Posts Categorized: exam2012A

12 IT Outsourcing Predictions for 2012

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Description: In 2011, the IT outsourcing industry was marked by smaller deals, leery customers, profit-squeezed IT service providers and a lot of cloud computing talk. Much of that could continue next year, but as our 12 predictions for 2012 indicate, you can expect some new IT outsourcing developments–maybe even a few firsts. Source: cio.com Date:… Read more »

The $75 Future Computer

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Description: Take a look at the designs for what could someday be the world’s cheapest PC, and you may start to wish you were a third-grade child in Burundi. Source: forbes.com Date: Jan 10 2012 One Laptop Per Child (OLPC), MIT professor Nicholas Negroponte’s non-profit effort aimed at putting cheap educational laptops into the hands… Read more »

Health Risks of Texting

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Description: Health experts are seeing increased number of people with injuries from their phones. CBC News’ Sarah Konsmo reports Source: cnn.com Date: Jan 4, 2012 Questions for discussion: What are the health risks of texting? What are the actions one can take to reduce health risks of texting? Does this story make you take a… Read more »