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Oliver Marks: A US national poll from Common Sense Media asking 'is social networking changing childhood?' opens up some wider issues. It's the age old parenting concern with a twist -- what IS this mysterious Rock 'n' Roll/ Hip Hop/Texting Language/Social Networking those crazy kids are doing? And what is it doing to the question of online privacy?
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ZDNet Senior Editor Sam Diaz shares his views on the recent iPhone related controversy--Apple's rejection of Google Voice. He says, AT&T was not behind the app rejection and that Apple should adopt it because it has already approved other VoIP apps such as Skype.
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A fair price, an attractive design, and multitouch support may allow tablet shoppers to overlook the HP TouchSmart tx2-1275dx's middling performance and poor battery life.
Learn how to work with Microsoft Office 2007 Word, Excel or PowerPoint in a unique Edu-learning software, where you learn directly in each program. License: Free to try Platform: Windows
GeoTweeter Automatically appends map links to your tweets. Configurable map icons show your followers where you are, and what mood you're in. License: Free Platform: Mobile
Designed to optimize the usage and performance your laptop's battery, BatteryCare monitors the discharge cycles, helps increase autonomy and improves it's lifetime. License: Free Platform: Windows
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Check out SchoolGenius.com
Freebies galore, inspiration and motivation to see yourself in a new light. See the people who took NOTHING and turned it into SOMETHING!
Read about the FAILURES who became SUCCESSFUL!
We all have dreams. Are we motivated enough to get past the rough stuff?
Lots of educational freebies for parents, teachers and students!
I am a former teacher who knows great software. I gave seminars on the topic!
Simon Hensby is a successful "failure" in my eyes. He gave up his regular job because his autistic kid was having trouble and could not cope in regular school. He lived on part-time jobs just to keep going.
In the meantime he was creating useful educational software that an autistic child could use. Now millions of people and schools enjoy what he sacrificed to create!
Added Comment: Blastgroups provides lots of freebies. However it has a confusing interface. I have been doing computers since the 70's and it IS confusing to me. However if you can wade through, you will get LOTS of great stuff for your group. - Computer Doc
Blastgroups
Claims that it is FREE and you can ...
Create a free website for your:
Sports Team–Club–Family–Friends
Church–Work–School–Organization
What can you add to a BlastGroup?
Calendars – Photo Albums – Forums – Blogs
Email Lists – Videos – Audio – Links – Files
I just discovered this site and have NOT tried them. If you try them and have some comments, they are certainly VERY WELCOME! I am signing up today so that I can see how it works and report back to you.
The other one I am familiar with like this is Airset.com. I loved airset until I realized that geeks like me would have no problem with it BUT perhaps the average computer user may.
-Charles
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