Image Source : Kodukup.com The Kodu Kup is a KODU GAME LAB game design competition for students aged 9 – 14 in participating schools across Australia, Malaysia and Singapore Key Dates : July 19th 2010 – Competition Opens August 20th 2010 – Competition Closes August 27th 2010 – Winners Notified Entry to the Kodu Kup 2010 is by invitation to participating schools in Australia, Malaysia and Singapore by Microsoft. Participating schools are those that have participated in teacher training for Kodu, provided by ideaslab (in a formal training class or using web-based training materials) or Science Centre Singapore, and subsequently invited to participate in the Competition. There are two competitions within the Kodu Kup 2010, a student competition and a teacher competition

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Kodu Kup – KODU GAME LAB Game Design Competition for Students

Image Source : developies.wordpress.com Many people wonder why Google didn’t manage to build successful social services. Orkut’s success is limited to Brazil and India, iGoogle’s social gadgets aren’t popular, Friend Connect isn’t widely used, Google Buzz has a lot of potential, but not much success.

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Google Operating System: Google and the Value of Social Networking

4G Technology | Image Source : dzoneonline.com The first cellphone in the U.S. to use fourth-generation wireless technology — better known as 4G — debuted this month with the promise of super-fast download speeds, smooth video streams and even video chat. The phone came from Sprint Nextel Corp.; Verizon Wireless plans to launch its 4G network this year, with AT&T Inc.

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Cloud Computing – The Medium for IT Momentum | Image Source : Hinchcliffe.org Gartner predicts cloud computing and active monitoring of security to be among the top ten trends. These technology trends will drive the growth of IT services, and the IT services trend in turn will shift from the traditional IT enabled customer support services to services that would include technology services to the clients

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Maker Faire is the stuff of legends: Robots, rocket ships, pyrotechnics, dragons, vehicles for land and sea, and ever so much more. Even if your interests aren’t roughly aligned with those of a four-year-old boy, Maker Faire is still pretty cool. This celebration of all things DIY has something for everyone, from steampunks to crafters to techies to parents.

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Health Care Funding | Image Source : hometestingblog.testcountry.com BOSTON — Federal dollars being pumped into grant programs to spur students to enter IT careers in the health care industry should help to create between 45,000 and 50,000 jobs over the next five years, a top federal health official said on Thursday. Dr.

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Health Technology | Image Source : zunia.org NEW DELHI – Use of communication technologies like mobile phone, toll-free helpline numbers and internet portals can help in providing better health care services, recent research on the information needs of health care professionals suggests.

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HP buys Palm | Image : www.ubergizmo.com HP has announced that it will purchase Palm for about $1.2B in cash, which is about a 30% premium on the company’s market value when it was announced. For Palm, it simply means “survival”, but for HP, this could mean having a shot at controlling its own destiny in a very competitive market

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HP buys Palm, Acquires Key Smartphone Technology

Technology Cool the Planet | Image Source: www.salon.com Why desperate scientists are considering outlandish ideas, from brightening clouds to dumping iron into the ocean? These days, it’s hard not to feel disillusioned about the fight against global warming. The 2009 Copenhagen climate summit failed to create a binding agreement to reduce CO2 emissions, and predictions about the impact of climate change are growing increasingly dire (some are predicting an ice-free Arctic by the end of the decade)

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Image Source : www.scienceline.org Timing chips revolutionized road racing in much the same way e-mail changed communication. Exaggeration?

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Evolution of technology in marathoning

New Delhi: The figures show that the attacks on Indian web sites are rising in this calendar year. Over 900 web sites were defaced in March

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Azim Premji | Source Image : mapsofindia.com Bill Gates loses top spot, but stock surge lifts fortunes of youngest and once-young technology moguls. Bill Gates is no longer the world’s richest man. Though the software visionary’s net worth rose $13 billion to a whopping $53 billion in the last year, he was ousted from the top of the money bin by Mexican telecom mogul Carlos Slim Helu, who took the No

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Technology’s Richest Billionaires