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RIP OLPC

RIP OLPCWintel is a bit - well, 'legacy'Those kids that get XP rather than OSS olpcs will miss out on the rather more interesting experience. Certainly, for learning about computing, XP can hardly be regarded as an honest opportunity.Agree about editing and recompiling software though - it luckily isn't...

Tags: One Laptop Per Child project, RIP OLPC, laptop computer

Discussion threads 2008-05-20

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News to know: CES; Windows 7; Satyam

Here are today’s notable headlines. You can get News To Know via email alert and RSS daily: Ed Bott: Six Vista annoyances fixed in Windows 7 CES Coverage: Mary Jo Foley: Microsoft at CES: Zune Mobile, no; Win 7 Beta 1,...

Tags: Sony Corp., Larry Dignan, Microsoft Windows 7, Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd., Satyam, Camcorder, Mary Jo Foley, Organic Light-emitting Diode, HDTV, Microsoft Windows, Blu-ray, Netbook, Keyboards, TVs, Tv & Home Theater, Hardware, Peripherals, Personal Technology, Home Entertainment

Blog posts 2009-01-08

News to know: Netflix; Google Health; Storm Worm; Fixing Vista

Notable headlines: Dancho Danchev: The Storm Worm would love to infect you Mary Jo Foley: Windows 7: The information lockdown continues Microsoft releases Virtual PC 2007 SP1 Microsoft: Half of Exchange inboxes to be Microsoft-hosted in five years...

Tags: NetFlix Inc., Google Inc., Facebook, Microsoft Windows Vista, Health Care, Microsoft Corp., Worm, Vertical Industries, Microsoft Windows, Benefits, Healthcare, Open Source, Enterprise Software, Software, Operating Systems, Human Resources, Larry Dignan

Blog posts 2008-05-20

RIP OLPC

Here are two priceless bits from a long comment on problems within the one laptop per child community published on his personal blog by Ivan Krstic - he works for Sun now, I think, but was the long term go to guy on the programming...

Tags: Laptop Computer, One Laptop Per Child Project, Mako Hill, Sugar, Tools & Techniques, Linux, Management, Operating Systems, Software, Paul Murphy

Blog posts 2008-05-20

Cheap laptops are great, but sometimes you need horsepower

Cheap laptops are great, but sometimes you need horsepowerUtility Computing...Seems that Cloud Computing is coming along at the right time to meet on-demand processing intensive needs and Thin Clients haven't looked better in terms of lower power consumption.Traditional IT departmental processing will eventually merge with Utility Cloud Computing attracted by...

Tags: Notebooks, hardware part, horsepower, Cheap Laptop, school server, laptop computer, desktop

Discussion threads 2008-01-07

Intel's OLPC pullout sets up XO vs Classmate PC duel

Intel's OLPC pullout sets up XO vs Classmate PC duelFollow the money - there's your answer.I wonder if Negroponte wanted Intel to not only kill the competing Classmate (we don;t need no stink'n competition) but also wanted Intel to send money to AMD for life support on their end of...

Tags: intel, One Laptop Per Child project, Negroponte, Intel Corp., Classmate PC

Discussion threads 2008-01-04

Will Palm's Foleo sell?

Will Palm's Foleo sell?Seems like a device inspired by the OLPC project.But, executives that hate dealing with a laptop and finding a place to plug in will love it. They do need to be able to edit power points, Word documents and spreadsheets.Too limited functionalityI would rather pay more for...

Tags: PDAs, Notebooks, Handhelds, Cellular phones, Operating systems, Palm Inc., Palm Foleo, laptop computer, Palm Treo, Linux

Discussion threads 2007-05-30