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How Google’s leadership shakeup could affect education
Google Inc.’s announcement last week that co-founder Larry Page would replace CEO Eric Schmidt might be appealing to educators who long for the company’s free-wheeling days, but educational…
Google awards $100 million to Eric Schmidt
Google says it has awarded $100 million worth of equity to outgoing CEO Eric Schmidt, the Associated Press reports.
Google shake-up is effort to revive start-up spark
Google made the biggest management shake-up in a decade on Thursday, handing the reins of the company to one of its co-founders in an effort to rediscover its…
Meg Whitman joining HP board after purge
Hewlett-Packard Co is shaking up a board criticized by many as dysfunctional, bringing in five new directors including former eBay chief Meg Whitman, as new CEO Leo Apotheker…
Can Apple thrive without its visionary CEO?
If investors were as visionary as Steve Jobs has proved to be during his 35 years of tech wizardry, they ... Read more
Comcast’s legal win raises questions for education
Educators and students could see new internet service options after the federal government on Jan. 18 gave Comcast Corp., the country's largest cable company, the green light to…
Apple again turns to Cook in CEO Jobs’ absence
If the past is any indication, Tim Cook's mastery of inventory management and his high expectations of employees should leave Apple Inc. in good hands while its charismatic…
Putting the APP in Apple: Does Apple own ‘app store’?
Apple (AAPL) iPhone may “own” the smartphone market by virtue of being the market leader in sales. And it may “own” the app market because hundreds of thousands…
Apple launches app store for Mac computer software
Apple Inc. is expanding the "app store" idea that caught fire on the iPhone and iPad to its line of Mac computers, the Associated Press reports.
Microsoft’s answer to the iPad is still in pieces
Instead of unveiling an elegant response to the iPad, Microsoft came to the tech industry's premier gadget show with a collection of exposed computer guts, the Associated Press…
Learn HTML5, JavaScript and CSS with Mozilla’s free “School of Webcraft”
Mozilla is getting ready for the January semester of School of Webcraft, a 100% free developer training resource run in partnership with Peer 2 Peer University, Mashable reports.
Zuckerberg and Icahn join Buffett and Gates on giving pledge list
Mark Zuckerberg, the co-founder of Facebook, may be the world’s youngest billionaire. But he’s already pledging to give away most of his wealth, reports DealBook.
New breed of student information systems is emerging
The market for student information systems is undergoing tremendous change in the wake of several recent ed-tech mergers and acquisitions—and this trend has important implications for school software.
News Corp. jumps into ed-tech field
News Corp., which recently hired outgoing New York City Public Schools Chancellor Joel Klein, has reached a deal to buy educational technology firm Wireless Generation for $360 million…
Google vows quicker, tougher copyright enforcement
Google Inc. is promising to do a better job of weeding out copyright violations on the internet, the Associated Press reports.
Google gives $250,000 to tech education for needy communities
Google has just pledged $250,000 to iGotITtoo, an organization that brings technology training and other tools to underserved communities, that will allow the charity to expand across New…
NYC schools chancellor pick will get waiver, official says
New York's state education commissioner will grant media executive Cathie Black a waiver to serve as chancellor of New York City schools, an official with knowledge of the…
News Corp. buys education technology company
News Corp. said that it had agreed to acquire 90 percent of education technology company Wireless Generation for 360 million dollars in cash, reports the AFP.
An unsealed lawsuit indicates Dell hid faults of computers
Documents unsealed Thursday in a three-year-old lawsuit against Dell have raised more questions about how the company handled an unprecedented number of faulty computers sold to governments, schools…
North Carolina students offered Microsoft certification course
North Carolina is on track to becoming the first U.S. state to offer Microsoft computer training in every high school.
Cisco’s shortfall an omen for rest of tech world
A gloomy outlook from Cisco Systems Inc. is shaking some investors' faith in the strength of the technology industry's recovery, the Associated Press reports.
HP agrees to $16M settlement in e-Rate fraud case
The U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) has reached a civil settlement with Hewlett-Packard Co. for alleged e-Rate fraud, following an extensive investigation by the DOJ and the Federal…
F.C.C. Investigates Google Street View
The Federal Communications Commission said Wednesday that it was investigating whether Google had violated laws when it collected Wi-Fi data as part of its Street View photo project,…
Ellison: Oracle has $4 billion case against SAP
Oracle Corp. CEO Larry Ellison turned up the pressure in an industrial espionage trial Monday by testifying that archenemy SAP AG should have paid $4 billion for licenses…
Trial opens over damages in Oracle copyright case with SAP
The dispute between the software giants Oracle and SAP, in one of the most closely watched court cases in Silicon Valley history, is not over whether SAP engaged…
Career Education re-evaluating long-term milestones
For-profit educator Career Education Corp. (CECO) said it may have to lower its growth targets for coming years because of the toll that proposed new regulations could take…
UK: Google was in ‘significant breach’ of data law
Google violated Britain's data protection laws when its Street View mapping service recorded data from private wireless networks, the country's information commissioner said Wednesday. The American Internet search…
Google sues US government agency over using Microsoft only
Google has filed a lawsuit against the U.S. Department of the Interior for requiring that messaging technologies must be part of the Microsoft Business Productivity Online Suite in…
FTC drops Google StreetView inquiry; other countries, not so much
The Federal Trade Commission has ended its inquiry of Google and the data it collected from unsecured wireless hotspots, citing the company’s improved privacy policies, reports ZDNet.
Google ‘mortified’ over Wi-Fi data gathering
Google on Friday confirmed that its Street View cars had inadvertently captured e-mail messages and passwords during their image gathering missions, the result of WiFi sniffing software that…
iPad coming to Verizon Wireless and AT&T stores
Apple said Thursday that Verizon Wireless would begin selling the iPad at its stores on Oct. 28, reports the New York Times.
Microsoft’s Bing gets a social lift from Facebook
Facebook and Microsoft announced a partnership on Wednesday that will give the results on Microsoft’s Bing search engine a social twist--and could help both companies compete against a…
Apple awarded a patent to prevent texting ‘Objectionable Content’
Apple has been awarded a patent that can keep you from sending or receiving "objectionable" text-messages, reports ReadWriteWeb.
Sony unveils TVs with Google’s web-surfing system
Sony's lineup of sleek televisions boasting Google's Web-surfing system will go on sale Saturday, testing how much consumers are willing to pay to combine access to the entire…
Windows phone 7 revealed: What you need to know
Microsoft officially unveiled its new mobile operating system, Windows Phone 7, at a press event in New York City, reports ReadWriteWeb.
Microsoft readies new phone launch with AT&T
Microsoft Corp is set to unveil a new line of phones running its Windows software today, as it attempts to pull back market share from Apple Inc's iPhone…
Discovery Education launches iPad platform
In an effort to answer President Obama’s call for companies to become involved with science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM) education, and also to continue its aim to…
Virginia using iPads to teach social studies
In a huge step forward for K-12 education's move toward an all-digital curriculum, the Virginia Department of Education (VDOE), in collaboration with education publishing giant Pearson, is implementing…
ASBO conference helps schools save money
