Yesterday, the OLPC (One Laptop Per Child) Foundation finally came out and said that it will be teaming up with Microsoft to make the Windows XP operating system available on its versatile laptop, known as the XO. The OLPC has been plagued by a variety of snafus, such as the recent departures of several important [...]
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The Eee PC 900, the successor of the immensely popular Asus Eee PC, will finally be hitting U.S. shores come May 12. The $549 ULPC (ultra low-cost PC) boasts several improvements over its predecessor, perhaps the most notable being its new 8.9-inch screen. The new screen runs at a resolution of 1024 x 600 pixels, [...]
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It seems users just don’t want to give up Windows XP. A little over a week ago, I wrote a short article discussing the future of Windows Vista and stated how there has been growing support to keep Windows XP as the default operating system for many computers. As this recent MSNBC.com article illustrates, this [...]
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Firefox has come a long way since its humble beginning in 2004. It has come to represent a viable alternative to Microsoft’s Internet Explorer and, as a result, has gained over 15% of the browser market. Now, Mozilla (the developer behind Firefox) is hoping to continue this trend of success with the recent release of [...]
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