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- First Classmates available for pre-order in US (for $500!)
- First Classmates available for pre-order in US (for $500!)We still need to get back to the $100 price point goal. OLPC may justquietly hit the $100 price point while other go back to the old mode of constantly putting more memory, faster processors, . . . Actually, I noticed some...
- Tags: Notebooks, laptop computer, Classmates
- Discussion threads 2008-04-18
- The best Linux distro for a new breed of PCs
- Clearly, small, low-powered laptops are here to stay, with the advent of Intel's Atom platform and the success of systems like the Asus Eee. Classmates are coming to a little lap near you, OLPC America is hard at work, and vendors should be jumping on the Atom bandwagon shortly....
- Tags: PC, One Laptop Per Child Project, Classmates, *buntu, Linux, UNIX, Open Source, Operating Systems, Software, Christopher Dawson
- Blog posts 2008-04-04
- Classmates for the rest of us!
- Classmates for the rest of us!hope they do better than the HP Jornada 820I have on my shelf, somewhere, an HP Jornada 820 that has much the same size/wight specs as the Classmates and related systems. It uses a version of WinCE (2.11) that should have worked. What it also...
- Tags: Handhelds, Linux, Classmates, Microsoft Windows CE, Hewlett-Packard Co.
- Discussion threads 2008-03-21
- Classmates for the rest of us!
- Intel announced Wednesday that it will be offering its 2nd- and 3rd-generation Classmate PCs in the United States and Europe. This is a welcome change from the company's previous offerings only to emerging markets, leaving those of us who didn't live in Asia, Africa, or South America wishing for...
- Tags: OEM, Intel Corp., Classmates, Notebooks, Processors, Hardware, Notebooks & Tablets, Semiconductors, Components, Christopher Dawson
- Blog posts 2008-03-20
- Hey Dell...Wanna sell some Classmates?
- Hey Dell...Wanna sell some Classmates?We will see the Intel Classmate evolve and add features that areappropriate for grades 1-6 and also 7-12. But, Intel needs to decide they are going to produce it themselves, or completely hand it off to manufactures and get out of it.In any regard, we are...
- Tags: CAD, Retail, Keyboards, ASUS, Dell Computer Corp., Classmates, Wanna
- Discussion threads 2008-01-14
- Saying goodbye to the Classmates
- Saying goodbye to the ClassmatesInteresting numbers, Chris ...Too bad you couldn't get a full set of numbers on all tests. Disabling logins on the Windows XP Pro system crippled it somewhat. I wonder why they did that. What I find most interesting though is how much faster...
- Tags: OOA/OOD/OOP, PRODUCTIVITY, OPEN SOURCE, Microsoft Windows XP, object-oriented, Linux, computer, Microsoft Office
- Discussion threads 2007-11-12
- Classmates files for $125 million IPO
- United Online's Classmates Media unit filed for a $125 million IPO in what could be a good litmus test for social media plays on Wall Street.Classmates isn't Facebook all resources, but does have enough name recognition to garner interest for investors looking to buy into the social media hubbub. The...
- Tags: Social Networking, Social Media, United Online Inc., IPO, Social Networking Service, Larry Dignan
- Blog posts 2007-08-13
- VoIP social networking's latest alliance: Classmates and NetZero
- VoIP social networking's latest alliance: Classmates and NetZeroI think those who want to talk are already doing soI don't think that this is a blockbuster deal. Classmates and other social websites are great because they allow you to keep up with people at your convenience. I can't...
- Tags: TELECOMMUNICATIONS, VoIP, network, alliance, Gips, Classmates, NetZero, social networking, VoIP social networking
- Discussion threads 2005-10-13
- VoIP social networking's latest alliance: Classmates and NetZero
- Seems that Skype and eBay are not the only ones talking about how VoIP services will personalize communications.Now, Classmates the folks that let you find your fellow alums and NetZero have teamed up to promote NetZero VoIP.I didn't find out about this via a press release, but by an email...
- Tags: Classmates Gold Member.This, NetZero
- Blog posts 2005-10-13
Additional Resources
- Can HP's new ULPC compete?
- I just might be buying a bunch of these...this is a repost while I'm on vacation, but I'd appreciated any new feedback now that these have been in the wild for a bit. Tell us what you think of them. HP announced today that it would...
- Tags: Misconception, Hewlett-Packard Co., Video Editing, Video, Laptop Computer, SuSE Linux, SuSE, Corporate Communications, Open Source, Notebooks, Operating Systems, Marketing, Hardware, Notebooks & Tablets, Software, Christopher Dawson
- Blog posts 2008-07-16
- 2nd-generation Intel Classmates reviewed
- I just love these little laptops, so here's another repost while I've "gone fishin'". Intel recently sent me two examples of their second-generation Classmate PC for testing. The Classmates include numerous improvements on their already well-thought-out first-gen machines and mark the first versions that we can...
- Tags: Intel Corp., Intel Classmates, Microsoft Windows, Corporate Communications, Memory, Mesh Networking, Notebooks, Operating Systems, Software, Marketing, Semiconductors, Hardware, Components, Networking, Notebooks & Tablets, Christopher Dawson
- Blog posts 2008-07-15
- Microsoft Equipt: student productivity rise likely?
- Probably not. But it's not a bad thing Microsoft have done, and it really shows that they're committed to this "student malarkey" we have going. Today, they announced that project "Albany", now called Microsoft Equipt, has been released into the wild, for the masses who want an all-round suite of...
- Tags: Microsoft Windows Live, Microsoft Corp., OneCare, Microsoft Windows, Microsoft Office, Operating Systems, Software, Office Suites, Zack Whittaker
- Blog posts 2008-07-02
- College plans virus-writing course
- College plans virus-writing courseWriting virus classWhen I took classes for Networking in school. We had a security class where we tried to break into fellow students computers while preventing them from breaking into our computers. We worked as two person teams. We wrote or found and downloaded cracking software, virus,...
- Tags: Cyberthreats, PRODUCTIVITY, Viruses and worms, Spyware, adware & malware, SECURITY, virus, college plan
- Discussion threads 2008-06-10
- Waiting for the right netbooks
- As the flood of Atom- (and now Via- and Nvidia-) powered netbooks hit the market coverage of Computex this year shows that this is most definitely the next big thing, I'm no longer asking whether I want to equip teachers and classes with these little devices, but which netbook is...
- Tags: Computex, Intel Atom, mini-Inspiron, Microsoft Windows XP, Keyboards, Linux, Processors, Operating Systems, Microsoft Windows, Software, Hardware, Peripherals, Semiconductors, Components, Christopher Dawson
- Blog posts 2008-06-03
- Who decides which OS makes it onto an OLPC?
- A former ZDNet blogger, George Ou, blogged some thoughts on recent developments at OLPC and Larry Dignan's and my concerns about Windows XP on the XO. His blog was titled "Children won't have a say on whether Windows goes on the OLPC but so what?" and he asked, in...
- Tags: Operating System, One Laptop Per Child Project, George, Sugar UI, Microsoft Windows, Operating Systems, Software, Christopher Dawson
- Blog posts 2008-05-18
- ePals provides safe student collaboration tools
- Yesterday, I had the opportunity to speak with Ed Fish, CEO of ePals Corporation. I first heard about ePals through Intel, who recently announced that they would provide hooks to ePals' services on their Classmate PCs. While it's easy to describe ePals as "the world's largest social network...
- Tags: Collaboration, Mr., Collaboration Tool, Classroom, Teacher, Tool, ePals, Productivity, Social Networking, E-mail, Instant Messaging, Online Communications, Marketing, Advertising & Promotion, Internet, Christopher Dawson
- Blog posts 2008-05-06
- Bizarre merger of the day: United Online buys FTD Group
- United Online has one helluva Internet portfolio: Classmates.com, MyPoints, NetZero, Juno and now FTD, a florist. If you're looking for synergy you won't find it here. The company announced Wednesday that it will acquire FTD for $800 million Techmeme. The moving parts involved in that sum are...
- Tags: Merger, United Online Inc., FTD, Mergers & Acquisitions, Investment, Finance, Larry Dignan
- Blog posts 2008-04-30
- First Classmates available for pre-order in US (for $500!)
- M&A Technology is offering 2nd-generation Classmate PCs on its website for $499. Noting that they are available for pre-order now, it's not clear when they will actually ship. However, the ship date is not the problem as I see it. The problem is the price. ...
- Tags: Intel Celeron, Price, RAM, M&A Technology, Classmate PC, Memory, Microsoft Windows XP, Processors, Semiconductors, Hardware, Components, Operating Systems, Microsoft Windows, Software, Christopher Dawson
- Blog posts 2008-04-18
- Intel: Netbook shipments about to ramp
- Intel is putting a lot of faith in the so-called netbook market and reckons that mobile Internet devices are about to take off too. What was telling about Intel's earnings conference call was how confident the company was about the netbook market--a tweener category between laptops and...
- Tags: Mobile, Paul Otellini, Internet Device, Intel Corp., Mobile Internet Device, Advertising & Promotion, Marketing, Larry Dignan
- Blog posts 2008-04-16
- Twitter takes hold in my physics class
- Twitter takes hold in my physics classGood luck and good will with this!In the meantime, will be working with the kids on a new curriculum heard about as we were driving back to DC over a bridge that crosses the historic James River last Sunday @ 4:30p ET. Better...
- Tags: physics class, Twitter, Lunarr
- Discussion threads 2008-04-11
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