"In our more deprived communities pupils are less likely to have computersathome, so access to computerswith fast broadband at school is even more important in improving IT literacy, " she said.
"These awards will help parents and students who don't have computersathome link learning at school with learning anywhere through technology, " said Secretary of Education Richard Riley.
MP3 (and other) file formats would combine with increasingly affordable homecomputers to gently, but definitively, chip away at the CD's monopoly, bringing us to the present day.
Carmack grew up playing withcomputers in a suburb of Kansas City (he was sent to a juvenile homeat 14 after breaking into a school to steal an Apple II) and quit college early to become a game programmer.