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Computer classes offered in June at Project Self-SufficiencyNews from Warren Reporter:
Project Self-Sufficiency will be offering a variety of computer classes in June, including a basic Introduction to Personal Computers, an advanced class in Microsoft Excel, an introductory course in Microsoft Word, and courses designed specifically for men. All classes will take place in the agency’s Career Center, which is located at 127 Mill Street in Newton. The fee for each class is $ 10, with the exception of the free “Careering 101” and “Careering 102” courses. Students must [...] Continue Reading…

Here’s how desperately cities want Apple storesNews from CNET:According to a report, Apple gets hugely preferential leases just to open its stores in certain cities and locations. Why is anyone surprised?
(Credit: CBS Interactive)
It seems that Apple is retail’s Botox.
The minute an Apple store appears in a shopping mall — or, say, a vast famous New York railway station — somehow the area becomes prettier and more devastatingly young.
The Next Web reports that Apple is continually offered ludicrously favorable incentives just to be the next shiny dance partner for a [...] Continue Reading…

Facebook IPO marred by computer breakdowns, price collapse that left small …News from New York Post:

They were Mark Zuckerberg’s cash cows.
Hordes of everyday New Yorkers played the fool yesterday to Wall Street fat cats and Facebook insiders, who used a bloated stock price to milk them of billions of dollars during an overhyped IPO.
With a $ 38-a-share price tag and forecasts for a 10 percent jump, mom-and-pop investors blindly bought in with dreams of instant riches that never came true.
Meanwhile, the social network’s hoodie-wearing CEO finished the day [...] Continue Reading…

Can This Computer Empower a New Generation of Programmers?News from Mashable:

The World at Work is powered by GE. This new series highlights the people, projects and startups that are driving innovation and making the world a better place.
Name: Raspberry Pi
Big Idea: Raspberry Pi is a small, lightweight computer that runs on Linux and costs next to nothing — the Model A retails at $ 35, while the forthcoming Model B will be priced at $ 25.
Why It’s Working: By far the cheapest computer on the market, the [...] Continue Reading…

Apple Co-Founder Steve Wozniak Hired to Help Aaron Sorkin on Steve Jobs BiopicNews from Hollywood Reporter:
After having helped invent the technology that set Steve Jobs off on a biopic-worthy career, Steve Wozniak is going to make sure that biopic gets the technology just right.

During a press conference to promote his new HBO show The Newsroom on Thursday, Aaron Sorkin also entertained a few questions about his new gig adapting Walter Isaacson’s biography about the late tech icon.
Among the revelations was that Sony, the studio behind the film, has hired [...] Continue Reading…

Computer Programming for All: A New Standard of LiteracyNews from ReadWriteWeb:
Everyone ought to be able to read and write; few people within the global mainstream would argue with that statement. But should everyone be able to program computers? The question is becoming critically important as digital technology plays an ever more central role in daily life. The movement to make code literacy a basic tenet of education is gaining momentum, and its success or failure will have a huge impact on our society.

The democratization of literacy in the [...] Continue Reading…

Is Apple running out of feisty cat names for OS X?News from Los Angeles Times:
When Apple launched its current line of operating systems, called OS X, it chose to name the various versions after cats, starting with “Cheetah” in 2001.
Apple never gave a reason why, but it was a very fitting name, seeing as Apple was far behind its competitors at the time and needed to cover a lot of ground very quickly, like a cheetah could.
And now, more than a decade later, Apple is sitting at the top, [...] Continue Reading…

Computer error raises fares for Delta’s frequent fliersNews from Detroit Free Press:
MINNEAPOLIS — Delta Air Lines may have charged some frequent fliers higher fares than other customers for almost three weeks because of a computer glitch.
Delta, the largest carrier at Detroit Metro Airport, acknowledged on Wednesday that frequent fliers who logged into its website to search for fares saw different prices than people who searched anonymously. Delta spokesman Paul Skrbec said frequent fliers sometimes saw higher fares, sometimes lower. He said the problem has been fixed and apologized to [...] Continue Reading…

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Consultant: Salem’s computer network is in ‘chaos’News from Eagle Tribune:
SALEM — A plan to spend nearly $ 300,000 to upgrade the town’s computer network would end what the information technology manager called “complete chaos.”
Russ Harland, director of technical services for Neoscope Technology Solutions of Portsmouth, told selectmen Monday the town must invest in the system to avoid numerous problems.
“This is, to me, is a [...] Continue Reading…

Words of technology giant Apple are used against it in NY judge’s ruling on e …News from Washington Post:
NEW YORK — A federal judge cited the confident voice of the late Apple founder Steve Jobs on Tuesday as she refused to toss out lawsuits alleging the company and various publishers conspired to drive up the price of electronic books.
U.S. District Judge Denise Cote noted in her written ruling that Jobs had made statements that agreements between the publishers and Apple Inc., based in Cupertino, Calif., would cause consumers to [...] Continue Reading…