Why memorise the date of the first Moon walk when you can simply search for the information online? Business strategist and author Don Tapscott thinks the time has come to change teaching methods and focus more on creative thinking, rather than committing facts and figures to memory: The existence of Google, Wikipedia and online libraries means that there is no useful place in school for old-fashioned rote learning, according ... Read full entry

Mac OS X Web browser rundown 2007: we all know Internet Explorer isn't the only browser for the Windows platform (nor is it by any means the best), but I was quite surprised by the number of browsers Mac (Apple) users have at their disposal, aside from the usual suspects, Firefox, Opera, and Safari. This is what happens when you no longer run a PC and Mac side ... Read full entry