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>> Wednesday, 26 Nov 2008

Macworld Team: What chance a Apple netbook in 2009?

By Cyrus Farivar

So it's no secret that lots of people are desperately pining for a netbook, a small, trimmed-down laptop that would be a bit easier to tote around than a full-fledged laptop.

>> Tuesday, 18 Nov 2008

Macworld Team: Bugs & Fixes: When MobileMe contacts will not delete

By Ted Landau

When I first gave MobileMe a spin months ago, I synced my Address Book contacts to the cloud. Recently, I wanted to clear those contacts from MobileMe. You might think this would be easy to do. You'd be wrong.

>> Friday, 14 Nov 2008

Macworld Team: The book of MacBook

By Dan Moren

People keep asking me about my new MacBook. The machines came out about a month ago, but that clearly hasn’t been enough time for people to get their fill of Apple’s latest portable lineup. I have to remind myself that these are, for the most part, civilians: people who don’t eat, drink, breathe, and immerse themselves in all things Apple.

>> Thursday, 13 Nov 2008

Macworld Team: Biggest threat Windows 7: Journalists

By Robet X Cringely

CNET blogger Don Reisinger has an interesting take on the biggest threat to the success of Windows 7: Journalists. His reason?

>> Monday, 10 Nov 2008

Macworld Team: Remembering Michael Crichton

By Rob Griffiths

I was deeply saddened to read of the passing of Michael Crichton, at the way-too-young age of 66. Michael was an amazingly talented individual, as evidenced by his background—a Harvard-educated medical doctor who wrote The Andromeda Strain while still in medical school, and then wrote (and directed the movie version of) The Great Train Robbery.

Macworld Team: Is Yahoo dead?

By Robert X. Cringely

The problem with writing about the endless Microsoft-Yahoo-Google mini-series is eventually you run out of metaphors. So I'll quote Michael Corleone: "Just when I thought I was out, they pull me back in."

>> Thursday, 06 Nov 2008

Mark Hattersley: Loving the MacBook Air

Will the MacBook kill the MacBook Air? Screamed a headline I read recently. "Er, no" was the rather sheepish answer. But the MacBook Pro is in serious danger of killing my back, and I've developed a newfound love of my Air as a result.

Macworld Team: Microsoft haters, Mac daddies and Linux lovers

By Robert X. Cringely

Now that the elections are finally over, let's focus on something even more contentious -- the holy war over operating systems. I've gotten a lot of responses regarding my Halloween post on Microsoft's "I'm a PC" marketing campaign and Windows 7. Some good, some bad, and some plug-ugly.

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Education

Today’s generation of students look at technology as part of their everyday environment. Apple has long held a powerful position in the education computing market, from primary school to university and research labs.

Free European online library launches, crashes

Europeana, a new multilingual pan-European resource offering over 2 million digitised books, maps, recordings, photographs, archive documents, paintings and films has crashed due to high demand.

Reviews

KidsGoGoGo 12.6 review

KidsGoGoGo 12.6 review

KidsGoGoGo 12.6 is a parental control and Internet filtering program that can block Web access as well as allow you to set time restrictions on Web browsers and applications.

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Macworld @ the BETT Show 2008 9th – 12th January 2008, Olympia, London

Visit us on stand Q48 at BETT 2008, the world's leading educational ICT event, attracting over 600 educational suppliers and almost 30000 visitors. It is the only opportunity in the education calendar where you can see, touch and experience the best ICT products from the broadest range of educational ICT suppliers and find new ways to put technology at the heart of education.

THE CONNECTED CLASSROOM

How has implementing a wireless network in a classroom actually affected teaching in real life?

MAC OS X vs WINDOWS VISTA

Choosing which platform is best for your school is not always black and white, we take a look at the options.

LEARNING SOFTWARE

There is a raft of software solutions on the market, but what should you be looking out for when making a purchasing decision?

TEACHING RESOURCES

There are so many resources available today for the tech savvy teacher, but what benefits do they actually bring to the classroom?

HARDWARE BUYERS’ GUIDE

Which laptop? Choosing the right hardware for the classroom can be a tricky business, we offer some top tips.

A GUIDE TO eCREDITS

We explore the avenues open to you when it comes to purchasing IT equipment for your school. How can you get the most out of the eCredit system and what are the alternatives?

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