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School starts mass social media surveillance of students for their ‘safety’

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A California school district, citing it’s for the children’s “safety” excuses, hired a company to monitor students’ social media posts even when the kids are not on campus. Glendale Unified School District includes “31 schools and over 2,620 employees, serving 27,000 students in grades Kindergarten through 12th grade.” The district is paying $ 40,500 for Geo Listening to analyze the social media posts…
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Internet Explorer still growing as Windows 7 starts its decline

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Net Marketshare

In the first month of 2013, Internet Explorer’s desktop market share is continuing to slowly climb upwards, with Firefox consolidating its number two spot. There are signs that Windows 7 may have peaked as Windows 8 is slowly picking up users.

Net Marketshare

Net Marketshare

January was a good month for Microsoft’s browser, up 0.37 points to 55.14 percent. Firefox also grew, up 0.12 points to 19.94 percent. Chrome fell, down 0.56 points to 17.48 percent. Safari was unchanged at 5.24 percent, and Opera up a hair, gaining 0.04 points to reach 1.75 percent.

The improvement of Internet Explorer’s position masks a story that’s decidedly mixed for Microsoft. Windows 7 fell for the first time in January, dropping 0.63 points from a high of 45.11 percent to 44.48 percent. Windows 8’s slow growth is continuing, up 0.54 points from 1.72 percent to 2.26 percent. There’s also a small number of tablet users, with 0.08 percent on Windows 8 Touch and a minuscule 0.02 percent on Windows RT Touch.

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Surface pricing: $499 for 32 GB, preordering starts today at 9am PT

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Magenta is obviously the best keyboard color.
Microsoft

After maintaining almost complete radio silence about its Windows RT Surface tablets since first revealing them in June, Microsoft has announced pricing and availability.

The cheapest way to buy into Surface will be the $ 499 base model. This will give you 32GB storage, but won’t come with a Touch Cover membrane keyboard-cum-cover. $ 599 will get you a 32GB model with a black Touch Cover, and $ 699 a 64GB unit, also with a black Touch Cover.

Standalone Touch Covers in black, white, magenta, cyan, and red will retail for $ 119.99. Type Covers—a clicky keyboard with actual key switches—will come in black only, and cost $ 129.99.

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how can i get rid of a virus that causes a pop up when my friend starts his computer. its says security system?

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when he starts his computer an ad pops up pretending to be his security system. it says he has spyware and he needs to buy their program to get rid of it. it wants him to give them his credit card number. it says it is security systems. does anybody know how to get rid of it?