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Schools Embrace Bring Your Own Technology For Better Comprehension, Increased Interest
Did you like pounding erasers when you were a grade schooler? Today's students might not have the pleasure of making those plumes of chalk dust, thanks to the tech revolution transforming America's classrooms. If you've been to a school lately, you have most likely noticed the chalkboards are being replaced by smartboards, tablets and laptops. In G...
How’s Malware Doing? It’s Exploding.
Just when you thought malware was on the fence, McAfee reports it's doing the exact opposite. As Q1 2012 came to a close the results are in. Malware is exploding—at a 4 year high.
I've alw...
Classroom Technology Isn’t Just About Tablets
"The students I'm teaching now can get infinitely more information so much quicker than earlier classes ever could," a professor of the European history of ideas told the news source. "But they are capable of doing less with it. They seem stunned in the face of analytical demands."
That teacher said in an era with emphasis on data and speed, kid...
Big Data Could Help In Fight Against Malware
"You're seeing more data collection happening at the network level, where you're trying to use a lot of information from a security point that we didn't used to be able to use," Miller told the news source.
Miller told IDG that one company he works with has started to view malware as a "Big Data problem." The company developed a new program that...


