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- NComputing announces new Microsoft partnership
- I've featured NComputing a few times in this blog, largely focusing on their solutions that turn a single workstation into as many as 10 workstations using thin client technologies. In particular, I wrote about NComputing's successful bid beating out Intel and OLPC to provide thin-client computers to as many...
- Tags: Virtualization, Partnership, Thin Client, Server, Microsoft Corp., Computing, NComputing, Microsoft Windows, Thin Clients, Terminal Services, Business Structures, Operating Systems, Software, Hardware, Finance, Christopher Dawson
- Blog posts 2009-11-18
- It's a girl! (or Ed Tech, 6 years hence)
- Regular readers and followers of my Twitter feed will know that yesterday was pretty eventful. My wife and I (well, mostly my wife, but I did make some moderate contribution) had a baby girl who currently remains nameless (we're leaning toward Penelope, but she was delivered by c-section so...
- Tags: Web Application, Social Media, E-books, Semantic Web, Cloud Computing, Personal Technology, Internet, Christopher Dawson
- Blog posts 2009-11-10
- Is the IBM Client for Smart Work an alternative to 7 for schools?
- Windows 7 looks like a genuinely good OS. Reasonable system requirements, high levels of usability and stability...What's not to like? Well, the price, of course. Volume educational licensing runs around $70 a seat for Windows 7 Professional upgrades. Then there's the actual upgrade process. Major rollouts...
- Tags: Ubuntu, IBM Corp., Ubuntu 9.10, Microsoft Windows 7, Microsoft Windows, Roi/Tco, Linux, Operating Systems, Software, Finance, Managerial Accounting, Christopher Dawson
- Blog posts 2009-10-21
- Hey, Amazon! Are you stupid?
- Edtech, or Googletech?Chris, is it possible for you to write an article where you are not excessively gushing about Google? We get the point already. For you, the sun rises and sets with Google. Google is master of the universe. Google can do no harm.As a...
- Tags: Strategy, Google Inc., Amazon.com Inc.
- Discussion threads 2009-09-13
- What does the Chrome OS mean for education?
- What does the Chrome OS mean for education?Another Distro for the massesI'll Stick with Ubuntu.It's going to be an interesting ...... next couple of years, Chris! If Google does things right, we might see the market fragment into a "consumer PC" segment the PC as an appliance based entirely...
- Tags: Netbooks, nettops & MIDs, Linux, Operating systems, Desktops, OPEN SOURCE, Chrome OS, Chrome, operating system
- Discussion threads 2009-07-08
- Don't hold off on summer purchases for CrunchPads
- I have to admit that I'm completely intrigued by the forthcoming CrunchPad, brainchild of TechCrunch founder Michael Arrington. I asked this weekend if it would be an Ed Tech game changer, and, quite frankly, I think this has the potential to be the biggest thing since the OLPC XO....
- Tags: Netbook, One Laptop Per Child Project, Netbooks, Nettops & MIDs, Tablets, Hardware, Notebooks & Tablets, Christopher Dawson
- Blog posts 2009-07-06
- China's 'secure' OS Kylin - a threat to U.S offensive cyber capabilities?
- China's 'secure' OS Kylin - a threat to U.S offensive cyber capabilities?Interesting! There is no way that you can start from scratch these days and have a usable OS in a reasonable time. Look how long it has taken Linux distros to catch up to Mac and Windows and they...
- Tags: Operating systems, operating system, OS Kylin, U.S, security
- Discussion threads 2009-05-13
- South Carolina's OLPC initiative: money well-spent?
- South Carolina is looking to revive the dying OLPC brand by providing as many as 50,000 students with little PCs. According to OStatic, In order to receive a laptop, children need to give a small monetary donation -- the project coordinators say a dollar or two...
- Tags: South Carolina, Laptop Computer, One Laptop Per Child Project, Notebooks, Hardware, Notebooks & Tablets, Christopher Dawson
- Blog posts 2009-05-13
- Taking notes on your Linux laptop
- Taking notes on your Linux laptopNo, but certainly part of the MS enabled ecosystem.His post reads exactly as someone who is desperate to downplay Linux while espousing that the only "real" software is Windows based. Be a shame if any of those kids wanted to learn web technologies though,...
- Tags: UNIX, Operating systems, OPEN SOURCE, Linux, Taking Notes, Linux laptop, laptop computer
- Discussion threads 2009-03-12
- Will Microsoft port Windows to an Arm-based OLPC laptop?
- Will Microsoft port Windows to an Arm-based OLPC laptop?It's called Windows Mobile/WindowsCEIt's a lightweight subset of Windows and it runs on ARM processors. What they need to do is expand it because it's limited to 64MB max image size with apps.Doubtfull.If they port Windows to ARM it will not be...
- Tags: Netbooks, nettops & MIDs, Operating systems, Processors, laptop computer, Most Windows app, ARM, One Laptop Per Child project, netbook, Microsoft Windows, Microsoft Corp.
- Discussion threads 2009-03-12
- Freescale to use Android, ARM for $100 Netbook
- Freescale to use Android, ARM for $100 NetbookAnd, Microsoft will be left scrambling yet again. Have they already startedthe port of real Windows to Arm, or will they try to use Windows CE here.Fake business plan - Consumer snow job1) Save on license fees? Everyone seems to agree any MS...
- Tags: Netbooks, nettops & MIDs, netbook, ARM, Freescale
- Discussion threads 2009-02-18
- Happy birthday to me: a $20 laptop?
- It's my birthday today woot, so India is celebrating by debuting a prototype of their $20 laptop during a National Mission on Education launch in Tirupati. OK, so it's actually just coincidence that they're showing it on my birthday, but still, I figured it was worthy of a bit...
- Tags: India, Manufacturing, Laptop Computer, Details, Indian Government, Government, Notebooks, Vertical Industries, Hardware, Notebooks & Tablets, Enterprise Software, Software, Christopher Dawson
- Blog posts 2009-02-02
- Windows 7 and the netbook
- Windows 7 and the netbookYes, you were missed.I hope the interruption was not too painful.What you said about change. Change will happen. It will catch everyone unawares. Both proprietary and Open Source will find new opportunities and pitfalls. The spoils will go to the most agile.Design...
- Tags: Netbooks, nettops & MIDs, Microsoft Windows, netbook, Microsoft Windows 7, ARM
- Discussion threads 2009-01-22
- Did Microsoft really kill OLPC?
- Did Microsoft really kill OLPC?It might be about time for OLPC to get out of hardware manufacturing, and,make sure that their software is easily adaptible to any x86 or Arm platform. But, looking back in 10 years, OLPC will be credited with starting a revolution that will have profound economic...
- Tags: One Laptop Per Child project, Negroponte, Microsoft Corp.
- Discussion threads 2008-11-19
- News to know: Jerry Yang, MLB.com, Mark Cuban, USB 3.0
- Here are today’s notable headlines. You can get News To Know via email alert and RSS daily: Sam Diaz: Jerry Yang to step down as CEO, back to Chief Yahoo Larry Dignan: With Yang out as Yahoo CEO, Steve Ballmer licks chops ...
- Tags: Apple iPhone, Google Inc., Jerry Yang, MLB, Larry Dignan, Richard Koman, Information Technology, Dana Blankenhorn, Mary Jo Foley, Mark Cuban, Microsoft Corp., Matthew Miller, USB, CEO, One Laptop Per Child Project, Microsoft Windows, Linux, Strategy, Operating Systems, Software, Management, Sam Diaz
- Blog posts 2008-11-18
- Interesting OLPC discussion thread from Amazon
- OK, really for sure, my last update for the day on the Amazon OLPC sales. Just wanted to post a conversation thread from the one, concerned, negative reviewer on Amazon: Refund Policy?, November 17, 2008 By Marilyn Jones Last year, there were many...
- Tags: Amazon.com Inc., Refund, One Laptop Per Child Project, G1G1, XO, Marilyn Jones, Productivity, Sales Strategy, Sales, Christopher Dawson
- Blog posts 2008-11-17
- OLPC's 'Give 1 Get 1': What a difference a year makes
- The One Laptop Per Child OLPC program on Monday launched this year's 'Give 1 Get 1' program and it's simply stunning how the environment has changed. I did the Give 1 Get 1 program last year and my daughter found the XO an interesting tool that has...
- Tags: One Laptop Per Child Project, XO, Christopher Dawson, Larry Dignan
- Blog posts 2008-11-17
- Qualcomm's Kayak "PC alternative" pictured
- Here's a picture of Kayak, the "PC alternative" for emerging markets that Qualcomm announced yesterday. It looks pretty much the way the company described it: sort of a cross between the Apple Mac Mini--bring your own monitor, keyboard and mouse--and the OLPC's XO laptop with its...
- Tags: PC, Qualcomm Inc., Kayak, Chipsets, Semiconductors, Desktops, Wireless, Hardware, Components, John Morris
- Blog posts 2008-11-13
- More XP OLPCs?
- More XP OLPCs?And of course Greg DeKoenigsberg would betotally unbaised, and more to the point, would absolutely [i]never[/i] make anything up.And I had to laugh at the line [i]I hear that people aren't interested in OLPC anymore because they are Microsoft's stooge[/i]I guess people like Greg DeKoenigsberg do not like...
- Tags: One Laptop Per Child project, XP OLPC, Microsoft Windows XP, Microsoft Corp.
- Discussion threads 2008-11-13
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