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08 June, 2013
07 June, 2013
Is Nokia’s 41MP PureView camera finally coming to Windows Phone? full-res photos clock in at around 10MB each, which is really too big for sharing, there’s a second mode that provides 7:1 oversampling to create a very-high-fidelity 5MP image. (Oversampling is where the input from a number of pixels is averaged/combined to create a single superpixel).
Labels:
Asia Connection,
research
Angry Scrabble devotees worldwide are refusing to play their beloved word game after the Facebook version came out with an update - which erased high scores, deleted player contact lists, introduced ads at the end of each turn and changed other key features.
Labels:
Ethical,
Game,
Social,
Sustainability
06 June, 2013
CASINOS in the US are forbidding gamblers from wearing Google Glass, the tiny eyeglasses-mounted device capable of shooting photos, filming video and surfing the internet. Regulators say the gadgets could be used to cheat at card games.
Labels:
Critical + Creative Thinking,
Ethical,
Privacy,
Sustainability
05 June, 2013
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project-based curriculum, builds toward your code portfolio.
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04 June, 2013
Security researchers at the Georgia Institute of Technology have built a malicious USB charger that can inject persistent, undetectable malware onto your iPhone, iPad, or other current-gen iOS device. This USB charger, called Mactans, takes less than a minute to compromise a device once it has been plugged in.
Labels:
Cybersafety,
Ethical,
ICT Capability,
Privacy,
research
The Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission has unveiled a new code of conduct that forbids cellphone companies from charging customers fees to break their contracts after two years and makes it easier to unlock cellphones. Those are two of the biggest takeaways from a new code of conduct that the broadcast regulator unveiled on Monday and will come into effect for contracts signed after Dec. 2, 2013.
Labels:
Ethical
ONLINE game maker Zynga says it is cutting 520 jobs, about 18 per cent of its workforce, and closing several offices. The San Francisco company is shedding costs in the face of a decline in the number of users of its games, which include Farmville and Words With Friends.
Labels:
Game,
ICT Capability,
ICT Career
MOBILE phone pioneer Motorola says it's opening a manufacturing facility that will produce the first smartphone ever assembled in the US - its new flagship device, Moto X. Research firm iSuppli estimates that the components of Samsung's latest flagship phone, the Galaxy S4, cost $US229, while the assembly cost $US8.
03 June, 2013
In 2007 Rudd spun his education revolution into a broadband revolution, promising to spend $1 billion to provide a computer with high-speed internet access for every student in years 9 to 12. Microsoft Word and OneNote work OK, but Vignando says bundled multimedia applications like Adobe Photoshop, Dreamweaver and video-editing tool Premier Elements run at a crawl. Students needing to do more than basic text editing often give up and seek out faster (desktop) computers elsewhere.
Many schools will ask students to bring their own smartphones, tablets and laptops from home as a federal government program which gave every student in years 9 to 12 access to a computer expires at the end of this month. Read more: http://www.smh.com.au/it-pro/government-it/byo-laptop-to-school-as-funds-dry-up-20130601-2nig2.html#ixzz2V6gM8S9GMany schools will ask students to bring their own smartphones, tablets and laptops from home as a federal government program which gave every student in years 9 to 12 access to a computer expires at the end of this month.
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