Today in tech: McKinnon's mother takes on Straw, games in schools

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More updates from Apple

Seems like there's no stopping Apple at the moment, with product announcement after product announcement, mixed up with a few updates. Today, it's the turn of the MacBook Pro. IT PRO

McKinnon's mum takes political stand

The mother of NASA and Pentagon hacker Gary McKinnon is to stand against Jack Straw for his seat in Blackburn. PC Pro

ViewSonic unveils new ebook readers

Display maker ViewSonic is venturing into the ebook reader market by launching two new products. Expert Reviews

Game teaches kids about violence

While computer games are often accused of making children misbehave, Grand Theft Auto is being used in some schools as an educational tool. Daily Mail

Maggie Holland

Maggie has been a journalist since 1999, starting her career as an editorial assistant on then-weekly magazine Computing, before working her way up to senior reporter level. In 2006, just weeks before ITPro was launched, Maggie joined Dennis Publishing as a reporter. Having worked her way up to editor of ITPro, she was appointed group editor of CloudPro and ITPro in April 2012. She became the editorial director and took responsibility for ChannelPro, in 2016.

Her areas of particular interest, aside from cloud, include management and C-level issues, the business value of technology, green and environmental issues and careers to name but a few.