Back-to-school technology specials
• The CNET back-to-school Web page includes a link to “selection of laptops and other dorm-friendly gear”; and also a link to “top student downloads” with URLs for “eight free programs will help students save their hard-earned cash.”
• The Aug. 15 edition of the Washington Post has the transcript from an interactive “Back to School: Technology” session with the “gadget blogger” Jose Fermoso. Among his many leads is a cell phone that allows college students to “create, Word, Excel, and PowerPoint files, and ... access PDFs.”
• Another major clearinghouse for information for college students is a rush order look at “The Ins & Outs of Buying a Computer for College”.
• The “Tech Tuesday” radio broadcast for Aug. 16 is now a podcast with several technology experts weighing in on Netbooks, and other hot technology on college campuses this fall.
• The University of Alabama’s school newspaper has a detailed article about how “Students download textbooks to iPhone with CourseSmart”.
• Among the more precautionary journalism in the back-to-school-technology barrage is a New York Times Technology Page link to a listing in which a “Laptop Repair Company Ranks Top 10 Laptop-related Disasters". Another listing with a precautionary focus is a Web page focused on five “Tech Temptations to Avoid”.
• The CNET back-to-school Web page includes a link to “selection of laptops and other dorm-friendly gear”; and also a link to “top student downloads” with URLs for “eight free programs will help students save their hard-earned cash.”
• The Aug. 15 edition of the Washington Post has the transcript from an interactive “Back to School: Technology” session with the “gadget blogger” Jose Fermoso. Among his many leads is a cell phone that allows college students to “create, Word, Excel, and PowerPoint files, and ... access PDFs.”
• Another major clearinghouse for information for college students is a rush order look at “The Ins & Outs of Buying a Computer for College”.
• The “Tech Tuesday” radio broadcast for Aug. 16 is now a podcast with several technology experts weighing in on Netbooks, and other hot technology on college campuses this fall.
• The University of Alabama’s school newspaper has a detailed article about how “Students download textbooks to iPhone with CourseSmart”.
• Among the more precautionary journalism in the back-to-school-technology barrage is a New York Times Technology Page link to a listing in which a “Laptop Repair Company Ranks Top 10 Laptop-related Disasters". Another listing with a precautionary focus is a Web page focused on five “Tech Temptations to Avoid”.
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