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CES: OQO launches second, much improved ultra mobile PC that runs Vista

CES: OQO launches second, much improved ultra mobile PC that runs VistaGreat FormIt looks like this model balances current software technology with Windows Vista and keeps an easy to use form factor with the device. Very cool...Why buy it?Something a 1/3 the size of a laptop for more money than...

Tags: Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), PDAs, Notebooks, ultramobile PC, Business People, Microsoft Windows Vista, OQO, laptop computer, One Laptop Per Child project, OLPC product, PC

Discussion threads 2007-01-09

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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

Will it actually be Microsoft that brings e-books to Ed Tech?

And it would just kill you knowing that Microsoft is bringing all these technologies to education. You would no longer have your need for Google, and that would be absolutely devastating to you.RE: Will it actually be Microsoft that brings e-books to Ed Tech?So micrsoft's going to go into the...

Tags: E-books, Microsoft Corp., e-book, vaporware

Discussion threads 2009-09-24

News to know: Windows 7; Verizon; RightNow; Salesforce; Palm; HP

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. Ryan Naraine: Windows 7, Vista exposed to 'teardrop attack' Microsoft patches gaping Windows worm holes Firefox to run...

Tags: Salesforce.com Inc., Larry Dignan, Patent, Hewlett-Packard Co., Palm Inc., Verizon Communications Inc., Microsoft Corp., RightNow Technologies, Sam Diaz, Microsoft Windows, Linux, Microsoft Windows 7, Cable, Operating Systems, Open Source, Software, Telecommunications, Personal Technology

Blog posts 2009-09-09

No Apple tablet? Too bad, but not why you think

A while back I wrote that an Apple Tablet, no matter how innovative or cool, would be a non-starter in education without educational content to drive adoption. Now we're hearing that it won't be introduced at Apple's September event, despite a nearly constant churn of rumors about its existence. ...

Tags: Apple Inc., Tablets, Notebooks, Hardware, Notebooks & Tablets, Christopher Dawson

Blog posts 2009-08-18

Don't hold off on summer purchases for CrunchPads

Don't hold off on summer purchases for CrunchPadsI'm waiting...Just wait... the rumors are out that there's an Apple touch pad similar to the CrunchPad...I am in no way saying the Apple branded Crunchpad will be better, have more features, or be any faster. I can say it'll probably have...

Tags: Notebooks, CrunchPad, Apple Inc.

Discussion threads 2009-07-07

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

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

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

Interview: Wired's Chris Anderson on the 'free' business model

As editor-in-chief of Wired magazine, Chris Anderson is considered one of the most knowledgeable and insightful voices at the center of the new economy. In his articles and New York Times bestselling book The Long Tail, he has identified important new trends in the economy and described new business models...

Tags: Software, Advertisement, Wired Inc., Shelf Space, Business Model, Computer Associates International Inc., Economy, Netbook, Anderson, Netbooks, Nettops & MIDs, Hardware, Andrew Nusca

Blog posts 2009-02-10

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

OLPC laying off staff and cutting salaries

OLPC laying off staff and cutting salariesthat's the price for working with M$OLPC should have steered clear of M$ and would have been a very prosperous organization.You can deliver the $0.00 laptop if it's running windoze.MS wins another extinguish.You can add this to the very long list of companies who...

Tags: Operating systems, payroll solutions, One Laptop Per Child project, Microsoft Corp., Linux

Discussion threads 2009-01-08

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

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

$400 XOs and recessions

$400 XOs and recessionsPromote OLPC if you canThe OLPC cause is a noble one.Don't mix economics with OLPC.God Bless Negroponte.RE: $400 XOs and recessionsSomething is already going wrong with this year's G1G1 program (amazon.com/xo). As of this morning, it looks like there still wasn't a refund/return policy in place...

Tags: Netbooks, recession, G1G1

Discussion threads 2008-11-17

OLPC is dead...What Kindlenomics taught us

OLPC is dead...What Kindlenomics taught usFor the sake of the childrenIt didn't cost me anything to put up a page to promote OLPC, buy one get one.Negroponte/OLPC has catalyzed the netbook industry. If OLPC didn't come into being, would we have seen the Intel Classmate and the outpouring of...

Tags: E-Ink, One Laptop Per Child project, Kindlenomics, textbook, text book

Discussion threads 2008-11-17

Windows 7 and netbooks: Separating fact from speculation

Windows 7 and netbooks: Separating fact from speculationFacts? Hardly Dietrich.And it's nice to see you still wish to shamelessly plug your business here on zdnet. The first thing to note is that nobody believe Microsoft will be the only game in town forever. Most of us want...

Tags: Sales strategy, Operating systems, Microsoft Windows XP, Blogging, XP sale, Microsoft Corp., Microsoft Windows 7, Linux, Microsoft Windows, sales

Discussion threads 2008-11-12

Apple set to release $800 notebook

Apple set to release $800 notebookNot the first time sub $1000Apple had a $999 notebook at one time. Actually, I think the iBook had that price tag at one time. My only hopes is that this $800 Notebook doesn't come with the specs of a Asus Eee 701.RE:...

Tags: Notebooks, MacMini, Apple-set, notebook, Apple Inc.

Discussion threads 2008-10-09

Will OS be a problem for netbooks?

Regular readers know it, my wife knows it, Santa Claus knows it: I want a netbook. I think my MacBook is the best thing since sliced bread, but as I become increasingly mobile, I need (well, OK, I really want) a device that falls between my MacBook and my...

Tags: Microsoft Windows XP Home Edition, Operating System, Apple MacBook, Wine, Linux, Microsoft Windows XP, Operating Systems, Microsoft Windows, Notebooks, Software, Hardware, Notebooks & Tablets, Christopher Dawson

Blog posts 2008-09-10

Will we see a new OLPC XO in 2010?

According to PCWorld, Matt Keller, OLPC's director of Europe, Middle East and Africa, we can expect to see the second-generation OLPC XO shipping in the first quarter of 2010. The expected price? $80. This price tag will include dual touch screens (no keyboard, except an integrated software...

Tags: One Laptop Per Child Project, Keyboards, Hardware, Peripherals, Christopher Dawson

Blog posts 2008-09-08