ITGSWiki

In this ever rapidly changing world of ICT keeping up is challenging!

This ITGS wiki is a collaborative resource project designed to be used by I.B. Information Technology in a Global Society (ITGS) teachers and students.

The I.B ITGS teacher and students work together researching, entering and editing each others additions on topics in the field of IT and its impact on a global society. The aim is to use and develop higher order thinking skills, co-operative learning procedures and interpersonal skills in a project based learning environment.

The hoped result is a resource and project wiki dedicated to ITGS that will continue to evolve with the changing world of ICT.

The best part ... we can show off what we are learning!

This is not a locked wiki and if students and teachers wish to join in and make this wiki a truly wonderful resource please do. EDIT AWAY

Maybe we could even do global projects ....

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BBC News - Technology

• Buzz lawsuit to cost Google $8.5m

Google proposes settling a lawsuit over its Buzz social network, whilst regulators launch a review of the firm's US search practices.

• Tiny solar cells fix themselves

A mix of chemicals borrowed from plants with tiny tubes of carbon can spontaneously create tiny, self-repairing solar cells.

• PS3 hack escapes court challenge

Sony has won a permanent ban in Australia of a hack for its PS3, but the code behind it has been released for free on the web.

• Craigslist ends adult service ads

Online marketplace Craigslist closes its US adult services listing following pressure from attorneys general and advocacy groups.

• Memristor revolution backed by HP

A potentially revolutionary circuit component, once a laboratory curiosity, is to be mass-produced for the first time.

• Global broadband divide revealed

The global disparity in access to broadband around the world and the cost of a connection is revealed by UN figures.

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The Sydney Morning Herald Technology Headlines

• Pedestrian death rise blamed on iPods

DEATH by iPod is being blamed as a contributing factor to the 25 per cent rise in the number of pedestrian fatalities in NSW.

• Police find girl who tossed puppies into river

Bosnian police have tracked down a Bosnian girl who sparked a worldwide manhunt after she was seen in a web video throwing half a dozen puppies into a river.

• Google in probe over 'manipulated' search results

The attorney general of the US state of Texas has opened an inquiry into whether internet giant Google manipulates search results.

• Slain over internet love triangle

A British man who went to the Philippines to propose to a woman he met in an internet chat room was stabbed to death by her jealous lover, police say.

• Google to pay $US8.5m to settle Buzz privacy lawsuit

Google has agreed to pay 8.5 million US dollars to settle a privacy lawsuit over a Buzz social networking tool added to free email service Gmail in February, according to court documents.

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