32 results returned for search: "education AND " category "Other" author Ahmed Elamin
Mothers, fathers, stick your children in front of a computer screen at home for better school results. Well, not really. Regular computer users perform better in key school subjects, according to an OECD study released yesterday.
"School students who...
DATE: Jan 25, 2006
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Just when Microsoft has declared its intent to further focus on improving the security of its products this year, a major flaw has been found in its operating system.
Microsoft Windows has been found to be vulnerable to remote code execution via an e...
DATE: Jan 04, 2006
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This is the year to try to get control of the vast amounts of e-mail you receive. A good place to start is Jakob Nielsen's ten steps to cleaning up “information pollution”.
Nielsen, one of the self-styled “web gurus” commenting on the Internet, says ...
DATE: Jan 07, 2004
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With all the talk of using biometric devices to read fingerprints as one a means of verifying identity its sobering to read a letter by Ton van der Putte, co-author of “Don't Get Your Fingers Burned”, who claims he can now duplicate a lifted fingerpr...
DATE: Nov 19, 2003
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While the number of women who have chosen the sciences for a career over the last two decades has increased, their participation in the engineering and computer sciences sectors has declined, according to a new study.
In 1996 women made up 45 percent...
DATE: Jul 25, 2001
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A recent study finding computer-based learning in the classroom doesn't seem to improve reading test scores -- and by implication learning -- will serve as ammunition for those who demand that schools "get back to the basics'' of teaching.
While the ...
DATE: Aug 16, 2000
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Just how much money offshore centres like Bermuda could make by allowing virtual casinos and sport betting shops to operate from their jurisdictions can be seen in a recently released report on money laundering by the US Bureau for International Narc...
DATE: Apr 25, 2000
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The prosecution at the end of February in the US of the operator of an online gambling site based in Antigua is a cause for concern by all offshore jurisdictions aiming to foster e-commerce on their shores.
While Bermuda does not allow Internet gambl...
DATE: Mar 06, 2000
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A new initiative by the Computer Society of Bermuda and The Bermuda College to help employees bridge the digital divide is the kind of programme we should all support. The organisation and the college are working to bring the International Computer D...
DATE: Feb 28, 2000
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I used to be fairly skeptical about claims cell phone towers might be a health hazard. I'm still skeptical, but in a different way. I am now shocked to discover that there really hasn't been any scientific studies done on the long term health effects...
DATE: Jan 17, 2000
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