Paul’s Blog

Want to run a study in a school setting?
Tired of hearing that software can’t be installed, permissions loosened, configuration changed?
Boot into an operating system on USB sticks (about $5.00 each), then store data on the stick, or a server!

Just announced as of today: June 24, 2009
Sugar Labs™, nonprofit provider of the software that runs the [...]

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Create, Upload, Access, Edit, Share, Backup, Protect, Data via “The Cloud”
(Online, Anytime, Anywhere, Just in Time, Free of Charge)
There are (as of Feb. 18th, 2009) currently 4 related free services offered by Microsoft.
I have created a small summary of each below, which may help clarify the differences.
Note that each of these are unique, separate services, [...]

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I’m sure most IT folks have heard about this dude who hooked up a 40 Gbps fiber internet connection at his mom’s house. (for the CNN version of the story look here; http://www.cnn.com/2007/TECH/07/20/superfast.net.ap/index.html)
Here are the “Facts” being reported:

Speed 40 GBPS w/new modulation technique over fiber
Routers 1,240 miles [...]

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