BBC News - Technology
PS3 hack escapes court challenge
Sony has won a permanent ban in Australia of a hack for its PS3, but the code behind it has been released for free on the web.
03 Sep 2010
Memristor revolution backed by HP
A potentially revolutionary circuit component, once a laboratory curiosity, is to be mass-produced for the first time.
02 Sep 2010
Global broadband divide revealed
The global disparity in access to broadband around the world and the cost of a connection is revealed by UN figures.
02 Sep 2010
Samsung releases iPad competitor
Samsung has become the latest manufacturer to enter into the tablet computer market with its Galaxy Tab.
02 Sep 2010
Apple creates a social network
Apple launches a music-based social network called Ping as part of its latest upgrade to the iTunes music software.
01 Sep 2010
US seeks input on net data rules
US net users are being asked for their opinions about what ISPs should be allowed to do with web traffic flowing through their networks.
02 Sep 2010
Game Changer: Is it iPad?
The Apple iPad ushers in a new era of computing that leaves the world of offices behind, a profound paradigm shift that is difficult to appreciate until one has had the opportunity to live, play, work and learn with one. Graham Brown-Martin, founder of Learning Without Frontiers, explains why he thinks this is the most exciting development since the original Mac and why the education sector should take note.
A Tale of Greed & Ignorance
Once upon a time there was a poor farmer who toiled night and day tending for his crops and animals.
He worked so hard that his knees were worn and his back was crooked.
He decided to ask his wife to help him around the farm.
'How can I possibly help you?' replied his wife. 'We have five young children to look after and I am busy enough already!'
He returned to his work tired and miserable.
Should a 4-year-old have an iPhone?
For our twenty-first century kids, technology is their birthright
When I recently upgraded my iPhone 3G to the 3Gs (after almost 1 year, so I got the discount) I had to decide what to do with the old one. My 4-year-old son was clamoring for it, and I said OK. But then I thought about it. It’s a pretty expensive, complex, breakable, adult device. Should a 4-year-old really have an iPhone?
The End of the mLearning Revolution
Teacher and learning consultant, Chris Nash, takes a long cold look at how the mLearning revolution failed to deliver on its promise of personalised anytime, anywhere learning. Instead, he suggests, it has become subsumed into delivering the same drill and kill techniques of other technology based learning or ironically, mobile learning in a classroom .