eSN Today: Low-cost school computing set to take off

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Top News ... Low-cost school computing set to take off Get ready for the $40 school computer. One way or another, the idea of ubiquitous, low-cost computer access for schoolchildren, both in the United States and abroad, is fast approaching the point where goals turn into realities. Major technology players, including several large companies and a nonprofit group that is focusing on developing countries, have been working in different... | Full Story Around the Web ... Microsoft suffers decisive EU antitrust defeat Microsoft suffered a decisive antitrust defeat in Europe today, sending its shares down 2 percent in pre-market trade. A European Union court backed a European Commission... | Full Story SoCal college offers YouTube class Here's a dream-come-true for Web addicts: college credit for watching YouTube. Pitzer College this fall began offering what may be the first course about the video-sharing... | Full Story County gets computer deal through consortium Kane County technology officials expect to save more than $11,000 by purchasing computers through a multi-state government consortium. The county's information technologies... | Full Story More from eSchool News Online ... Push for 'net neutrality' stalls Supporters of "net neutrality," the idea that all internet sites should be equally accessible to all web users, suffered a blow Sept. 6 when the Justice Department (DOJ) said internet... | Full Story Report: Schools aren't preparing kids for college Students are taught to believe that earning a high school diploma means they are prepared to enter college, and many policy makers and school leaders still believe that multiple-choice... | Full Story Colleges find new revenue source online College athletic departments are discovering the click of a mouse can sound just as sweet as the ring of a cash register: Across the country, colleges and universities are... | Full Story MPC acquires Gateway's school business Just days after Taiwanese computer maker Acer Inc. announced plans to acquire Gateway Inc. for $710 million, Gateway's school customers learned they will have a new supplier for... | Full Story Announcements from ed-tech providers ... New school principals are more diverse, have more leadership training than veteran principals | Read the full announcement Lenovo raises energy-efficiency bar with its smallest, quietest desktop PC | Read the full announcement ¡Sorpresa! renews agreement with CNN en Español for signature news segment | Read the full announcement Britannica Global Reference Center serves a world of information | Read the full announcement CIBER implements Microsoft sharepoint web portal for Orange County Public Schools | Read the full announcement Heinle and National Geographic Society form international publishing partnership | Read the full announcement University of Arkansas Receives NSF Grant for Supercomputer | Read the full announcement Louisiana school district permanently installs 180 Hitachi Software T-Series StarBoard panels throughout five schools. | Read the full announcement New spam-free e-mail system includes user-selectable authentication shield to simplify changeover | Read the full announcement Atomic Learning releases new product to help schools create custom training resources | Read the full announcement ANGEL Learning achieves SCORM 2004 certification | Read the full announcement Carnegie Learning, Inc. changes the way students learn math in Louisiana | Read the full announcement Students can explore the evolving story of the U.S. Constitution with ABC-CLIO's "History and the Headlines" | Read the full announcement	September Online Specials You Don't Want to Miss ... 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