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This post is an excerpt from Brief.

Less than an hour ago, the Twitter account weeted its intention to take down Amazon.com with its LOIC application, the software designed to launch Distributed Denial of Service (DDoS) attacks, as directed by the group of hackers known only as "Anonymous." The group's "Operation Payback" campaign has already hit websites like MasterCard and Visa in recent days, successfully taking the sites offline for hours.

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Miro 3.5: Video Converter

This post is an excerpt from Free Technology for Teachers: Miro Video Converter & Miro 3.5.

Miro, the open source video player, recently released version 3.5 and the new Miro Video Converter. Miro 3.5 includes a media converter that allows you to convert videos into the best formats for display on iPhones and Android devices. Miro 3.5 also updated subtitle display to give you options for the best display for you. If you don't want to download Miro 3.5 you can choose to download just the Miro Video Converter to convert files to formats for iPhone and Android display.

Google's Earth Engine

This post is an excerpt from Free Technology for Teachers: Google Earth Engine - Satellite Imagery Database.

Today, Google launched the Google Earth Engine in Labs. (Labs is where Google releases experimental features). According to Google the purpose of the Earth Engine is to provide an online environment monitoring platform in the form of a dynamic digital model of the planet. In practice this means that the Google Earth Engine provides access to satellite data that can be used for creating visual displays of information related to environmental science. Learn more about the Earth Engine in the video below.

Google Sponsors Science Fair

This post is an excerpt from Free Technology for Teachers: The Google Science Fair is Coming Soon.

The focus of the Google Science Fair is on STEM projects. The Google Science Fair will be open to 13-18 year old students. Students can enter individually or in small teams. The focus of the Google Science Fair is on STEM projects. Google's partners in this project include National Geographic, CERN, NASA, Scientific American, and LEGO. Teachers can register now to receive free resource kits, bookmarks, stickers, posters, and notification when registration for the Google Science Fair opens.