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- 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
- Could One Laptop Per Child be a bad thing?
- Client hardware is not the problem. OLPC has proven that hardware can be super-cheap. Taiwanese Netbook makers have taken that idea and run with it. The real problem is connectivity. by Dana Blankenhorn
- Tags: Hardware, One Laptop Per Child Project, Client Hardware, Dana Blankenhorn
- Blog posts 2009-09-10
- 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
- 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
- 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
- Netpal netbook: consumers only
- I've spent the last day and half immersed in Intel's Classmate PC Eco System Summit, talking to Intel developers, folks from Microsoft and Canonical, local OEMs handling Classmate sales and distribution, and hardware and software vendors developing for the Classmate platform. Scanning Google News tonight, however, I came across...
- Tags: ASUS, Disney Corp., Parental Control, Netbook, Classmate, Netbooks, Nettops & MIDs, Hardware, Christopher Dawson
- Blog posts 2009-06-16
- Is Apple going to get some security help from OLPC?
- Is Apple going to get some security help from OLPC?Security is not a function of popularity.Have a seat and listen to yet another stupid analogy.A shipping company has a problem with their boats sinking. It has 300 ships. A smaller shipping company has only 3 ships and none...
- Tags: Operating systems, Apple Inc., One Laptop Per Child project, shipping company, security, Apple Mac OS X
- Discussion threads 2009-05-13
- News to know: Oracle-Sun, IBM, Apple ads, Windows 7
- 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. Complete coverage of Oracle-Sun news: Larry Dignan: Oracle buys Sun; Now owns Java; Becomes a hardware player ...
- Tags: Larry Dignan, Advertisement, Oracle Corp., Microsoft Windows 7, Sun Microsystems Inc., Apple Inc., IBM Corp., Netbooks, Nettops & MIDs, Microsoft Windows, Open Source, Hardware, Operating Systems, Software, Sam Diaz
- Blog posts 2009-04-21
- 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
- The XO-2 is going Embedded RISC? So will everyone else!
- The XO-2 is going Embedded RISC? So will everyone else!At a minimum, Arm will cause big problems for BOTH Intel and Microsoft.No, x86 and Windows will not die any time soon, but, low power, lower cost Arm will be hot in the netbook segment starting this year, and that cuts...
- Tags: Netbooks, nettops & MIDs, Operating systems, Processors, netbook, Linux, Microsoft Corp., Intel x86, XO-2, RISC
- Discussion threads 2009-03-13
- 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
- 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
- Analyst: OLPC won't draw global PC makers
- Analyst: OLPC won't draw global PC makersAll I can say is ...OLPC and Novell were warned. OLPC, R.I.P next to M$ bob.How the saying goes, a hard head makes a soft arse!^o^$12 computer is already availablePlaypower.org is making multi-lingual learning games on a $12 computer that is already hugely...
- Tags: One Laptop Per Child project
- Discussion threads 2009-02-27
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
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