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Let’s get Blogging!

Hello Everyone! So I have noticed that there has not been that many blog post’s submitted on the Teachbook Blog for quite some time! Let me remind you that it is part of the Computer Science / Applied Info Tech course and your end mark is affected by it! So get blogging! ~Damian

html5 and css3

I was look around on the net for some html5 code samples and i came along this site it looks good not that far in to it have a look at see what if was about. It not just on html5 there css3, JavaScript, Ajax and more. just have a look and see if it helps [...]

Mental Robot Hand!

Like the blog on Facebook!

Hey guys! We all know what Facebook is (unless you have been living under a very well shielded rock for the past few years). If you would like to ‘like’ the blog and get up-to-date information, click the link! ~ Damian. http://www.facebook.com/pages/Teachbook/155219997861788 <– Here http://developers.facebook.com/docs/reference/plugins/like-box/

PlayStation Network Outage: The Real Costs

Now that Sony’s PlayStation Network is back online again, analysts are beginning to assess the real-world cost of the network breach and shutdown of the giant gaming establisment. Even as recently as this past week. Sony was still having trouble with the PlayStation Network, taking down its password resetting facility because of another Sony oversight: [...]

iPhone 4GS or 5?

So as we know already, Apple always like releasing something from the same product line every year. For example, last year the iPhone 3GS was upgraded to the iPhone 4. So the spectliaction is pointing to another new iPhone, but this time instead of going from the 4 to the 4GS, everyone beleves that we [...]

Autodesk 3ds Max

Autodesk 3ds Max software provide powerful, integrated 3D modeling, animation, rendering, and compositing tools that enable artists and designers to more quickly ramp up for production. The two versions share core technology and features, but offer differentiated experiences and specialized toolsets for game developers, visual effects artists, and graphic designers on the one hand, and architects, [...]

Unreal Development Kit

What is it? UDK is Unreal Engine 3 – a complete professional development framework. All the tools you need to create great games, advanced visualizations and detailed 3D simulations on the PC and iOS. The best tools in the industry are in your hands. Who’s it for? Anyone. Everyone. You. Unreal Engine 3 has been used [...]

Dual-Core Android Smartphone

Facebook, the most annoying form of blogging

The social network Facebook is the most common form of blogging. Its also the most annoying. Some people post a status every 5-10 minutes, I wont name names but you all knwo who I mean. People post everything imaginable. Ranging from what they did today all the way to how their current relationship is going. Accepting friend requests is like subscribing to [...]

Bloggin’ – Like writing in a diary, but without all the Carpel Tunnel

Blogging. It’s something a large proportion of us all do. It gives us (and any others who may read it) a source of news, entertainment, or general rantings. Blogs of today originated from online diaries, but to todays crowd, they now act as more of source of current events. For those who do not use [...]

Nokia X7-00

Have you been wondering what Nokia plans to do between now and whenever it launches its first Windows Phone handset? We have, too. It turns out it’s business as usual for the number one smartphone manufacturer, with today’s announcement of two new Symbian-powered phones, one of which is the X7. But this isn’t Symbian as [...]

For all those Xbox Haters – PS3 in a Sony HD LCD TV

Well I like Xbox’s, so please expect a bias blog post here… Along with Sony’s great TV range and their gaming console; this was always going to happen. They have combined a good gaming console into one of there best new TV’s, allowing for full HD viewing of you most watched programs and instant switching [...]

web accessibility

1                    What is Web Accessibility? Web accessibility means that people with disabilities can perceive, understand, navigate, and interact with the Web, and that they can contribute to the Web. 2                    Why is so important? It is essential that the Web be accessible in order to provide equal access and equal opportunity to people with disabilitiesProvide [...]

Web accessibility – It’s a big world out there.

If you couldn’t capture the title, this has to do with the differrent ways of accessing the Internet (Preferably not 4Chan) and the duties required to provide a sustainable system. Web accessibility is ensuring that Articles, Media, etc. on the Web, are able to be viewed and understood under different circumstances. These circumstances can relate [...]

iiNET – BoB’s Big Brother

BoB. It’s so cool they spelt it’s name wrong at birth. (Broadband in a box > >). But the old BoB many of us have is made in America from a well known company. Because of this there has been many problems. From day one iiNET said it would make it’s own router and hardware [...]

Web Accessibility – The Interwebs for all…

The internet has been created for every single person on earth, no matter how different. Some people can’t listen to speach, or read the text on a website; but companys and websites are trying there best to make it better for those with a disabilitiy. Because of this, when a website is being created special [...]

ICT Trends – iPad’s In-Classrooms

A recent article posted on Mashable (prob. a week ago now) looked at the Apple iPad trial in schools and whether iPad’s and in deed students are ready. http://mashable.com/2011/05/16/tablets-education/ The following topics are covered: Tablets are the Best Way to Show Textbooks Classrooms Are Ready for Tablets Tablets Fit Students’ Lifestyles Tablets have the Students [...]

The Interwebs – Usage :)

The Internet (Also called the Interwebs). It’s a beautiful world. Full of infomation, publications, games, YouTube, Facebook and other less-inviting aspects*. Every single day there is something new on the internet, not to mention every second. It’s been looked at as a huge help for people at work, allowing them to colaberate with others around [...]

Ipad 2

  It’s 33 percent thinner and up to 15 percent lighter, so it feels even more comfortable in your hands. Two powerful cores in one A5 chip mean iPad can do twice the work at once. With up to nine times the graphics performance, game play on iPad is even smoother and more realistic. And [...]

Intel Tri Gate 22nm Technology

Intel Tri Gate 22nm Technology First benchmarking test with Intel’s new Technology

Apple Granted Patent For USB/Thunderbolt-Compatible 30-Pin Connector

Apple has just won a patent, which I totally saw coming a mile away, that seemingly allows for their semi-ubiquitous 30-pin connector to support “DisplayPort (dual lane)”, which sounds a lot like the Thunderbolt standard so recently added to the Apple stable. Their is a patent that shows a step in this direction: further coalescing different [...]

eBook’s – The New Book

Wow that title makes this story sound really intresting. Sadly, book’s are not as interesting as they used to be, but Apple, Amazon and other companies are bringing it back into style by making the book become something digital. So iPad’s, iPhones and Kindles have been around for a few years now. You can buy [...]

iOS 5 – A new beginning?

According to two “solid sources” for TechCruch, Apple’s forthcoming iOS 5 software may bring with it a major revamp of the operating system built around the cloud, but we’ll have to wait for a fall release to enjoy its new features. A fall release would break the pattern of previous iOS releases, which have typically been [...]

Sony Ericsson Xperia Play

First unveiled at the Mobile World Congress (MWC) trade show in Barcelona, Spain, the Sony Ericsson XPERIA Play features a “4″ multitouch display, a touch-sensitive joystick, a D-pad and four of the PlayStation’s famous control buttons; triangle, square, circle and X.  PlayStation games on the XPERIA Play will be downloaded through the ‘PlayStation Suite’, an [...]

Will the Xphone be real?

We know that the PSP Phone aka the Xperia Play is real, as confirmed by an official Sony and Android commercial at the beginning of this week, but what about Xbox? The gaming platform is integrated into Windows Phone 7 as Xbox Live, but we’re lacking a genuine gaming phone with Xbox features, unless you [...]

New Functionality: Print Friendly

New Functionality has just been installed which allows you to Print, Email or Save a PDF of a particular page or blog post. As well as the ability to Print you can also remove sections of text, headers, images and YouTube Videos so that you don’t waste paper or colour. The print friendly button appears [...]

Apple iPad 2 Gets iMovie to Go With Camera

Since the iPad 2 has a pair of cameras, Apple is porting iMovie to the iPad. The popular movie editing software debuted over 10 years ago on the Mac and brought it iPhone with limited capability last year. While even some professional movie makers used it, the small interface make it challenging to edit complex [...]

D-Link DSL-2740B

D-Link DSL-2740 has been around in some shape or form since 2006 now, and it shows in the design, this is one box you’ll want to hide away in a dark corner. The 2470B amounts to a middle of the road effort from D-Link. It’s not missing any features, but it doesn’t do much above [...]

BELKIN PLAYMAX MODEM ROUTER

Speed Double your performance and bandwidth with Dual-Band N technology. Simultaneous networks eliminate interference and optimize media-intensive applications like videos and gaming, with speeds of up to 300 Mbps. Modem supports ADSL 2+ connection. Security WPS/WPA2 encryption standards and preset security settings get you up and running safely. One-touch Wi-Fi Protected Setup (WPS) securely connects [...]

Revision of Course Topics

I have just implemented some new functionality into the Teachbook Blog site. This functionality will allow us to develop revision quizzes based on the topics that have been covered. Each quiz will generate 10 random multiple choice questions from the database of questions, this means that each quiz won’t be too long. Every time you [...]

Google Docs: Google Cloud Connect

Thursday was a very busy day in the internet world.  As well as the release of new Apple products and releasing of Intel’s new hardware, Google has announced the release of their new Google Cloud Connect technology for Google Docs. I do lots of research publications with my Dad who lives and works in the [...]

Thunderbolt (a.k.a Light Peak) Explained

Following on from the previous post about Intel’s light peak (thanks Ricardo). http://blog.teachbook.com.au/index.php/2011/02/intel-light-peak/ Thunderbolt is the new technology that Apple has integrated into its new Macbook Pro line.  This is the same technology referenced in Ricardo’s article and was formally called Light Peak.  This technology was developed by Intel and collaborated on by Apple in [...]

Possible Apple Store Refresh Today?

Looks like the Apple store are updating there line of products! Over the last few weeks a lot of news (that you should already know, if you don’t live under a rock) about the Macbook Pro’s being updated look to be correct. With possible moves from Nivida to ATI graphics, to actual confirmed details that [...]

WordPress 3.1 – Update on its way!

Mashable has just reported the arrival of WordPress 3.1 update! http://mashable.com/2011/02/23/wordpress-3-1/ Whilst I haven’t had a chance to update this particular blog yet you can expect it very soon.  The new features include customisable Administration menu and blog types which will allow you to post galleries and various other styled blogs entries.

Top 5 Gaming Keyboards of 2010

#1  Logitech G19 Large color LCD supports digital photos and video playback; included software development kit opens LCD up to homebrew and community-made apps; 16 million color options for backlit keys; built-in USB 2.0 ports; improved macro recording capabilities with support for five simultaneous key presses. Price: $399.00   #2  Razer Tarantula Razer brings all [...]

The National Broadband Network

The national broadband network (or NBN for short) is the next best things for all gamers, nerds and people who use the internet in Australia! The NBN is designed to bring fibre to the premises, basicly meaning that eventualy, they will get a fibre optic cable and either above or below ground attach it to [...]

Apple Event Announced – 2nd March 2011

Apple is holding an event in San Francisco on March 2, and many feel the company is getting ready to unveil the newest version of the highly successful iPad – Mashable.com has just posted. http://mashable.com/2011/02/22/apple-event-ipad-2/ There are also lots of rumour surrounding the release of the new Macbook Pro which is also due for release [...]

Alienware m15X Review

Following the redesign of the m17X gaming notebook, alienware went and gave the m15x the same extreme make over as they did to the m17x, its the newest 15 inch notebook today. Not only does this notebook have the smae extreme looks like the m17x like the menacing grill and backlit keyboard but the new [...]

Google Docs Viewer… updated!

If you don’t use Gmail or Google Chrome you may not be aware of Google Docs. Google docs basically allows you to view and in some cases edit multiple forms of documents. The system also allows you to manage documents with simple document management system functionality. A recent article by Mashable.com references the official Google [...]

Who do you follow?

I dont know if any of you use Twitter at all.. however one person that I follow is Vivek Wadhwa (@vwadhwa) he is an academic and Senior Research Assistant at Harvard Law School and often writes for TechCrunch. Although he is very critical of Google his articles do raise some very good points. In a [...]

Samsung Galaxy Review

The Samsung S Galaxy could definitely do with a sprinkling of individuality, espicially for customers looking for a variable iPhone alternative, not an iPhone look a like. But its flaws are mostly skin deep and once you immerse yourself in the class leading 4- inch screen you would forgot all about the flaws. The Android [...]

Game Design – Minecraft

Several games studios latley have tried to find a sweet spot for user’s to bring there own passion and ideas into that game. Other then Call of Duty, there are many new games around that have been created by one or two people that have no story-line at all, but is as large as other games [...]

Did You Know?

Video published on on YouTube by Sony Entertainment… did you know? The video looks at current statistics in ICT, communications and sensis data.

Techcrunch Interview: Mark Zuckerberg

Techcrunch interview with Mark Zuckerberg talking about Facebook and where he thinks privacy on the internet is going.

Problogger: 10 Tips for writing a successful blog article

Before you go on to write lots of meaningful articles about various topics on this course, it could be worth having a read over this article written by Problogger. The article outlines the 10 most imporant things about writing successful and interesting blog posts that your peers would actually like to read. http://www.problogger.net/archives/2005/12/30/tens-tips-for-writing-a-blog-post/ 1)  Make [...]

The use of blogs in Education

This is a short video I found about the use of blogs, like this one in an Education forum. The video shows how useful and interesting blogs can be as an activity in class room. The alternatives to a blog/wiki are research essays, in-class discussions and teacher lectures…. which would you prefer?

Moderation: Banned Users

The moderation exercise which was performed in class has now finished. Any users who have continued to spam the site will be banned and will be required to complete a research essay in order to meet the outcomes of the course and pass this assessment task. All comments must be on-topic, relevant and mature. If [...]

Moderation of online communities

From last lesson we can all agree that there is an inherit difficulty with moderating online commmunities.  Through the exercise in the previous class we identified how users with either too much previliges and freedom comments and blog posts can easily spiral out of control and drift off topic.  Whilst it is up to the [...]