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The Xbox 360 is foraying into the educational arena. Microsoft Entertainment and Devices Division, India has announced its partnership with Delhi-based Educomp, a leading technology-driven innovative education organization in India.
This initiative has been done in an effort to encourage interactive learning among children on the Xbox 360 platform. In fact, it also leverages the […]

Google has announced that five US universities have signed up for their Google Apps Education Edition.
Through this move the five universities, namely University of North Carolina Greensboro, Clemson University, University of Texas San Antonio, Kennesaw State University and Arkansas State University; will be able to get free access to the search giant’s e-mail and […]

Parents who are hoping to raise “baby Einsteins” by utilizing infant educational videos such as “Brainy Baby” and even “Baby Enstein”, should avoid doing so, because rather than helping babies, these DVDs tend to slow down infants when it comes to picking up languages.
Researchers at the University of Washington and Seattle Children’s Hospital Research […]

All this time when Nicholas Negroponte stormed the developing world trying to pursue buyers for the innovative $175 PCs of his ‘One Laptop Per Child’ education non-profit initiative, he constantly faced competition in the form of Intel.
In fact, Intel’s chairman Craig Barrett had put down Negroponte’s OLPC ‘XO’ machines as mere gadgets. And, all this […]

There’s a hint of nostalgia in the air as HP has just unveiled the “retro” HP 35s Scientific Calculator in commemoration of the original HP-35.
For those who were too young to remember, HP-35 happened to be the world’s first handheld scientific calculator that was launched 35 years ago.
The HP 35s Scientific Calculator pays tribute […]

Anyone who loves gaming would kill to get a job splat in the middle of the video gaming world. It looks like fun, but it involves a lot of intelligence. If you are planning a career in this field then read on.
UK’s top video game developers and universities have created the first ‘Game Academy’ […]

Microsoft India together with AMD has announced a pilot programme called IQ PC. The two tech giants have entered into this agreement in an effort to increase IT access amongst the masses.
Microsoft also announced the launch of an educational and edutainment portal called MSN IQ Beta Education Channel.
Orlando Ayala, Senior Vice President, Emerging Segments Market […]

Rome- a culturally and historically rich place may always be crowded with tourists and its monuments battered by time and damaged by pollution; but the glory days of this ancient civilization are very much alive thanks to a bunch of computer experts.
On Monday, experts from around the world, unveiled what they call the largest […]

Intel has joined hands with ASUSTek to introduce an array of low-cost portable, which includes a laptop that would be priced at $200, especially for use in developing countries.
The announcement of this revolutionary notebook dubbed ‘Eee PC’ was made at Computex 2007. This tiny full featured low-end laptop could well become part of […]

2K, a publishing label of Take-two Interactive Software has announced that it has finally completed the world’s first Canadian history PC game- HistoriCanada: the New World.
The game HistoriCanada: The New World is based on the critically acclaimed Sid Meier’s Civilization II Series from Firaxis Games.
HistoriCanada: The New World is a historically-based strategy game derived […]