Daily Education and Technology News for Schools 12/07/2011

• Researchers Find LinkedIn Spam Downloads Trojan

  Linked in spam is going through networks. Some of us are not clicking and somehow turning into spammers but there are also real spam scams.

  tags: education spam spoof

• Durff's Blog: Reframe

  Lisa  Durff our Flat Classroom administrator took a minute to blog about Reframing education. 
  
  "The social architecture of school is ready for reframing, from mass production into mass customization." Yes! Absolutely. Very well said.

  tags: education flatclassroom edreform

• FileHippo.com - Download Free Software

  I've heard that some are going to start using filehippo to keep things clean when installing software. This may need to be your new alternative to download.com.

  tags: education download security edu_trends

• Kindle vs. Nook vs. iPad: Which e-book reader should you buy? | Crave - CNET

  I think this has a pretty good explanation between all the ebook readers. Personally, I'd go with Amazon all the way just because of the pricing and selection.

  tags: education ebook review edu_newapp

• Popular network tool Nmap in CNET security brouhaha | Naked Security

  More information on the Cnet download.com controversy. This one probably explains best why this "gray area" practice is drawing the ire of security analysts and those who have shared their software on download.com. What will be the alternative? Stay tuned.

  tags: education downloads security technology edu_news

• CSEDWeek.org

  Computer Science education week is this week. Download and share information here. Give the students a present of their future during the holiday season by taking a day of class to talk about computer science. This is important. Talk about it even if you're not great with technology. 

  tags: education computerscience computerscience_teacher

• Download.com wraps downloads in bloatware, lies about motivations | ExtremeTech

  Now cnet and their Download.com is installing spyware. This is a sad day when we cannot trust download.com but it is looking to be true. My tech forums in email have been full of slams  against download.com and what they are doing to install the Bing toolbar and other services in a proprietary installer which is a bit over the top. Let your IT people know.

  tags: education spyware web20 downloads free

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