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- Discussion threads 2008-10-08
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- XP on XO goes to Peru
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- Net Carb Calculator Widget (zip)
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- Software downloads 2008-09-12
- New touch screen Classmates unveiled today
- New touch screen Classmates unveiled todaysugar ported to classmateSugar has been ported to the classmate-s. Don't know if it would work with a touchscreen, though the XO-2 is supposed to have one,so I suppose it is being worked on.http://www.olpcnews.com/software/operating_system/sugarizing_it_intel_classmate_2.html
- Discussion threads 2008-08-21
- New touch screen Classmates unveiled today
- Intel unveiled a new iteration of its Classmate PC today, featuring a touch screen with tablet mode, a new wedge design, and motion-sensing internal hardware. According to Intel's press release, "Our ethnographic research has shown us that students responded well to tablet and touch screen...
- Blog posts 2008-08-20
- Novell-Microsoft interop pact may look sweeter to IT shops these days
- Novell-Microsoft interop pact may look sweeter to IT shops these daysOn the outside looking inIt's more like MS is on the outside looking in.Hyper-V is a proprietary lock-in solution. Xen, Citrix XenSource, SUN xVM, VMware all let IT run bare-metal Windows on Linux.It's a whole new ballgame."I am merely...
- Discussion threads 2008-08-20
- SAP wrap and transparency points
- This week's SAP influencer summit was a roller coaster affair. On the one hand I didn't detect anything fundamentally new on the BusinessObjects side other than a considerable amount of repackaging with a view to gaining additional sales. There's nothing wrong with that but it didn't demonstrate a huge amount...
- Blog posts 2008-08-15
- It's 1,100 systems and counting for open-source refurbishment advocates
- It's 1,100 systems and counting for open-source refurbishment advocatesIs the monopoly{s} fretting?!"The Installfest was “manned” by volunteers from the Linux and open source communities.""Why Microsoft and Intel tried to kill the XO $100 laptop""Microsoft, makers of most of the computer software in the world, tried to kill it with words,...
- Discussion threads 2008-08-14
- We need new sources of Vitamin D
- We need new sources of Vitamin DWe need new sources of Vitamin DIf only more people would get out into the sun. I forget the actual amount but I think its like an hour of sunshine a day is good for you but I don't think they quite mean...
- Discussion threads 2008-08-13
- Did the big boys really kill OLPC?
- Did the big boys really kill OLPC?Look at where the story originated fromThe UK. You know, Ant-Microsoft, Anti-Intel.This is just another attempt to bolster the country's "home grown" Linux initiative.I am sure they where happy to have the XO use AMD chips (Dresden, Germany) though quite angry they where not...
- Discussion threads 2008-08-11
- It's official: my broadband nightmare is over
- Beginning today, I proclaim an international day of celebration. Over the course of 31 days, I've been without broadband. It hasn't been without whinging about it at every given opportunity of course. If it wasn't for the close proximity to my university campus and a very...
- Blog posts 2008-08-01
- Does this Internet make your kid look fat?
- Does this Internet make your kid look fat?Absolutly NOTThe responsibility of feeding a child and what they eat isn't the advertisers or manufacturers of products. Its the parents, if a parent wants their kid to eat nutritious low fat, low calorie foods then that is what they should buy.Who...
- Discussion threads 2008-07-30
- RedPrairie Is Helping United Sugars Meet Customer Needs Through Just-in-Time Delivery
- United Sugars Corporation is the largest marketer of beet sugar and second largest overall marketer of sugar in the United States. The company needed a transportation system to help it manage multiple shipping sites, two primary means of transportation, and hundreds of shipments per day - all while accommodating customer...
- Case studies 2008-07-28
- Microsoft finalizes Windows XP for OLPC laptops
- Microsoft finalizes Windows XP for OLPC laptopsjust thinknow instead of being stuck in a little puddle they can go out there and swim in the ocean of windows applications like the rest of us - a zillion kids just smiledlinuxhelp.net:~# apt-get install mozilla-firefoxReading Package Lists... DoneBuilding Dependency Tree... DoneThe following...
- Discussion threads 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...
- Discussion threads 2008-07-24
- 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...
- Blog posts 2008-07-17
- 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...
- Discussion threads 2008-06-25
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