Web 2.0 Enabled $100 Laptop Will Reach Children in FebruaryJanuary 5th, 2007 The first batch of computers built for the One Laptop Per Child project could reach users by July this year. However test XO machines are expected to reach children in February before the formal launch.
$100 Laptop Moves Closer to RealitySeptember 29th, 2005 Nicholas Negroponte, the co-founder of the Media Lab at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, detailed specifications for a $100 windup-powered laptop targeted at children in developing nations. Negroponte, who laid out his original proposal at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, in January, said MIT and his nonprofit group, called One Laptop Per Child, is in discussions with five countries - Brazil, China, Thailand, Egypt and South Africa - to distribute up to 15 million test systems to children.
How to: Install and Use MS Office 2007 in LinuxJanuary 3rd, 2009 Amongst the very few irreplacable products that Microsoft Windows have come up with, Microsoft Office 2007 is one very close to it. It has so many features and standardized options that I can not think openoffice as an alternative to it.
Milestone: 1 Million Visitors in February 2007June 10th, 2007 We received over 1 million visitors as early as Feburary 2007 and with over 12 million page hits. We have been observing steady growth throughout the year so far.
10 Must Have Laptop AccessoriesApril 7th, 2009 We have talked about desktop peripherals yesterday. Now while using my HP pavilion Tx, we thought then why not something for the laptop too? There are hundreds of accessories available in the market that can help you geekify and fashionify your laptops by many folds.
Top 5 Regrets After Migrating From Windows To LinuxJuly 30th, 2007 It has been several months that I fully migrated to Linux. The whole company has moved 100% to Linux, all servers, desktop ...
AIDS Patient & Children: Dangerous Mix?June 7th, 2007 Today's newspaper reported a heart-warming story in a village in West Bengal who has adopted a widow with AIDS. She is allowed to freely mix with the families and even cuddle their children.
Ruling by court panel sends ownership of Unix copyright to trialAugust 25th, 2009 Ownership of Unix copyright headed to trialDENVER — A federal appeals court on Monday reversed a judge's decision that granted the copyright of the Unix computer operating system to Novell Inc. A three-judge panel of the 10th U.S.
16 Qubit Quantum Computer to Debut on Feb 13th; 20 Years Ahead of ScheduleFebruary 10th, 2007 Twenty years before most scientists expected it, DWave has announced a 16 Qubit quantum computer that promises to massively speed up computation as we know it (64, 000 operations simultaneously). DWave will debut at two locations, one at the Computer History Museum in Mountain View, California on February 13th, and the second at the Telus World of Science in Vancouver, Canada on February 15th.
Microsoft's Windows 7 to debut on Oct 22June 3rd, 2009 SAN FRANCISCO - Microsoft said Tuesday that it will debut its new operating system Oct 22 as it seeks to block a growing challenge from Google, Apple, and the open-source Linux operating system. The world's largest software company is releasing Windows 7 just 33 months after launching Windows Vista which has been widely panned for its demanding hardware requirements and slow response time.
Come on Google, What About India?August 10th, 2006 What's wrong with Google and India? Did we hurt them in any way?
Google provides GMail by SMS signup in Australia, Indonesia, Malayasia, New Zealand, Philippines, Singapore, Thailand, Turkey and of-course US of A. However India is not there.
Desktop Linux Users Double in 2006August 23rd, 2007 According to DesktopLinux.com's just completed survey, the number of Desktop Linux users has more than doubled in 2006, and Ubuntu remains the no. 1 Linux distribution of choice for desktop users.
Singapore Airlines Provides Linux Network PC in Every Seat (Photos)August 29th, 2007 Singapore Airlines always stands out in in-flight entertainment services. KrisWorld, Singapore Airlines' in-flight entertainment system, offers on-demand movies in multiple languages (pretty good collection of latest movies in my experience), television shows, games and music to passengers.
Dell Laptop Explodes in ConferenceJune 21st, 2006 A Dell laptop sudenly exploded into flames, in what could have been a deadly accident, at a Japanese conference. "The damn thing was on fire and produced several explosions for more than five minutes"
via The Inquirer
I suspect it is the battery.
"My Dad's burgling your house"September 13th, 2005 A 31 year old Dutchman returned from work to find a strange car in the drive of his home in Pieterburen, near Groningen. Two children were sitting on the back seat so the man asked them where their father was and was told that his father was inside, "robbing" the house.
The ambitious One Laptop Per Child program, which began at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology's Media Lab, to provide low-cost laptop computers to poor children around the world is about to take a big step forward.
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