If I let them, my kids would live on the computer. I don’t think it’s a good place to live. Every computer must have a monitor — a really, really good one. Otherwise, the computer is useless. What ...

There was a time when computers were far too expensive to let mere students use them. In those days, we wrote fake programs for fictitious machines and checked them by hand. That wasn’t fun, but it ...

Most parents spend a lot of time worrying about protecting kids from online predators. But what about protecting the family computer from kids who download games or ringtones that disguise viruses or ...

As kids get older, having a designated study space can set the tone for a productive school year. Yet these days, kids don’t just need space for their textbooks and notes—they’ll also need room for ...

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The digital divide is growing, and children are caught in the middle. Having a home computer can change a child's entire future. There are more than 72 million children in the United States. About 41% ...

BROOKLYN, New York – I’m sitting on the floor at The Academy of Talented Scholars (PS 682) in Bensonhurst, watching kindergarteners create robots on an iPad. It’s one of the cutest things I’ve ever ...

From CNET Magazine: They might not look like much, but tiny Raspberry Pi computers could help society relearn what it means to be technically literate. Stephen Shankland worked at CNET from 1998 to ...

Maybe recent price cuts on the Playstation, Xbox and GameCube consoles will change things. However, videogame console sales have stalled while personal computer, cell phone and digital camera ...