The news travels fast when it involves a company that everyone has an opinion about. This morning, more news about the OPLC XO laptop and the connection to Microsoft.
N. Negroponte - the other face was left at home for this picture
Nicholas Negroponte states that the laptop project can not be truly open if it [...]
Yesterday, I was speaking about the possibility of Microsoft entering the OLPC project. I was worried about the price, and how it would affect the distribution of the laptop.
Now it seems the fix for Microsoft was in, almost from the start. They have been planning on Microsoft for the operating system, and have put in [...]
The One Laptop Per Child initiative started out with a price projection of $100. Now, as told a couple of days ago, the price is hovering at $188. Talk about a cost overrun! No wonder it is so hard to do good work for the needy.
Now it seems that Microsoft wants to have its operating [...]
As someone who uses PCs everyday, for a great part of the day, and who hasn’t used Macs for any serious computing since the change to OS X, I was amazed at all I did not know about the inner workings of OS X.
Oh, sure, I can help those who can’t help themselves, and [...]
While no one is happy about the problems with the strangulation of BitTorrent and all other P2P software, it seems that the problem just might have a silver lining. The problem has provoked many to complain, and in true political fashion, a few intelligent Congressional people have seen the way to help their upcoming runs [...]
As part of a class action settlement, Sprint has said it will allow customers who are at the end of the contract to unlock the phones. The phone holders from August 18, 1999 to July 16, 2007 are eligible to receive the unlocking codes - no work as why these dates were chosen.
The thing [...]
While everyone’s favorite whipping boy is any of the big boys in Redmond, the latest operating system from Apple has some bugs that would have people rioting in the streets if Microsoft had done it.
At least Vista doesn’t bluescreen during initial install.
Apparently Apple is taking a page from the Microsoft book, and not fully [...]
The English don’t like agreements that are not well-defined. As a result of the licensing terms of Office 2007 and Vista, along with concerns about compatibility of the Office 2007 formats, Becta, the technology in education branch of the government, not only is recommending another choice, it has filed a complaint with the Office of [...]
Comcast doesn’t like all the publicity about its blocking P2P traffic, including BitTorrent and Lotus Notes e-mails, so it has threatened to fire any employee who admits to the policy.
According to Ars Technica, Comcast customer service people are given a script to work from, and told that if any deviation is found, job loss may [...]
Last week, I was speaking about the battle between High Definition DVD formats, and the fact that Sony, with the PS3, has outsold HD DVD movies by a wide margin. Blu-ray is leading by a good margin in sales - for now.
Well, the prediction has come true about the HD DVD consortium and its bold [...]
For those who are unaware, Minority Report is a movie. It starred Tom Cruise and was a tale of a future where crimes were foiled by beings cognizant of things about to occur.
In a show of its basic lack of intelligence, the House passed a bill making thought crimes illegal. Name any dead famous science [...]
In what is as close as it might ever come to a confession of fault, the Microsoft update services ended the push of Windows Desktop Search to Windows XP machines.
Stating that it was a ‘publishing process error’, Microsoft explained that the push onto enterprise networks was stopped. No word was given about the forced update [...]
Well, if you were hoping that because of its agreements with Microsoft, it was lawyers who were being laid off, you’ll be disappointed.
In a move of ongoing restructuring, Novell laid off 250 information technology workers, and plans to hire workers in an office in Bangalore, India. This is an effort to slash costs.
Novell had previously [...]
While lurking around the PC Magazine website, I spied an article from a month ago, that I missed until now. I usually read most of the articles on the site, but at this point, some seem not worth my time, as I’ve seen and heard most of the basic things written about.
The article is titled [...]
Verizon announced that customers lucky enough to live in an area served by their Fiber Optic Service will be able to do all manner of things previously unattainable without paying for a T1 service to your house.
The announcement was that 20/20 service was to be available for only $65 per month. That is 20 megabits [...]
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