 (For Some)

There are many great reasons to stick with XP, but are they enough to stay off the Windows 7 bandwagon?

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Vancouver Feels 6.4 Magnitude Earthquake. We Will Rebuild

This afternoon about 12:40pm (PST) a 6.7 earthquake hit off the coast of Vancouver Island. At the time you couldn’t find any official reports of the earthquake. What you could find were posts on Twitter and Facebook. Lots of them.

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Apple IIe vs. iPad2

My earliest experience with computers in the classroom was Grade 2 with an Apple IIe. Now devices like the iPad are popping up in classrooms everywhere. If the two were to go head to head, here’s how they’d match up.

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