"Educators said they look forward to online content playing a greater role in the classroom but have lingering concerns. Though the online textbooks are free, they question how cash-strapped districts will pay for the infrastructure required – more computers, school-wide wireless Internet access, teacher training programs -- and ensure equal access to students from varying socioeconomic backgrounds."

Los Angeles Times - Seema Mehta - August 11, 2009 - 10 online textbooks ready for use in California classrooms

"Mozilla's Firefox Web browser has just hit a new milestone, reaching its 1 billionth user download. "

Source: JR Raphael, PC World - http://www.pcworld.com/article/169446/firefox_hits_1_billion_downloads_so_whats_next.html

Abstract: Arthur Benjamin is proposing to change the curriculum for math education to be torwards statistics and probability instead of Calculus. 

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"Buffalo Public Schools (NY) recently selected DimensionM™ education video games to supplement their math curriculum for 12,000 students in 45 schools. The district will begin using the games during the upcoming summer school session and continue in the fall."

Source: School CIO - July 13th 2009 - http://schoolcio.com/ShowArticle/21816