Sunday, August 01, 2010 | MANILA, PHILIPPINES
I.T. MATTERS
NEWS
Net warriors gather to patch cracks in Web, smart devices
SAN FRANCISCO — Internet warriors are gathering this week to explore chinks in the armors of computers, bank teller machines, mobile phones, power grids and other “smart” devices that are intrinsic to modern life.
$35 laptop
Indian Minister for Human Resource Development Kapil Sibal is photographed holding a $35 laptop. Launched last week, the device is targeted at schools and students in India. — AFP
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FEATURES
Twitter author shifts to print …as he looks for new readers
WASHINGTON — A San Francisco-based writer who first published his novel on Twitter — all 95,000 words of it —was celebrating Bastille Day last July 14 with the launch of a print version of his book.
OVUM RESEARCH
The role of technology in education
If inefficiency is to blame for struggling organizations, then technology is seen as the antidote. Automate the everyday. Digitize the manual. Facing financial difficulties, higher education pins online learning as a means to handle rising demands.