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- Everex debuts $399 ultramobile PC
- At CES, Everex is launching a $399 ultramobile that will be sold through Walmart.com starting January 25. The low-cost Everex CloudBook uses the open source gOS V2 Rocket operating system and VIA 1.2GHz C7-M ULV processor, same as the $199 Everex gPC. The Cloudbook is designed for...
- Tags: Google Inc., PC, Ultramobile PC, Everex, Unit, Cloudbook, gOS, Ultramobile PCs (UMPCs), Engineering, Open Source, Construction, Ethernet, Tablets, Hardware, Notebooks & Tablets, Emerging Technologies, Networking, Dan Farber
- Blog posts 2008-01-09
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- My new daughter is a lot like Linux
- Windoze is a boys smelly diaper, Linux is a girls one, that's the messageI guess some people will never be mature enough to get it.Handling the learning curve...is not very hard. Particularly when you let them use the simple Gnome user interface which the standard Ubuntu has.Maybe this website of...
- Tags: UNIX, Operating systems, OPEN SOURCE, Linux, diaper
- Discussion threads 2009-11-16
- What Asus wants in a Linux
- Linux needs a real mainstream distroLinux unfortunately is too fragmented to get the attention of consumers.Way too many distributions. We think Microsoft is bad with Windows! But just look at how many our out there of Linux! Hey Linux idiots! stop doing so many and concentrate on one well...
- Tags: UNIX, Operating systems, OPEN SOURCE, ASUS, Driver Problem, Linux, Nope
- Discussion threads 2009-08-08
- Edubuntu followup
- A number of readers posed both thoughts and questions related to my Wednesday post, "The state of Edubuntu...Thoughts?" While the expected "Why the hell would you use *nix anyway?" sorts of questions were thrown in for good measure, many readers had solid recommendations based on experience while others had...
- Tags: Linux, Thin Client, Edubuntu, Thin Client Setup, Thin Clients, Hardware, Christopher Dawson
- Blog posts 2009-08-06
- Google Chrome OS is a game changer
- Google Chrome OS is a game changerthis is just another silly ideadon't you understand that people want more than web-surfing on computers? be it netbook, notebook, desktop or what ever.if google means business then it means my smartphone offers more capabilities than this so called web OS calle google chrome...
- Tags: Operating systems, Games, operating system, Google Chrome OS, Google Inc., Chrome OS, Google Chrome, game, Chrome, game changer, Web, Linux
- Discussion threads 2009-07-08
- OLPC drops AMD for Via chip
- OLPC drops AMD for Via chipDoes anyone still really care about OLPC?Seriously.Intel/Via/AMD... first this platform... then that one.Get you s*** together decide on a platform, be it ARM or x86 or whatever, and stick to it.This is like a 3 ring circus with different generations of machines that will be...
- Tags: Semiconductors, Network technology, One Laptop Per Child project, chip, Advanced Micro Devices Inc.
- Discussion threads 2009-04-20
- Canonical hits back at Microsoft in netbook spat
- Canonical hits back at Microsoft in netbook spat"users simply expect the Windows experience"Without Windows, people no longer have the skive of "just rebooting", or "my machine has stopped responding".heh"'It also supports them without the need to search for drivers on dubious websites or load drivers from a CD,' Kenyon coughed....
- Tags: Netbooks, nettops & MIDs, Operating systems, OPEN SOURCE, netbook, netbook spat, Microsoft Corp., Linux, Canonical, Microsoft Windows 7
- Discussion threads 2009-04-14
- Will Google Android wreck Ubuntu?
- Will Google Android wreck Ubuntu?I think we're all forgetting something here...I'm a strong supporter and user of both Ubuntu on the desktop and server and Android on the smartphone (and hopefully down-market as well). But this whole idea surrounding Android on netbooks (which is an 'Ubuntu area' IMO) falls apart...
- Tags: Netbooks, nettops & MIDs, UNIX, OPEN SOURCE, Operating systems, Ubuntu, Google Inc., netbook, Linux, Google Android
- Discussion threads 2009-04-01
- Is the Crunchpad Linux tablet a viable web surfing device at $299?
- Is the Crunchpad Linux tablet a viable web surfing device at $299?General Purpose Computer.I don't see it flying. Keyboard is King. It depends on the applications. In the living room as a media center control, etc, it will probably find a market. The difficulty, when you...
- Tags: Keyboards, Channel management, Notebooks, Crunchpad Linux tablet, viable web surfing device, web surfing device, Web
- Discussion threads 2009-01-19
- Fedora 10 + Acer Aspire One = damn fine computer
- Fedora 10 + Acer Aspire One = damn fine computerMeant reply to story. ;) ntntI like ......your approach, 100% real world hand-on DIY. Pound for pound, I think this is the best review I've read about one of these puppies.Hey Chris, I don't want to give you extra work,...
- Tags: PRODUCTIVITY, openSUSE, openSUSE 11.1, Acer Aspire, Fedora Project, Acer Inc., Point Unetbootin, Fedora 10, Linux, computer
- Discussion threads 2009-01-04
- Could Shrek use a netbook?
- Could Shrek use a netbook?Um.. You DO realize that's gotta be the some of the worst advice ever...?Installing multiple antivirus products is counterproductive. There's NOTHING like watching your otherwise snappy computer run like a 98 pound weakling trying to pull a freight train. Not to mention multiple AV products tend...
- Tags: NOW IT, netbook
- Discussion threads 2009-01-04
- News to know: Apple and anti-virus; Vista SP2; Kumo; Palm; Linux
- Here are today’s notable headlines. You can get News To Know via email alert and RSS daily: Christopher Dawson: Just what does it take to switch to desktop Linux (part 2)? Ryan Naraine: Apple: Mac users should run multiple anti-virus Breaking...
- Tags: Apple iPhone, Nokia Corp., Antivirus, Service Pack 2, Palm Inc., Microsoft Windows Vista, Apple Inc., SOA, Microsoft Corp., Linux, Service-Oriented Architecture (SOA), Microsoft Windows XP Service Pack 2, Open Source, UNIX, Operating Systems, Security, Viruses And Worms, Software, Web Services, Enterprise Software, Larry Dignan
- Blog posts 2008-12-02
- Holiday Gift Guide 2008: Top 5 Netbooks
- Holiday Gift Guide 2008: Top 5 NetbooksWhat, No MSI Wind?I liked the Aspire One, and actually had no problems with the strange touch pad button layout, but ultimately choose the Wind. Better keyboard, bluetooth, easily upgradable (Per MSI, this no longer voids your warranty) and can run MAC OS-X...
- Tags: Engineering, Operating systems, NOW IT, MSI, Top 5 Netbooks, Microsoft Windows XP, Holiday Gift Guide 2008, netbook, Top 5, Linux, battery, Microsoft Windows
- Discussion threads 2008-11-21
- Would you buy a Linux desktop?
- Would you buy a Linux desktop?Would you buy a Linux desktop?Absolutely not! There is no place for linux on the desktop, especially in education. It can't even run Reader Rabbit or Lemonade Stand! How are these kids going to have fun learning if the system doesn't run...
- Tags: UNIX, OPEN SOURCE, Operating systems, Desktops, Linux, desktop, Linux desktop
- Discussion threads 2008-09-09
- Is Google Chrome an IE/Firefox/Opera/Safari killer?
- Is Google Chrome an IE/Firefox/Opera/Safari killer?Splintering of non IE usersI suspect that this in fact will cause an immediate splintering of non IE users (causal users and ones that are anti-MS). Furthermore there is only so many OSS developers and now a bunch of them are basically replicating the Mozilla...
- Tags: Web browsers, Microsoft Windows, Google Chrome, Google Inc., IE/Firefox/Opera/Safari, IE/Firefox/Opera/Safari killer, Microsoft Internet Explorer
- Discussion threads 2008-09-01
- Seinfeld and Gates vs. Apple
- Seinfeld and Gates vs. AppleIn other wordsThey were successful enough to retire early.Any attempts to potshot these guys may go over well in the ABM community, but the general public will see it as sour grapes. Which means this could actually do what MS wants.Seinfeld? WHO?Oh yeah he had...
- Tags: Construction, Desktops, Apple Inc., Seinfeld
- Discussion threads 2008-08-21
- I’ll have the #3 Value Meal, Super Size, with an order of Linux
- I’ll have the #3 Value Meal, Super Size, with an order of LinuxPlagiarism, Jason? :-)Exactly my thoughts, in a Talkback some time ago:http://talkback.zdnet.com/5208-10535-0.html?forumID=1&threadID=46338&messageID=858549&start=0Greeting, Pjotr.Planet DietsYou forgot to mean the lean but mean Mars Ubuntu, and of course the sweet Venus Ubuntu versions just to get back to the basic...
- Tags: UNIX, Operating systems, OPEN SOURCE, Linux, Super-Size, Ubuntu
- Discussion threads 2008-07-10
- Cell phones tracking nightlife activity
- Cell phones tracking nightlife activityGPS Features we will Hate!!!Sounds great! GPS features are certainly very exciting nd i can see most devices in corporating GPS features in the long run. Whilst location base services obtainde from GPS features can be helpful, there are several downsides to GPS features in our...
- Tags: Handhelds, phone, GPS Features, GPS, cell phone
- Discussion threads 2008-06-30
- Inevitable, huh? Not in Ed Tech
- Inevitable, huh? Not in Ed TechYou're so right!The costs and trauma for moving to Vista make free and open source software that much more attractive for schools. In the US, issues with the credit crunch and real estate, both make money for schools more difficult to come by.There...
- Tags: Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), Linux, Operating systems, OPEN SOURCE, Inevitability, Ed Tech
- Discussion threads 2008-04-29
- If my kid doesn't like Linux now...
- If my kid doesn't like Linux now...So if you buy your kid a Chevyand he demands a Hummer, do you cave in?Because the XP machine was, surprisingly, rampant with malware.Just what you want, a virtual machine running tons of virtual malware, virtual spamware, spyware, and probably botted. So, if...
- Tags: Instant messaging, OPEN SOURCE, Operating systems, Ubuntu, Linux Now, gOS Rocket-E, Linux, old laptop, laptop computer, Microsoft Windows XP
- Discussion threads 2008-04-28
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