Corporate Updates
Uruguay buys first $100 laptops
The first official order for the “$100 laptop” has been placed by the government of Uruguay.
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Redtray, Bytes sign e-Learning agreement
The UK based Reseller Bytes Technology Group has signed an agreement worth
Higher Education
Newly founded Saudi university KAUST organises IT summit
The newly founded King Abdullah University of Science and Technology in Saudi Arabia is organising a three day KAUST IT summit called the Next Generation Cyber-Infrastructure.
Corporate Updates
Educomp will reach out to more schools
Educomp, India’s largest e-education service provider is set to take Information Communication Technology (ICT) to 8,000 schools in the country by March against the 7,000 declared earlier.
K-12
Microsoft Navalova Labs programme to cover Colombo
Microsoft has announced to expand its Navalova project to cover Colombo schools after funding nearly 40 rural schools as part of efforts to touch one million people by 2009 through MS education and training initiatives.
Policy Matters
Becta takes Microsoft school policy to OFT
The British Educational and Technological Agency (Becta) has reported Microsoft to the Office of Fair Trading (OFT) after negotiations with the software giant over schools
K-12
US university automates classroom capture
The US based Northern Iowa university is deploying a classroom capture system to record lectures and make them available via the Internet not only to provide access for the university’s students but also for an audience...
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MindParlour to set up IT finishing schools
MindParlour, The UAE based leading player in the HR services arena, is planning to set up a chain of IT finishing schools in metros and other cities in India to provide world-class training to students.
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Spastics ties-up with PACER, IBM to launch assistive technology centre in India
The Spastics Society of Karnataka (SSK), PACER Center and IBM has joined hands to announce a technology partnership to launch India’s first comprehensive Assistive Technology Centre.
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New digital recording studio for the visually and physically challenged from the Maryland State Department
Recently Maryland State Department of Education’s Library for the Blind and Physically Handicapped (LBPH) has opened a new digital recording studio for blind and handicapped children.
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HP sponsors communitytraining learning centre
The government of Malta has opened the seventh HP-sponsored Community Training Learning Centre (CTLC) and Wi-Fi Garden in the premises of the Birkirkara local council.
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UNESCO agrees to support youth education in Honduras
The United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) will support youth development and capacity-building in education in Tegucigalpa, Honduras.