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Laptops In the Classroom Don't Increase Grades 511

Posted by samzenpus on Sunday September 04, 2011 @01:55PM from the work-easier-not-smarter dept.

blitzkrieg3 writes "Classrooms all around the country are being fitted with one to one laptop programs, networking hardware, digital projectors, and other technology in order to stay competitive in the 21st century. Kyrene school district spent $3 million modernizing their classrooms. The problem? The increase in spending doesn't lead to an increase in test scores. Policy makers calling for high tech classrooms, including former execs from HP, Apple, and the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, want to increase technology investment despite the results. Others are not so sure, or think it is an outright waste of money."

Comment Re:.htaccess (Score 1) 297

by Dreamland on Wednesday March 11, 2009 @09:13AM (#27149065) Attached to: How To Keep a Web Site Local?

order allow,deny
deny from all
allow from iprange

If you're going to post advice, at least make an effort to get it correct. Your configuration blocks all visitors.

This is what you should have done:

order deny,allow
deny from all
allow from iprange
allow from iprange

Why Mirroring Is Not a Backup Solution 711

Posted by kdawson on Friday January 02, 2009 @01:25PM from the pointed-lesson dept.

Craig writes "Journalspace.com has fallen and can't get up. The post on their site describes how their entire database was overwritten through either some inconceivable OS or application bug, or more likely a malicious act. Regardless of how the data was lost, their undoing appears to have been that they treated drive mirroring as a backup and have now paid the ultimate price for not having point-in-time backups of the data that was their business." The site had been in business since 2002 and had an Alexa page rank of 106,881. Quantcast said they had 14,000 monthly visitors recently. No word on how many thousands of bloggers' entire output has evaporated.

Tales From the Support Crypt 855

Posted by timothy on Tuesday December 30, 2008 @02:22PM from the plug-in-your-mouse-please dept.

An anonymous reader writes "Talking viruses, infected physical devices, and lights that go out are some of the 'problems' Panda Security's tech support service has had to face. Many of them were not a result of computer viruses, but of confused users. This proves once again, that antivirus manufacturers must make a special effort to increase user knowledge regarding computer security and malware effects." For anyone who's been on the receiving end of such questions, now's a good time to tell your cathartic tale.

Russian Town Puts Giant Smiley On Google Maps 280

Posted by samzenpus on Wednesday September 24, 2008 @11:58PM from the working-together dept.

Toramir writes "Citizens of the Russian town Chelyabinsk calculated when the satellite, QuickBird, which takes images for Google Earth and Google Maps, would cross above their city and used people to make a giant smiley face. A rock concert on the main square attracted many people and everyone got a yellow cape. It looks like someone at Google was quicker than usual to put up the new data. Maybe Google likes the idea of an entire town working hard to get its 15 minutes of fame. The article has a screenshot of Google Maps and images taken directly at the event."

Comment Some More Speculation on Installation Methods (Score 5, Interesting) 207

by Dreamland on Wednesday August 01, 2007 @02:34PM (#20075141) Attached to: What We Know About the FBI's CIPAV Spyware

Some more speculation on installation methods of CIPAV can be found here:

http://blog.misec.net/2007/07/31/3/

Specifically, it looks like the FBI may have several ready-made exploits, each targeting a different OS/web browser combination. An interesting question, then, is what they would do if they encountered a system that is fully patched and running a more secure browser such as Firefox. Does the FBI have access to their own zero-day exploits that they can whip out to install this trojan? If so, is it possible they have their own team of hackers set out to find such exploits?

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