by Joseph Forbes | Apr 8, 2013 | DATA, EDUCATION, TECHNOLOGY
from the together-we-live dept. The edX project today announced that they are joining forces with Stanford and releasing the source to edX on June 1st. As part of the platform going Free, Stanford will be integrating features from their Open Source Class2Go project....
by Joseph Forbes | Apr 7, 2013 | DATA, NERD NEWS, SOFTWARE, Technicals, TECHNOLOGY
A third of all Windows users could still be running XP when Microsoft pulls patch plug in 53 weeks The decline in usage share of Windows XP, which is slated for retirement in 53 weeks, has slowed significantly, hinting that millions of its users will hold onto the...
by Joseph Forbes | Apr 7, 2013 | INTERNET, SOFTWARE, Technicals, TECHNOLOGY
from the jumping-ship dept. Google on Wednesday made a huge announcement to fork WebKit and build a new rendering engine called Blink. Opera, which only recently decided to replace its own Presto rendering engine for WebKit, has confirmed with TNW that it will be...
by Joseph Forbes | Apr 7, 2013 | DATA, HARDWARE, NERD NEWS, Technical Support, TECHNOLOGY, Troubleshooting
A recent survey by the Pew Internet and American Life project found that 72% of Americans experience some form of dropped calls, and 32% experience dropped calls at least a few times per week or more. Like it or not, dropped calls are still a major problem for a large...
by Joseph Forbes | Apr 7, 2013 | HAPPINESS, MONEY, NERD NEWS, POLITICAL
When it comes to education, most people agree, more is better. No one embodies that principle at least in regard to IT certifications better than Jerry Irvine. CIO of IT consulting firm Prescient Solutions and member of the National Cyber Security Task Force, Irvine...
