Dr Rebecca Whittle from Lancaster University will speak on “Flood Recovery in the UK” at University of Western Australia, in Perth, 4pm 19 April 2011.In June 2007, the English city of Hull was devastated by flooding which displaced over 8000 families from their homes. A real-time longitudinal study was undertaken to document the long termRead… Read more »
The Australian Council for Computers in Education released an “ACCE Position Paper on ICT in the Australian Curriculum”, 16 April 2011. The report argues that ICT will be required for students to be successful in their studies, as well as citizens and workers. ACCE therefore propose ICT appear in its own right in the nationalRead… Read more »
The United Nations telecommunications agency is offering $10,000 for the most innovative mobile phone application about climate change. Original post
According to the NY Times there is an App called “Autography” proposed for the iPad where a digital photo of the author with a fan is sent to an iPad, complete with message from the author written with an electronic stylus, (“Would You Sign My Kindle?” By STEPHANIE ROSENBLOOM, April 13, 2011).That all sounds aRead… Read more »
Kogan have announced an “Agora 12 inch Ultra Portable Laptop Computer” for $349. This is essentially a larger screen version of the 10 inch Linux netbook they sold previously (and was mostly good). Original post
Kogan have announced a “Agora 7″ Tablet PC” for $189. The main feature is that it has a Capacitive Touchscreen.Specifications Model Number: KATBL07ANDAA CPU Model: Samsung Cortex A8 CPU Speed: 1.0 Ghz Memory: 512MB DDR2 Storage: 4GB NAND External Storage: microSD card expansion up to 32GB Operating System: Android 2.2 Bluetooth: Built-in Touchscreen: 7″ OriginalRead… Read more »
Kogan have announced the “Agora Internet TV Portal”, a $200 box to provide a web service on a TV screen. This uses Internet software and may also be useful as a low cost thin client computer for web browsing. The unit has three USB ports as well as a TV type remote control. It mayRead… Read more »
The Australian Government has released a Draft 2011 ICT Strategic Vision for comment. The document is available in PDF, DOC and RTF formats. Unfortunately the document is not in an efficient and easy to read format. Here is a web conversion of the DOC version of the document (without the images): <!– This file wasRead… Read more »
Kogan have announced the “Agora Internet TV Portal”, a $200 box to provide a web service on a TV screen. This uses Internet software and may also be useful as a low cost thin client computer for web browsing. The unit has three USB ports as well as a TV type remote control. It mayRead… Read more »
The Australian Government has released a Draft 2011 ICT Strategic Vision for comment. The document is available in PDF, DOC and RTF formats. Unfortunately the document is not in an efficient and easy to read format. Here is a web conversion of the DOC version of the document (without the images): <!– This file wasRead… Read more »