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NComputing, AMD and BRAC Join Forces to Expand Computing in Bangladesh
NComputing, a leading provider of desktop virtualization software and hardware, and AMD, a leading global provider of innovative processing solutions in computing, graphics and consumer electronics, are collaborating to empower people in emerging countries with tools and skills to help them succeed in today’s modern world. Similar to previous 50×15 deployments, BRAC followed AMD’s proven learning lab methodology, which includes providing tools, techniques and training to maximize educational impact. BRAC, NComputing, and AMD plan to apply the successes and lessons learned in these labs to future deployments. — CNN Money

Can Kindle inspire educational technology?
As Amazon.com discreetly introduced a price cut of 10pc to its Kindle eBook reader from US$400 to US$360, it may be that this gadget is aiming at the wrong end of the market with high-end consumer electronics and should be looking to education. OLPC (One Laptop per Child) founder Nicholas Negroponte unveiled a brand new Children’s Laptop, in fact it was not a laptop at all but a low cost eBook reader targeted at children’s education in developing economies. This eBook, unlike the Amazon Kindle, is a touch-sensitive, full-color dual screen which will be priced at US$75, in comparison to Kindle’s US$360. — Silicon Republic

Gerri Sinclair: Time to embrace your avatar
Gerri Sinclair is a true Renaissance woman. In fact, she was a Renaissance drama scholar before turning her mind to computers, entrepreneurship, and thought leadership about on-line avatars in virtual worlds. Having sold her Internet company to Microsoft Corp., Ms. Sinclair has been a company director, government adviser, and, recently, head of a pioneering masters degree program in digital media in Vancouver. — The Globe and Mail