|
Linked by Thom Holwerda on Thu 29th Sep 2005 10:32 UTC
The $100 (E 83,-) laptop computers that Massachusetts Institute of Technology researchers want to get into the hands of the world's children would be durable, flexible and self-reliant. Among the key specs: A 500-megahertz processor by AMD and flash memory instead of a hard drive with moving parts.
New Mobile Computing |
|
Recent Original Stories
"Buried in a Knowledge Base article that Microsoft published to the Web on November 14 are details of Microsoft's plans to combat Office 2007 piracy via new Office Genuine Advantage lockdowns.
New Mobile Computing |
|
Austinist Event Alert: AMF's Music Industry Boot Camp series tonight @ Scholz Garten
Image provided by Austin Music Foundation AMF’s Music Industry Boot Camp -- “Web 2.0: Effective Strategies for Online Promotion” Monday, July 14 Scholz Garten ( 1607 San Jacinto Blvd ) 6:30 p.m. - 8 p.m. Free [ info ] This Monday, the Austin Music Foundation brings us “Web 2.0: Effective Strategies for Online Promotion,” the 37th edition of its informative Music Industry ...
Austinist |
|
"Here's a little thought experiment to take into the New Year. Not as difficult as Schrodinger's Cat
, but thought provoking nevertheless. Imagine that you woke up tomorrow to a world without Microsoft.
New Mobile Computing |
|
Longs Drugs connects with Microsoft online patient service
Longs Drug Stores Corp. has completed a deal with Microsoft Corp. to connect its Web site to Microsoft's online patient record service. (LDG)
BizJournals |
|
EBay scores victory in Internet trademark case
NEW YORK (Reuters) - EBay Inc scored a major court victory on Monday when a federal judge ruled that Tiffany & Co had failed to prove the online auctioneer was responsible for the sale of fake Tiffany jewellery on its site.
Reuters.co.uk |
|
Pachter: MGS4 Bumping PS3 Sales In June NPD
Ahead of NPD's June U.S. hardware and software sales report, Wedbush Morgan's Michael Pachter has predicted an uptick in PS3 sales on the release of Metal Gear Solid 4, but still sees the Wii easily topping the hardware charts. Pachter expects combined market sales to be up 19 percent over the year prior at $645 million, up from 2007's $542 million. Metal Gear Solid 4, Ninja Gaiden II, Lego: ...
Gamasutra |
|
Recent Original Stories
Mozilla's Firefox web browser has made dramatic gains on Microsoft's Internet Explorer throughout Europe in the past year with a marked upturn in FF use compared to IE over the past four months, according to French web monitoring service XiTiMonitor.
OS News |
|
Red Hat is planning a packaged Linux desktop solution
that it hopes will push its Linux desktop offering to a far broader audience than exists for its current client solution.
OS News |
|
Linked by Thom Holwerda on Sun 21st Aug 2005 14:35 UTC
Microsoft has once again stirred up a hornets nest in the open-source community, this time approaching the OSDL (Open Source Development Labs) to work with it on a joint, independent research project to do some facts-based analysis of Linux and Windows.
OS News |
|
Foundation funds helps Highland school district
Thanks to grants from the Washington County Riverboat Foundation, the Highland School District will be able to equip every classroom with a new computer for the upcoming school year.
The Iowa City Press-Citizen |
|
Apple sells 1 million new iPhones in opening weekend
Apple Inc. sold 1 million of its new iPhones in the first three days after the handset made its debut, more than double what some analysts anticipated, sending the stock up 3.5 percent.
New York Daily News |
|
Cellular decision on the computer
Scientists of the Division of Theoretical Bioinformatics at the German Cancer Research Center (Deutsches Krebsforschungszentrum, DKFZ) in Heidelberg have simulated on the computer how cells decide whether or not to migrate. Using their results, the researchers were able to predict the molecular targets within a cell that have to be hit so that its behavior changes in a particular direction. This ...
PhysOrg |
|
Online estimates of home values are often misleading
Los Angeles - Consider it among the unintended consequences of the national housing bust: Homeowners radiating every...
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel |
|
Icahn files replacement Yahoo board slate with SEC [Yahoo Raid]
Corporate raider Carl Icahn made his proxy fight for control of the Yahoo board official today, filing an alternative slate with the Securities and Exchange Commission. The slate includes nine of the... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]
Valleywag |
|
Wayward celebrities can learn from successful marriages
Pssst! The secret to a lasting marriage does not include cheating with a teenager, spending family time surreptitiously viewing Internet porn sites or partying with strippers.
Access Atlanta |
|
Buy.com Deal With EBay Angers Sellers
The golden era of the small seller on eBay, hawking gewgaws and knickknacks from the basement or garage, is coming to a noisy and ignominious end.
NYTimes.com via Yahoo! Finance |
|
Whiz of the Web: Monday Meat Slices
The best of the internet, chopped into tiny bits and grilled for your enjoyment. There's nothing at the URL as of this writing, but PR people tell us that some time early this week, code.google.com/radiohead will host a clip of a video for "House Of Cards" created using two crazy technologies called Geometric Informatics and Velodyne Lidar. Not used in creating the video were cameras ...
Phillyist |
|
Software Tool Helps Visually Impaired See Web Pages
Lighthouse International says its program is the first to allow people with moderate to severe vision problems view Web pages as the site creators intended.
InformationWeek |
|
New BT Home Hub 2.0 - shinier, blacker, £15 more expensive
BT has announced its new look, feel and taste wireless router, the BT Home Hub 2.0.
Tech Digest via Yahoo! UK & Ireland News |
|
Real Estate Blogging 101: Achieving Profit And Success In 3 Easy Steps
Real estate agents today are blogging their real estate business to rise up from the competition, as well as giving their venture a little boost in success and profit.
Turks.US |
|
XTuple releases 'hybrid' open-source ERP
XTuple has released the 3.0 version of its ERP (enterprise resource planning) application, with new features including a screen-builder tool for designing dashboards and a product configurator for processing custom orders. Other improvements include better internationalization, JavaScript support for additional customization, and the ability to define user roles and groups. The company, ...
InfoWorld |
|
Australian woman described as the world's oldest blogger dies
SYDNEY, Australia - A 108-year-old Australian woman who was promoted as the world's oldest blogger has died two weeks after making her last post about "singing a happy song," her great-grand son and her online forum said.
Canoe Technology |
|
Icahn blasts Yahoo, details Microsoft deal
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Activist shareholder Carl Icahn blasted Yahoo Inc on Monday for rejecting his joint proposal with Microsoft Corp, saying management was more focused on who would run the Internet company than on the details of the offer.
Reuters |
|
A new age for mobile phones begins
HTC unveils Touch Diamond. HTC Corp., the world’s leading provider of Microsoft Windows Mobile smart devices, has unveiled its new flagship phone, the HTC Touch Diamond.
Manila Bulletin |
|
|