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Sugar on Windows looking inevitable: Now that Walter Bender has resigned from OLPC, Technology Review featured an article on the group's new president, Charles Kane. The article makes it very clear that OLPC, under the direction of Kane and Nicholas Negroponte, will definitely be seeking to deploy Windows on XOs and future products from...; Tags: One Laptop Per Child Project, Nicholas Negroponte, Bender, Microsoft Windows, Operating Systems, Software, Christopher Dawson; Blog posts 2008-05-04

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What One Laptop Per Child lacks: An entrepreneur. (Read to the end for the story of this picture.) Nicholas Negroponte is a brilliant man, a futurist of high rank, an idealist, and an all-around nice guy. He is not an entrepreneur. Neither, for that matter, is Walter...; Tags: Entrepreneur, One Laptop Per Child Project, Tycho, Entrepreneurship, Management, Dana Blankenhorn; Blog posts 2008-04-29
Noble goals and politics at the OLPC: Noble goals and politics at the OLPCSidetrack in progressDoes look like OLPC is being distracted from its original goal by corporate politics (and maybe a little bit of purism). A Windows port of Sugar may or may not be worthwhile, but it could wait for a subsequent release.Cross platform...; Tags: Operating systems, One Laptop Per Child project, Microsoft Windows, computer; Discussion threads 2008-04-25
Noble goals and politics at the OLPC: The "One Laptop Per Child" project (OLPC), the brainchild of Nicholas Negroponte, was envisioned as a way to bring the cost of computing down to a level where more in the developing world could afford it, either directly, or more likely, through purchases by governments and NGOs aiming to encourage...; Tags: Software, Open Source, One Laptop Per Child Project, John Carroll; Blog posts 2008-04-25
News to know: Microsoft Mesh; Microhoo; OLPC; Patents; Linked data: Notable headlines: Mary Jo Foley: Ten things to know about Microsoft's Live Mesh Ryan Stewart: Silverlight and the future core of Microsoft Screen shots: Microsoft's Live Mesh (right) Images: Hands-on with Live Mesh Techmeme ...; Tags: Patent, Dana Blankenhorn, Microsoft Corp., One Laptop Per Child Project, Digital Rights Management (DRM), Linux, Open Source, Security, Operating Systems, Software, Larry Dignan; Blog posts 2008-04-23

The truth about desktops and laptops: The failure of One Laptop Per Child (and it is a failure) to mass market its $100 Linux laptops made me realize something important about that market. There is something cheaper than free. It's called subsidized, bundled, marketed and supported. Subsidy comes in many...; Tags: Desktop, Handheld, Laptop Computer, Handheld Internet Terminal, Linux, Microsoft Windows, Operating Systems, UNIX, Open Source, Software, Dana Blankenhorn; Blog posts 2008-04-22
Jack's Bouncy Qubes (exe): Jack's Bouncy Qubes is an addictive 3D puzzle game that puts you in control of a board of explosive bouncy qubes. The aim is to move Jack around the board, jumping over the qubes and link them in ''like'' combinations. Once they connect, the qubes are detonated and will explode!The...; Tags: 3D, Board, Corporate Governance, Games, Business Operations, Corporate Law, Personal Technology; Software downloads 2008-01-04
Crysis on the Alienware m9750: A few people have e-mailed in to ask me how the m9750 I have on loan from the kind folks at Alienware handles Crysis. Given that I'm on a bit of a gaming bender as of late, I'm happy to oblige. Check out the complete screenshot gallery here. ...; Tags: Game, Alienware, Quad-core, Graphics, Crysis, Windows Experience Index Here, Quad-core System, Games, Processors, Personal Technology, Semiconductors, Hardware, Components, Adrian Kingsley-Hughes; Blog posts 2007-11-28
Adobe apps not fully tested on new Mac OS: Adobe apps not fully tested on new Mac OSWhy was this even posted?What has Adobe to fear? This is Apple we're talking about. Apple hasn't ever released an operating systems that caused problems with existing programs and thus require a vendor patch. We all know the only OS developer that...; Tags: Operating systems, Adobe Systems Inc., new Mac OS, operating system, Apple Mac OS, Apple Macintosh; Discussion threads 2007-09-18
Intel inside OLPC?: Ars technica is reporting that Intel is aggressively working to convince the makers of the OLPC (One Laptop Per Child, whose actual product is called the XO) to include Intel chips in its design. OLPC is welcoming the company that once called it's product a "gadget" to contribute designs:...; Tags: Ars Technica, Intel Corp., One Laptop Per Child Project, Christopher Dawson; Blog posts 2007-09-10
Disk drive life depends on . . . luck: Disk drive life depends on . . . luckInteresting Article!!I guess I just have bad luck with drives!!Ah yes,I remember when I came to work one day to find 7 failed drives (out of an array of 20). I also found out that these drives were recalled by the manufacturer....; Tags: Branding, software, hardware, Maxtors, Maxtor Corp., Seagate Technology LLC, brand, disk drive, Maxtor Drive, hard drive, disk, Disk Drive Life; Discussion threads 2007-07-05
(Photos: 2007 Robot Hall of Fame inductees): (Photos: 2007 Robot Hall of Fame inductees)Hurry up C3P0, K9, Kamelion, Kryton, Kryten, Bender, and Fox Mulder.:DSources: Star Wars, Doctor Who, Doctor Who, Buck Rogers, Red Dwarf, Futurama, and The X-Files.Sorry, Twiki looked like a large phallus on legs. Ewww.And why Data? It's quite obvious he was...; Tags: Robots, photograph, robot; Discussion threads 2007-05-16
OLPC: No Windows for us folks: The One Laptop Per Child Project wont be doing Windows. Ken Fisher at Ars Technica reports that the OLPC project (blog focus) isnt doing Windows. Fisher notes that AP, Reuters and other mischaracterized the situation. Fisher writes: According to Walter...; Tags: Software Infrastructure, Linux, Hardware Infrastructure, Government, General; Blog posts 2007-05-03
OLPC - No Windows and Office for you ... officially at least: Last week Nicholas Negroponte, former director of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology Media Lab now head of the nonprofit One Laptop Per Child project, gave analysts and journalists the impression that the $175 OLPC (the price hike was announced at the same time) would be able to run Windows as...; Tags: Microsoft, Linux; Blog posts 2007-05-03
With or without Windows, is OLPC DOA?: With or without Windows, is OLPC DOA?The little laptop that could? NOT!Well, now the truth comes out -- that Nicholas Negroponte never did endorse Windows on the XO. He is still clinging to open-source as the ONLY answer. I guess the point is that the OLPC can...; Tags: Microsoft Corp., Now IT, One Laptop Per Child project, Microsoft Windows; Discussion threads 2007-05-03
With or without Windows, is OLPC DOA?: Ars Technica is reporting this morning that Microsoft and OLPC are not actually working together to bring the Windows Innovation Suite to the XO (the latest incarnation of OLPCs hardware). OLPC has clarified that, despite reports and a good deal of media hype (OLPC to run Windows? Say...; Tags: Education Technology; Blog posts 2007-05-03
A cure for e-mail attention disorder?: A cure for e-mail attention disorder?Wish i had something as simple as "DELETE ALL FOREIGN SCRIPT".......automatically. At least it would encourage the clowns the learn a real language....Sounds like BenderThe guys at Slashdot have a system where you can spend karma on news articles you submit to them for...; Tags: e-mail, news article, e-mail attention; Discussion threads 2007-02-28
18seconds.org: Yahoo's green CFL mashup: From the good idea department, Yahoo, with some assistance from Wal-Mart, the Department of Energy, the Environmental Protection Agency and others parties, launched 18seconds.org (green.yahoo.com) calling on consumers to replace traditional incandescent light bulbs with Energy Star compliant compact fluorescent light bulbs (CFLs). The Web site tracks nationwide CFL purchases...; Tags: General, Green Tech, Yahoo; Blog posts 2007-02-22
Intel offering Brazil a $400 laptop: There is a newcomer in the race to bridge the digital divide in Brazil. Intel is donating $400 laptops to Brazils government, directly competing with the One Laptop Per Child project (OLPC), reports the Associated Press. Intel will donate 700 to 800 Classmate PCs for a government evaluation...; Tags: laptop computer, DigitalDivide, Education Technology; Blog posts 2006-12-07
That one laptop is now running $150: The now infamous $100 laptop of the One Laptop Per Child (OLPC) has just gotten a dubious promotion to $150, but is slated to ship out in 2007, reports News.com The prototype laptop was shown off this week at the Silicon Valley Challenge Summit, held...; Tags: Education Technology, DigitalDivide, laptop computer, One Laptop per Child; Blog posts 2006-11-17