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    Apple aims iPads at High Schools 24 January, 2012 05:06:00

    When I was in high school, I wanted my MTV. Today's students want their iPad.
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    Apple unveils digital textbooks app 20 January, 2012 09:01:00

    Apple is taking aim at the textbook market.
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    Apple tries to redefine textbooks with iBooks 2 20 January, 2012 03:37:00

    Apple has bought traditional textbooks to the digital age with the new iBooks 2, a tablet application that will bring in support for multimedia textbooks for a more interactive and engaging learning experience.
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    Acer tablets to deliver e-books to Australian high school students 22 September, 2011 11:24:00

    A paperless classroom could be one step closer, with Acer announcing plans to deliver e-books to Australian secondary school students via its Iconia Tab range.
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    Pearson Australia uses collaboration to smooth M&A integration 19 July, 2011 11:43:00

    When you’re a CIO for a global publishing and education solutions company, communication is everything. Jenny Beresford understands this. As CIO for Pearson Australia and the former head of National Australia Bank’s technology experience office, she understands the importance a collaborative environment can have on bringing new organisations and employees into the fold.
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    Amazon updates cloud management tool 10 March, 2011 04:39:00

    Amazon Web Services (AWS) has upgraded its Web-based Management Console with features designed to make it easier to "scale up or scale down as [computing] needs change," according to a blog posted on Wednesday.
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    Brain behind IBM's Watson not unlike a human's 19 February, 2011 05:58:00

    IBM's Watson supercomputer, which shellacked Jeopardy's top human champions during airings of the game show this week, is powered by 90 servers and a network-attacked storage (NAS) cluster with 21.6TB of data.
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    Victoria's police minister caught speeding 01 February, 2011 08:24:00

    Just days after his swearing-in as Victoria's police minister, Peter Ryan has been clocked speeding.
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    Materials research needed to make space elevator a reality 14 August, 2010 09:15:00

    While much of the first day of the Space Elevator Conference was dedicated to the problem of space trash, the concept also faces another significant challenge.
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    Apple iPad hits stores in the US 04 April, 2010 01:36:00

    Apple Computer on Saturday started selling the iPad tablet, a handheld device through which users can view movies, surf the Internet, read e-books and play games.
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    Oracle hikes certification testing fees 03 March, 2010 08:00:00

    Oracle made significant increases this week in the cost of technical certification exams for Sun and Oracle technologies.
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    Antivirus software powerless to stop data breach attacks, study finds 10 February, 2012 01:43:00

    Analysis of 300 incidents spots an elephant in the room
    Large numbers of data breaches are being initiated by targeted malware that antivirus software simply can't detect, an analysis of 300 real-world incidents from 2011 has suggested.
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    Valentine's Day Patch Tuesday: Microsoft to issue 9 patches, 4 critical 10 February, 2012 09:29:00

    Microsoft Thursday said that the second Patch Tuesday of 2012 will see nine security bulletins, four of which were deemed critical.
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    Security experts ask House for light a regulatory touch 10 February, 2012 01:39:00

    Cybersecurity experts on Wednesday warned members of a House subcommittee against racing to legislation that would establish an overly burdensome regulatory framework for safeguarding digital systems against attacks, instead urging a more limited approach that would clear away legal impediments such as the prohibitions against sharing critical threat information.
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    The six pillars of security operations 10 February, 2012 11:37:00

    Six key points that should be considered when creating and developing a SOC
    As mobilisation and bring-your-own-device (BYOD) becomes increasingly prevalent, business security has been propelled to the forefront of corporate strategy.
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    Google Wallet Security Concerns Raised 10 February, 2012 01:40:00

    Security firm Zvelo has discovered that the Google Wallet PIN can be cracked via an exhaustive numerical search.
    Google's new NFC system that purports to turn your phone into a credit card can be compromised using a brute-force attack -- and that raises questions about its security.
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