itnews.com.au — The NSW Department of Education is using asset-tracking software, RFID tags, and BIOS-embedded filtering smarts to roll out 240,000 netbook computers into what is called "the most hostile environment you can roll computers into" - the local high school. A massive logistical and IT security challenge...
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tman01Sep 28, 2009
Me thinks anyone with the skillset necessary to pown it won't bother with this piece-o-crap because their own is better. Just imagine how valuable this baby will be four years later when you graduate and you get to keep it. Seriously though this is evil marketing genius, people often stay within their comfort zone of software they learn to use early on. This should in the long run pay big dividends for the "aproved" software suppliers.
suricouSep 28, 2009
Good luck finding a tablet PC that is affordable for this purpose.Also, as a former school IT technician... if the tablet doesn't come with a hardscreen, we wouldn't buy it. Pupils have an inability to distinguish between 'touch stylus' and 'jab stylus.'
inactiveuserSep 28, 2009
at least it was beasty..
kerrigoreSep 28, 2009
But it's Windows 7! Surely you're not suggesting Windows 7 is hackable! I have it on good authority (commenters on Digg) that Windows 7 is the greatest OS ever, utterly without flaw!
Closed AccountSep 28, 2009
A Challenger appears.
sndreamOct 12, 2009
It's unhackable till all 240K netbooks got disabled remotely.
super6Oct 14, 2009
Probably someone in charge of IT that realized 95% of users are absolute idiots that would find a way to catch and spread a virus through the network in a matter of weeks
cynicaltylerOct 16, 2009
@BigSwole: And until we know for sure, the laptop is both hackable AND unhackable. QUANTUM PHYSICS, BITCH!
wikinerdOct 17, 2009
Where's my popcorn?