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- The best Linux distro for a new breed of PCs
- The best Linux distro for a new breed of PCsUbuntu, but only an LTS versionAn Long Term Supported version of Ubuntu, not the "normal" versions. Three years of security updates instead of 18 months.The period of security updates of other distro's is usually too short: 1 year.... In an Ed...
- Tags: Linux, Security administration, Desktops, Patches, OPEN SOURCE, OLPC Sugar, distro, Ubuntu, Linux Distro, breed, PC
- Discussion threads 2008-04-04
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- 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
- Forrester: Vista is 'New Coke' in the enterprise; Firefox, Apple gain a little
- Forrester: Vista is 'New Coke' in the enterprise; Firefox, Apple gain a littleNew Coke?Actually, given the way it has been and is being sold, is it not the New Kool-Aid?With Vista selling so well already ...... as shown in revenues from the previous quarter, Microsoft can expect to gain substantially...
- Tags: Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), Operating systems, Mozilla Firefox, Forrester Research Inc., Microsoft Windows Vista, Apple Mac OS X, Mendel, Apple Inc.
- Discussion threads 2008-07-24
- 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
- Hands on with the XO Sugar OS
- Haven't heard much from these guys lately. This is me, not caring, while I'm on vacation. However, is the lack of news after their vaporware announcement of the next gen XO a sign of impending doom? I'll read what you think when I get back. For...
- Tags: Operating System, Kid, Linux, Operating Systems, Open Source, Software, Christopher Dawson
- Blog posts 2008-07-17
- Yahoo to offer free games with in-game ads
- Yahoo said it would offer its users hundreds of popular casual online games as free downloads backed by revenue from advertising integrated into the games. NEW YORK--Yahoo said on Thursday it would offer its users hundreds of popular casual online games as free downloads backed by revenue from advertising...
- Tags: Advertisement, Yahoo! Inc., Personal Technology, Reuters, Yahoo, games, advertising
- News items 2008-07-11
- The diabetes epidemic just gets worse
- The diabetes epidemic just gets worseshould we?Well, they force compliance on us on a number of other health issues. We are prohibited from injesting a wide variety of substances in the name of health. As far "should they" goes, I won't comment. But why they are or arn't, I'm almost...
- Tags: Vertical industries, Food & Beverage, Carbohydrate, epidemic, protein, health care
- Discussion threads 2008-06-25
- How long ago did we begin to disagree about global warming?
- How long ago did we begin to disagree about global warming?It took Mother Nature...millions of years to lock up the carbon into fossil fuels that we have managed to release in a hundred.Nature can not fix it as fast as we are polluting it. That is the issue. Take a...
- Tags: global warming, carbon dioxide
- Discussion threads 2008-06-23
- 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
- Prices up, consumption down--market economics working for gasoline consumers?
- Yes, American gasoline prices have risen more than 30% in a year. Yes, consumption is now down in the U.S., year to year. Just under 4%. So maybe nobody ever said there was a one-to-one ratio. Bet if gasoline gets to $5 per gallon, consumption will...
- Tags: Oil Company, Alternative Energy, Gasoline, Global Warming, Harry Fuller
- Blog posts 2008-06-10
- 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
- Diabetes is also heart disease
- Diabetes is also heart diseaseCalling Steve and Bill......where's my USB blood sugar tester? Where's my USB urine tester? Where's my USB E_Coli-tuned portable field analyzer? Quit the mp3 player refreshes and your horning in on the movie bizniz, and get crackin' building some real life-improvment devices, instead...
- Tags: Digital media, Digital music, Diabetes, A1C, Ala
- Discussion threads 2008-06-08
- Diabetes is also heart disease
- Rigorous control of blood sugar won't save diabetics the heart ravages which come with the disease, new studies show. Instead diabetics need to treat themselves as we heart patients do, with statins, blood pressure control, diet, exercise and a baby aspirin before bedtime. Their current regimen for...
- Tags: Study, Diabetes, Dana Blankenhorn
- 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
- Secrets of a fresh beer
- According to the latest American Chemical Society ACS Weekly PressPac, scientists in Venezuela have found a way to keep beer taste fresher for long times. Here is a link to this PressPac, from which you'll be able to read a very short note simply titled 'Keeping beer fresher.' The researchers...
- Tags: Beer, Maillard, Wiki, Team Management, Food & Beverage, Web Site Development, Online Communications, Management, Manufacturing, Internet, Roland Piquepaille
- Blog posts 2008-06-03
- 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
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