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- Who's a candidate for Desktop Linux? Your Kids.
- "Hannah Montana Linux" may not be ready to give to your kids yet, but it's an idea that has legs. My partner in crime in the Frugal Tech Show, Ken Hess, who blogs over at Daniweb, recently published his list of Top 10...
- Tags: Desktop, Children, Desktop Linux, Netbook, Content Filtering, Linux, UNIX, Operating Systems, Netbooks, Nettops & MIDs, Open Source, Software, Hardware, Jason Perlow
- Blog posts 2009-10-20
- 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
- Could One Laptop Per Child be a bad thing?
- Or roadsOr how about roads so farmers can get there goods to the markets cheaper? The one laptop per kid is such a scam. Why should kids get cheap laptops overs small business owners. Who would be more productive. Um track sales, write, write e-mail, do books. I am so...
- Tags: One Laptop Per Child project
- Discussion threads 2009-09-10
- Did you know that Intel has bloggers, too?
- For a while now, my primary technical contact at Intel with respect to Classmate PCs has been Jeff Galinovsky. He's their Regional Manager for Intel’s classmate PC activities in North America. While Intel has done a lot with emerging markets, Classmates and plenty of other more vanilla netbooks...
- Tags: Intel Classmate PC, Blog, Intel Corp., Blogger, Blogging, Netbooks, Nettops & MIDs, Desktops, Internet, Hardware, Christopher Dawson
- Blog posts 2009-08-11
- While I'm away...Kindlenomics and OLPC revisited
- Since my wife is 6 months pregnant and my mom is visiting from Seattle, we've decided to take a night away while said mom watches the kids. As a result, you get one more repost. I'll be back tomorrow, recharged after a bed and breakfast getaway; it will...
- Tags: Student, Hardware, Textbook, One Laptop Per Child Project, Kindle, Kindroid, XO 2.0, Christopher Dawson
- Blog posts 2009-07-30
- While I'm away..."How I'd use Classmate PCs in the States (and why I really want a UMPC now)"
- Here's a blast from the past...This was originally posted back in 2007. Classmates and 1:1 have come a long ways, haven't they? While the United States and other established markets are not the target for Intel’s Classmate PC, I sincerely hope they bring something like this...
- Tags: Intel Classmate PC, PC, Ultramobile PC, Classroom, Laptop Computer, Computer, Classmate, Productivity, Christopher Dawson
- Blog posts 2009-07-14
- Should we share our Wi-Fi in the name of cloud?
- Should we share our Wi-Fi in the name of cloud?Once all the ISPs start implementing volume capsyou can forget that idea.I'm confused...A router turns off when the PC attached to it is turned off?It's already there: FONCheck this:http://www.fon.com/en/info/whatsFonPretty big in The Netherlands already.Sounds great ... UNTIL.......the RIAA sues you because...
- Tags: Routers & switches, Wireless LANs, Network technology, NETWORKING, router, Wi-Fi, FON
- Discussion threads 2009-06-02
- Living with a netbook: Toy or tiny notebook?
- There is no denying the popularity of netbooks, but there's still much debate about who's buying them and for what purpose. Netbooks were conceived for emerging markets--along the lines of the OLPC's XO laptop and Intel's Classmate PC--but they turned out to be more popular in developed countries. More recently,...
- Tags: Notebook, Netbook, Intel Corp., Netbooks, Nettops & MIDs, Hardware, John Morris
- Blog posts 2009-05-13
- South Carolina's OLPC initiative: money well-spent?
- South Carolina's OLPC initiative: money well-spent?indeed well spentNothing dying about OLPC or olpc, upper or lower case. 1 million kids have XO laptops in 31 countries and 19 languages, with another million headed too them. The results have been nothing less than complete social change. If Rwanda can 20% of...
- Tags: One Laptop Per Child project, OLPC initiative, XO-2
- 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
- Microsoft: Bring back the H/PC Pro
- Microsoft: Bring back the H/PC ProI had a couple of those 820s ...... still have them in fact. Batteries are a big old though ...Great tool, and I used mine a lot, (I augmented the storage by spending a small fortune on 8MB CF cards) but I can't see a...
- Tags: Netbooks, nettops & MIDs, Operating systems, Handhelds, netbook, Microsoft Windows CE, H/PC Pro, BRING BACK, Microsoft Windows, operating system, Microsoft Corp.
- Discussion threads 2009-02-27
- Kindle 2.0: Give me a Classmate instead
- I've always wanted a Kindle. I read all the time and I'm always in the middle of five or six different books, utterly irritating my wife with the books I leave strewn about the house. I can only carry so many in my cargo pants, too (although the...
- Tags: Shade, Kindle, Wireless LANs, Keyboards, Tablets, Wi-Fi, E-books, Wireless And Mobility, Hardware, Peripherals, Notebooks & Tablets, Personal Technology, Christopher Dawson
- Blog posts 2009-02-10
- More signs of OLPC woe?
- More signs of OLPC woe?Just buy them $ 249.00 netbooks ....... and give them a real computer. The toy that was the OLPC is so over!OLPC - Who Cares?While it used to make nice sexy headlines for a school to say it was providing each child a laptop,...
- Tags: One Laptop Per Child project
- Discussion threads 2009-02-09
- More signs of OLPC woe?
- A number of outlets highlighted the removal of OLPC's "Give a School" small donation program from its website, giving rise to further concerns about its long-term plans in small markets. The Give a School program allowed donors to provide up to 100 XO laptops for small-scale deployments that have...
- Tags: Laptop Computer, One Laptop Per Child Project, Notebooks, Hardware, Notebooks & Tablets, Christopher Dawson
- Blog posts 2009-02-09
- OLPC to laptop makers: Use our design
- OLPC to laptop makers: Use our designRE: Hey Open Source come back -- Use our design"Bill Gates told CNET News that the "OLPC hasn't done that well" ..."Hence no ROI."... --the group said that it would be working with Microsoft to make a Windows variety of its XO laptop, ..."Anticipation...
- Tags: laptop computer, Third World, One Laptop Per Child project, third world country
- Discussion threads 2009-02-09
- News to know: Windows 7; Tax software guide; Extending your system's life
- Here are today’s notable headlines. You can get News To Know via email alert and RSS daily . For continuous updates see BNET’s around-the-Web tech coverage Robin Harris: Give your system a mid-life kicker Ed Bott: How well does Windows 7 handle 512MB? Andrew Nusca: ZDNet's Ultimate Tax...
- Tags: Apple iPhone, Google Inc., Phone, Microsoft Windows 7, Tax, Microsoft Corp., Intel Corp., Smart Phones, Netbooks, Nettops & MIDs, Microsoft Windows, Telecom & Utilities, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Hardware, Operating Systems, Software, Larry Dignan
- Blog posts 2009-02-09
- OLPC XO 2.0 to follow Classmate model
- In a wide-ranging interview with Xconomy, Nicholas Negroponte and Charles Kane OLPC president discussed future directions for the company after this month's major layoffs. The take-home messages? Last year's Give One Get One program was a dismal failure. With almost $20 million in marketing (most...
- Tags: One Laptop Per Child Project, Manufacturing, Christopher Dawson
- Blog posts 2009-01-30
- What OLPC has accomplished
- What OLPC has accomplishedOLPC was a successwith M$ inexorably sinking, it's time to focus on the other leg of the stool: hardware.Open the hardware design or go down in flames as M$ did.RE: What OLPC has accomplishedLight typewriter/laptop? You would have wanted an AlphaSmart (http://www.alphasmart.com) My old Pro...
- Tags: One Laptop Per Child project
- Discussion threads 2009-01-30
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