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12 July, 2013

UK's education secretary Michael Gove's efforts to revolutionise learning in England's schools will see five-year-olds studying fractions and writing computer programs in their first year of school, according to final versions of the new national curriculum

http://m.guardian.co.uk/politics/2013/jul/08/michael-gove-education-curriculum-fractions

Google brings calling back to Gmail with Hangouts and makes calls to US and Canada free (from US)

http://thenextweb.com/google/2013/07/09/google-brings-calling-back-to-gmail-with-hangouts-and-makes-calls-to-us-and-canada-free/

In his own words: Confessions of a cyber warrior A longtime friend working as a cyber warrior under contract to the U.S. government provides a glimpse of the front lines

http://www.infoworld.com/d/security/in-his-own-words-confessions-of-cyber-warrior-222266?page=0,1

Apple Inc and Amazon.com Inc have ended their lawsuit over who has the right to use the "app store" name, clearing the way for both companies to use it.

http://www.reuters.com/article/2013/07/09/us-apple-amazon-appstore-lawsuit-idUSBRE9680TT20130709

Australian Workforce and Productivity Agency’s ICT Workforce Study suggests the IT workforce needs to expand from the bottom up, if Australia is to benefit from technological innovation. The report recommends enhancing the quality of ICT teaching in schools and developing an online ICT module for secondary students.

http://www.smh.com.au/it-pro/business-it/more-people-need-to-study-it-report-20130710-hv0qe.html

08 July, 2013

Improving 3-D Printing by Copying Nature Biomimicry could make the technology less toxic, safer and better.

http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2013/07/130707-3d-printing-biomimicry-green-design-science/

Older techies just can't get hired after 40 in Silicon Valley. Lori Goler, the head of human resources and recruiting efforts at Facebook, said her company was looking for the “college student who built a company on the side, or an iPhone app over the weekend.”

https://www.baycitizen.org/news/technology/old-techies-never-die/

Compare Australian mobile reseller operators (Vaya, Boost, Aldi, TPG, Kogan)

http://www.theaustralian.com.au/australian-it/a-month-for-family-mobile-bill-resellers-dial-up-the-deals/story-e6frgakx-1226675099449

THE National Library of Australia has reached a milestone in its project to preserve the nation's historic newspapers, digitising its 10 millionth newspaper page and adding it to its online resource, Trove.

http://www.theaustralian.com.au/media/print/nations-digital-news-archives-reach-10-million-pages/story-fn9ymmvo-1226675641048

How US snoops on fibre-optic data flows

http://www.smh.com.au/it-pro/it-news/how--us-snoops-on-fibreoptic-data-flows-20130708-2pl45.html