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Low-power computing: a tech guide
We examine a number of low-power desktops, thin clients and notebooks to find out which platforms are most suitable for deployment in developing countries... more
Photos: OLPC, Classmate and Eee
How do the three leading education-orientated ultraportable notebooks stack up? Take our visual tour to find out... more
Lenovo ThinkCentre A61e review
Businesses interested in cutting the power bills generated by their desktop PCs will be interested in Lenovo's ThinkCentre A61e... more
Aleutia E1 review
The Aleutia E1 is a creditable effort at creating a compact, low-power desktop computer. However, the current hardware platform seems a little underpowered for anything other than the most basic tasks... more
Inveneo Computing Station review
The Inveneo Computing Station delivers reasonably good performance for a low-power PC. It's small, but an untidy assembly means it could be more convenient to handle... more
NComputing L230 review
NComputing's L230 thin client is an option if you need to add a group of low-impact users to an existing Ethernet LAN. However, you'll need to ensure that the host PC is adequately specified to deliver acceptable performance to the terminals attached to it... more
NComputing X300 review
NComputing's X300 provides a cost-effective way to hang up to six terminals off a single desktop PC using low-power, secure, easy to administer and quiet access terminals. It's not for power users, but is well suited to schools, business workgroups, libraries, internet cafés and suchlike... more
ASUS Eee PC 701 review
The Asus Eee PC 701 is a great notebook. It's extremely affordable, attractively designed and highly portable. If you're looking for an ultraportable travelling companion or a cheap second computer, there are few better options... more
Intel Classmate PC review
Aimed at students in developing countries, the Intel Classmate PC is an intriguing attempt at a low-cost notebook. We love the rugged design, but the small 2GB solid-state hard drive doesn't leave a lot of room for growth... more
OLPC XO review
A work in progress rather than a finished product, the XO has much to recommend it. However, there are substantive issues to address if it's to live up to its creators' lofty ideals in practice... more
ecoquiet RM ONE 50: a first look
Intel is talking up its new Atom processor as a basis for low-cost, low-power 'Netbooks' and 'Nettops'. Here, we examine RM's education- focused ecoquiet ONE 50 more
Featured Talkback
Put simply, what is the compelling reason to pay ~$200 extra for an Eee with Windows XP? A Windows Eee won't come with any useful applications and you'll have to buy anti-virus software to boot. The truth about low cost computing is that nobody really cares whether the machine is running Windows or Linux as long as its cheap, its easy to use and it works.
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Asus to ship 60 percent of Eee PCs with Windows XP
Mobile Security Expert: Your Camera Ph...
Mobile Security Expert: Your Camera Phone Got Hacked Author: Eric Everson, Founder MyMobiSafe.com Have you ever heard someone say “I’d like to be a fly on the wall in that room.”?... More
Eee 1000 + iPhone 3G = the ultimate mo...
Having left the comforting bosom of ZDNet.co.uk to strike out on my own as a freelance journalist recently, I found myself contemplating a shocking truth – I was going to have to shell... More
Think Your Skype Call is Secure? Read...
There is growing, and credible, speculation that Skype has built in a back door to allow monitoring of SKype calls. Heise Online has a good article about it. So, what we have now... More
