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CourseCasts - August 25, 2008 (.mp3 - 6.5 MB)

Click above to listen to this week's CourseCast. Check up on the hiccups in the latest technology. Hear about a gag order on MIT hackers. All this and News Briefs in this week's CourseCast!

Topics: A Long Way to Go, Students Gagged, News Briefs
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News

Story 1 - A Long Way to Go
Microsoft admits posting flawed update [Computerworld]
A third of new PCs being downgraded to XP, says metrics researcher [Computerworld]
iPhone 3G Issues: The Plot Thickens [Gigaom]
Again? Gmail users report another outage [Computerworld]
Apple Grants Two More Free MobileMe Months [Wired]

Story 2 - Students Gagged
Court halts subway hacker talk [Computerworld]
Gag order against MIT students dissolved by judge [Computerworld]
3 takeaways from security-flaw legal flap between MBTA, MIT students [Computerworld]

News Briefs:
Google releases new version of the Software Development Kit for Android [NewsFactor]
Some colleges providing incoming freshmen with complimentary iPhones or iPod Touches [New York Times]
Intel refining technology for true wireless computing [NYTimes]
Princeton Review accidentally publishes personal data and test scores [NYTimes]
iPhone launched in India, New Zealand, South America, and Poland [Reuters]
Abductions in Mexico leading affluent parents to spend thousands on implanting tiny transmitters in children [Reuters]
Sprints WiMax high-speed wireless networks to take place in Baltimore this September [Technology Review]
Toshiba's new Qosmio laptop is first to incorporate hand gesture recognition technology [Technology Review]
Philadelphia TV news anchor lost job and facing prison for hacking into co-anchor's email [Computerworld]
Microsoft launching mega million dollar ad campaign in September to boost Vista’s image [Computerworld]
Intel Developers Forum projects computers becoming as intelligent as humans over the next 40 years [Computerworld]
Online music service Pandora talking about closing down due to lack of royalty money for music industry [Wired]
MIT researchers develop microscopic biological system to self-assemble into a nanoscale battery [Ars Technica]

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Ken Baldauf, the voice of Course Technology's "Coursecast of the Week", is on the faculty of Florida State University where he teaches thousands of students each year in computer literacy, management information systems, digital media, and Web development classes.

Between teaching and authoring Course Technology's Succeeding with Technology and Principles of Information Systems, Ken has developed a keen sense of what technology news and information is most important for college students as they prepare to enter the job market. Ken considers it his professional mission to help students from every educational discipline achieve the maximum benefits from the "power of technology". That's why Ken starts every day sifting through dozens of online news sources to bring you the latest and most relevant technology stories along with explanations of what they mean and why they matter.

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