The five best android tablets
Tablets are everywhere, and while Apple's iPad commands the most media attention, there's no shortage of excellent Android alternatives to choose from, ZDNet reports.
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12 reasons why public clouds are better than private clouds
To see many of the advantages of cloud computing without its risks, many enterprises are turning to private clouds, which are service layers contained within their firewalls that…
MIT professor : Windows 8 is a Christmas gift for ‘someone you hate’
Internet entrepreneur and MIT professor Philip Greenspun has cast his critical eye over Microsoft's latest operating system and concluded that it is the "Christmas gift for someone you…
Amazon’s Kindle Fire HD family: The highs and lows you need to know
There's no doubt that Amazon's original Kindle Fire tablet was a huge hit. It earned over 10,000 5-star customer reviews, it remained the number-one best-selling product on Amazon…
10 excellent iPhone and iPad gadgets and accessories
Looking to spice up your iPhone or iPad while waiting for the next revision to come out of Cupertino? Give some of these gadgets and accessories a try!…
QAMA: The only calculator a student should ever use
Long, long ago, before I discovered the joys of public school administration, before I fled from said administrative post for the easy life of private industry, before I…
Watch: Coursera: The new face of higher education?
Coursera, the brainchild startup of two Stanford professors who found great success with free online classes last year, just secured a $16 million round of funding, ZDNet reports.
University admissions site launches 3D platform
new application developed by the University of Rochester, UK, aim to give prospective students a more transparent and interactive viewof what it is like to study and live…
Study: Facebook can help identify problem drinkers in college
College students who post references to getting drunk, blacking out, or other aspects of dangerous drinking on Facebook are more likely to have clinically-significant alcohol problems than students…
University of Wisconsin hacked: 75,000 social security numbers, student names exposed
The University of Wisconsin’s Milwaukee campus has been subject to a malware attack, which has exposed names and social security numbers of students—past and present—and staff alike, ZDNet…