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Legal Win7 download links…

Downloading these ISO images from Digital River is legal and free of charge. Downloaded ISO images will be of virus and malware free as Digital River is official Download Channel. However you need to purchase a license key to activate Windows 7 after using for 30 days. Download Windows 7  Integrated SP1 ISO  Images Windows 7 Home Premium … Continue reading »

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Windows Live Family Safety 2011

The kids are online and you’re busy—Family Safety is there to help. Use activity reports to monitor your kids’ computer activity. Choose websites, games, and programs they can access. Even set time periods when they can use the computer. So go ahead, be busy. Family Safety can help keep an eye on things. http://explore.live.com/windows-live-family-safety  

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My Teacher Is an App

More kids than ever before are attending school from their living rooms, bedrooms and kitchens. The result: A radical rethinking of how education works.  http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052970204358004577030600066250144.html?mod=WSJ_Tech_LEADTop Allison Schnacky attends an online school at her Florida home. It was nearing lunchtime on a recent Thursday, and ninth-grader Noah Schnacky of Windermere, Fla., really did not want to … Continue reading »

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Steve Jobs Biography

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/books/bookreviews/8853147/Steve-Jobs-The-Exclusive-Biography-by-Walter-Isaacson-review.html http://allthingsd.com/20111025/the-book-of-jobs-comic/

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RIP Steve Jobs

Memorable Quotes From Steve Jobs On your working life “Your work is going to fill a large part of your life, and the only way to be truly satisfied is to do what you believe is great work. And the only way to do great work is to love what you do. If you haven’t … Continue reading »

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My First Computers

My kids will always ask me how long I have been working with computers, its been a while. The first computer I used was a Commodore Vic 20, my uncle bought it at the Hypermarket in Brackenfell over the December holidays in the 1980′s. This is the time when the Commodore 64 was available, but … Continue reading »

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Teachers Laptop Initiative – DEAD AGAIN

More than half a billion rand set aside by the government to fund a programme to supply laptop computers for teachers in public schools, has run out of cash. The R550m allocated among all nine provinces in the 2009/10 financial year has instead been used to pay teachers’ salaries, The New Age has learnt. This … Continue reading »

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Article: Thinking Beyond the Desktop

Your next PC: thinking beyond the desktop By Woody Leonhard With Black Friday a fading memory and Cyber Monday deals still fresh on the Web, visions of a new PC may be dancing in your head. But before you go out hunting for that shiny new Win7 machine, take a deep breath, sit back, and … Continue reading »

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Great Online Tools

Here are some links to FREE online tools. Create Mindmaps Edit Movies, Audio, Images Etc Image Editor Dropbox Group Projects Online Learning Platform Alternative Software Glogster Hotchalk

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Teacher Laptop Initiative – Western Cape

Teachers Laptop Initiative is it still on? Yes, its been officially launched in the Western Cape on the 30 October 2010, SADTU wants to purchase thousands of laptops from Rectron for its membership – 2008 Government announces Teachers Laptop Initiative in 2009 with the the completion date set for 2011. June 2009 Zuma, slashes the … Continue reading »

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