T.H.E. News Update
Breaking Stories in K-12
2/3/2010
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News & Issues

  • Feds: 2011 Budget Makes 'Strong Commitment to Technology'

    Does the proposed elimination of EETT mean the end of federal education technology spending? Not according to information quietly released Feb. 1 by the Office of Science & Technology Policy (OSTP), which provided some insight into the intent behind the numbers revealed in the 2011 federal budget proposed Monday by the Obama administration.More

  • EETT Eliminated in 2011 Obama Budget Proposal

    Human space flight wasn't the only casualty of the 2011 federal budget proposal issued by the Obama administration Monday. Despite an overall $3.5 billion increase in education spending, the proposed $3.8 trillion FY 2011 budget zeroed out the only federal source of funding specifically dedicated to education technology, while consolidating 38 education programs into 11 and shifting a total of $1.85 billion into the Race to the Top program and the Investing in Innovation Fund.More

  • Oracle Outlines Sun Integration Plan

    With its acquisition of Sun Microsystems completed, Oracle Wednesday laid out its plans for integrating Sun's software and hardware systems into its own product lineup.More

  • Microsoft Azure Cloud Service Now Available

    Microsoft's Windows Azure and SQL Azure cloud services are now generally available, ending the free test period for those who signed up for commercial accounts last month.More

  • Oracle Plans To Take on Microsoft Office

    With its acquisition of Sun Microsystems complete, Oracle intends to go after Microsoft's lucrative Office franchise, the company revealed yesterday. While Oracle had been quiet about its intentions for supporting Sun OpenOffice, the company disclosed plans for a forthcoming upgrade called Oracle Cloud Office during a five-hour briefing at its Redwood Shores, CA headquarters.More

  • 2010 Student Science Competition Opens

    Discovery Education and 3M have opened up the 2010 Young Scientist Challenge, an annual opportunity for students in grades 5 through 8 to tackle problems through science and a chance to win the grand prize of $50,000.More

  • German District Deploys Wireless LAN for 1:1 Program

    Unna School District in Unna, Germany, has announced it has deployed 802.11n wireless local area networks (WLAN) in five of its 21 schools in the first phase of the district-wide Unit21 project. With a 1:1 laptop program, the district said it expects all of its more than 10,000 students to have 802.11n WiFi access to the Unit21 virtual campus when the project is complete.More

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