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Welcome Nicholas, to the world of unintended consequences

When the IBM PC was introduced to the public, in 1981, it sold for around $2500. By 2000, the cost was down to around $1500, and today, you can get a decent PC for under $500.Several years ago, Steve Balmer hinted at the possibility of a $100 PC geared...

Tags: K-12, Education Technology, DigitalDivide

Blog posts 2007-06-07

OLPC caught in Intel vs AMD crossfire

Nicholas Negroponte, the man behind the One Laptop Per Child project and who aims to distribute millions of laptops to kids in developing countries, sees the project as being caught in the crossfire between chip giants Intel and AMD.Negroponte says Intel is selling its competing cut-price laptop called "Classmate" for...

Tags: OLPC, Intel, AMD

Blog posts 2007-05-21

Is Intel trying to torpedo the OLPC?

Nicholas Negroponte, head of the One Laptop Per Child project, blasted Intel for trying to usurp any momentum his effort is getting. Negroponte's argument delivered via 60 Minutes: Intel was pitching its wares and a cheap PC dubbed the Classmate to torpedo the OLPC effort, which needs 3 million orders...

Tags: Wired & Wireless, Web Technology, Personal Technology, Microsoft, Linux, Intel, Innovation, Hardware Infrastructure, Government, General, AMD

Blog posts 2007-05-21

OLPC founder finally faces a 'grim reality'

OLPC to run Windows? Say it ain’t so! was the headline and so far reader reaction is mixed. Adrian Kingsley-Hughes reports $175 OLPC deals blow to open source, guarantees Microsoft’s continued dominance. From the beginning, the One Laptop per Child foundation, the brainchild of MITs Nicholas Negroponte, has...

Tags: Education Technology, Emerging Tech, Funding, Hardware, K-12, Microsoft, Open Source

Blog posts 2007-04-30

$175 OLPC deals blow to open source, guarantees Microsoft's continued dominance

Yesterday 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 an update on the OLPC project. Two big changes were announced - the $100 OLPC is now the $175 OLPC, and...

Tags: In the news, Industry, Linux, Microsoft, Software, Thoughts

Blog posts 2007-04-27

Computer Aid Intl: OLPC doesn't get it

The verdict is still out on the feasibility of the One Laptop Per Child, according to Tony Roberts, chief executive and founder of U.K. charity Computer Aid International, who criticized the program as having a "fundamental misunderstanding of the history of the IT industry," reports News.com Roberts, who...

Tags: OLPC, Nicholas Negroponte, Tony Roberts

Blog posts 2006-06-22

Additional Resources

Microsoft finalizes Windows XP for OLPC laptops

Microsoft has internally released to manufacturing the version of Windows XP that it has tweaked to run on the One Laptop Per Child XO computer. by Mary Jo Foley

Tags: Microsoft Windows XP, Microsoft Corp., Laptop Computer, One Laptop Per Child Project, Microsoft Windows, Operating Systems, Software, Mary Jo Foley

Blog posts 2008-07-25

The $200 web tablet ... dream on!

The $200 web tablet ... dream on!Reinventing the wheelIt's been done albeit not quite $200 but the technology has been here--The Nokia N800/810. I've got an 800. The 800 shares the same multi-core TI ARM processor as the 810, except the 810 has a slide out keyboard. ...

Tags: Notebooks, Channel management, Keyboards, Operating systems, OS 2008, web tablet, laptop computer, Web, Nokia Corp., Linux

Discussion threads 2008-07-23

"IT is boring," scoff students

"IT is boring," scoff studentsIT is like any other career.Some of it is interesting and some of it is boring. There is also a misconception that once you have a degree in computer science you are automatically the cats meow. That is, IT graduates don't believe they need to pay...

Tags: Professional development, Outsourcing, IT IS

Discussion threads 2008-06-28

Hey, kids! IT isn't boring!

Hey, kids! IT isn't boring!There is no future in ITThe IT bubble bust around 2000 was only the tip of the ice burg. Today, IT is a mediocre industry that has an ecosystem of incompetent and insufficiently educated people from the "IT Recruiters/HR", the people doing the hiring to the...

Tags: Professional development, Strategy, Outsourcing, Recruitment & Selection, IT IS, information technology, career

Discussion threads 2008-06-25

diversITy: the lack of women in the IT industry

This series of entries, called diversITy, will cover a number of topics all concerning the diversity of people within the IT industry. Whether we discuss women in industry, sexual orientation in the workplace, religion or ethnic background; these are all topics which will have an effect on students, if not...

Tags: Women, Information Technology, Industry, Gender And Diversity, Human Resources, Zack Whittaker

Blog posts 2008-06-21

A good teacher goes a long ways

My family joined my youngest son's Kindergarten teacher at an American Cancer Society Relay for Life this weekend. We only walked with her for an hour, but, having survived cancer a couple years ago, she asked her class to walk with her this year. Unfortunately, it was brutally...

Tags: Mrs., Teacher, Kids, Recruitment & Selection, Human Resources, Workforce Management, Christopher Dawson

Blog posts 2008-06-08

Kids should have adults supervise their computer use...duh

Slate posted an interesting article on the effects of providing computers to low income kids. Citing a study of Romanian households who had received government vouchers for low-cost computers, it is apparent that without adult guidance and supervision, computers are one heck of a distraction for kids. There's...

Tags: Computer, Productivity, Christopher Dawson

Blog posts 2008-06-05

Ubuntu netbook remix gets me closer to that netbook I've been wanting

Ubuntu netbook remix gets me closer to that netbook I've been wantingAwful default wallpaper, but otherwise....Good news for me too, because I plan to buy a cheap netbook as well. And Ubuntu suits me fine.A pity though, that this fine piece of software is apparently "adorned" by what's surely the...

Tags: Linux, OPEN SOURCE, Ubuntu, Ubuntu Netbook Remix

Discussion threads 2008-06-04

Netbooks - Too little, too late, and way too expensive

Netbooks - Too little, too late, and way too expensiveany performance benchmarks?may be the 'netbook' has better performance or is less power hungry.Or may be it is just a gimmick for the uninformed!You're missing the point.A $500 MSI Wind isn't competing with a $500 15" Dell - it's competing with...

Tags: Microsoft Windows XP, Notebooks, Marketing research, Netbooks, laptop computer

Discussion threads 2008-06-03

The Netbooks are coming: Laptop cannibalization today; Smartphone war tomorrow?

The Netbooks are coming: Laptop cannibalization today; Smartphone war tomorrow?Netbooks and SmartphonesThose keyboards on the smartphones are just too small for me to use effectively. I'll take a netbook and a cheap cellphone.RE: The Netbooks are coming: Laptop cannibalization today; Smartphone war tI still see netbooks and smartphones as...

Tags: Smart phones, Cellular phones, Notebooks, Handhelds, Netbooks, Laptop cannibalization, cannibalization, Smartphone, laptop computer

Discussion threads 2008-06-03

Is the UMPC finally ready for the masses?

Is the UMPC finally ready for the masses?You need to give credit to OLPC for opening everybody's eyes.The product you like, the EeePC, ONLY exists because of OLPC. OLPC forced everybody to think differently, and it also put the fear of god into a lot of people that were trying...

Tags: Ultramobile PCs (UMPCs), ultramobile PC, One Laptop Per Child project, Thanks Ron

Discussion threads 2008-05-30

The ultra portable/subnotebook market continues to grow

The ultra portable/subnotebook market continues to growHate to give them too much credit, butOLPC has a lot to do with this. They largely caught the public's imagination with their little XO, despite some ongoing problems with deployment and infighting. They also helped drive some cost savings. At...

Tags: One Laptop Per Child project

Discussion threads 2008-05-30

The first optical pacemaker

According to a short news release from the Optical Society of America OSA, an international team of scientists at Osaka University in Japan has used a femtosecond laser pacemaker to control heart muscle cells. So far, this optical pacemaker will only be used for laboratory research. As writes OSA, 'exposing...

Tags: Heart, Contraction, Laser, Cell, Roland Piquepaille

Blog posts 2008-05-29

Sabotage and the cost of change

Sabotage and the cost of changeNot doing a very good job......of keeping the confidentiality of your clients. From what you have written, it's easy to guess that there is only one provincial political party that you would even consider doing work for, and it's not the Liberals.Only question is...

Tags: Operating systems, Servers, I.T, Only Question, Office 07, Sun Microsystems Inc., HP-UX, Unix, Microsoft Office, Sun Solaris, Microsoft Windows

Discussion threads 2008-05-29