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Acer unveils Iconia dual-screen PC and three Android tablets

...It's not a unique concept: OLPC floated the idea for the XO-2 in 2008, enTourage showed the Edge at CES 2010 in January... Read more

23 November, 2010
Introducing the OLPC's '$75 laptop'

Introducing the OLPC's '$75 laptop'

...typing experience depicted here in the One Laptop per Child organisation's XO-2 mockup, where the standard laptop keyboard has been replaced by a... Read more

22 May, 2008 by Jonathan Skillings
OLPC laptop drops AMD for Via

OLPC laptop drops AMD for Via

...an ARM-based, instead of x86-based, processor. The first of the XO 2.0 laptops will launch in early 2011, Negroponte said. In the... Read more

20 April, 2009 by David Meyer
OLPC chief predicts Windows for ARM architecture

OLPC chief predicts Windows for ARM architecture

...architecture. "It will take us 12-18 months to get the first XO 2.0's out," Negroponte told ZDNet UK via email. "By then... Read more

13 March, 2009 by David Meyer

OLPC available on Amazon

...run its OS as the XO). Also the development of the touchscreen XO-2 is also worth keeping any eye on. For more on the... Read more

7 September, 2008

OLPC The Second

...design — the finished product isn't due to appear until 2010. The XO-2's standout features are its small size (about half that of... Read more

21 May, 2008

Photos: The new-look $100 laptop

...watts, compared to 20 to 40 for a standard laptop, and the XO-2 will draw just one watt. The XO-2 will be about... Read more

21 May, 2008 by Nick Heath

Beijing Olympics, Google Earth, BlackBerry Bold and more

...dual touchscreen computer. The new One Laptop per Child (OLPC) machine - the XO-2 - is one large touch display that can be transformed into a... Read more

30 May, 2008 by Nick Heath

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Dean Talboys

What a farce! Hopefully the European court will see where this is leading.

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SoapyTablet

Wouldn't surprise me if Samsung actually really had problems producing the white model (as Apple did - it would make more sense) and this non-story...

2 hours ago by SoapyTablet on Samsung Galaxy 'S3' delayed by special paint
Lonnie

those conformation letters are hard to figure out what is which letters it is a pain in the back side. Please make it more Ledge-able being better...

6 hours ago by Lonnie on Screenshots: Photoshop CS6 Beta
BrownieBoy

"cites" even. Ouch!

13 hours ago by BrownieBoy on Using Windows XP is a waste of money, says IDC
Horace Ontalhold

...... and PDP11s too

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BrownieBoy

I had a quick skim through the PDF. It seems to be that many of these so-called cost savings would be down to a hardware refresh. Although...

14 hours ago by BrownieBoy on Using Windows XP is a waste of money, says IDC
bobandroid

496,999 BT Fon Hotspots lovingly situated in your next door neighbours garden, no matter how you dress that up its still a pup... Not where I need...

16 hours ago by bobandroid on London Olympics: BT needs 25,000 more Wi-Fi hotspots
apexwm

Jack : I was hoping you could provide us a summary since you are familiar with this report. I am not yet sure how much of my time I'd like to...

18 hours ago by apexwm on Using Windows XP is a waste of money, says IDC
Smilig Eddie

2 – 4 more weeks of waiting: how many buyers are going to decide instead to see what the iPhone 5 offers? Consumer trust in the brand has also...

18 hours ago by Smilig Eddie on Samsung Galaxy 'S3' delayed by special paint
SRist

So it looks like this was a complete red herring - Adobe are allowing upgrades from Photoshop CS3, CS4 and CS5 at the same price. When did this...

19 hours ago by SRist on Photoshop users attack Adobe upgrade policy change
Jack Schofield

@apexwm Have you considered either (a) reading the story above or (b) reading the PDF? There are answers in both.

21 hours ago by Jack Schofield on Using Windows XP is a waste of money, says IDC
apexwm

I would love to hear why Microsoft believes that "upgrading from Windows XP to Windows 7 pays for itself in a year, in increased productivity and...

21 hours ago by apexwm on Using Windows XP is a waste of money, says IDC
debsmk

I have just changed mine to white they said 3 to 5 days

22 hours ago by debsmk on Samsung Galaxy 'S3' delayed by special paint
Atangana

I would like a job for me and do good to their tackiness vellent my help I will do my best to help you mercie for all

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BrownieBoy

Well done to IDC for producing a report that says using XP is a waste of money. Only 11 years too late with it is all....

1 day ago by BrownieBoy on Using Windows XP is a waste of money, says IDC
Jack Schofield

@Burn-IT ...which doesn't mean it isn't true ;-) I'll be interested if you can find any properly-researched, independent data from any of the...

1 day ago by Jack Schofield on Using Windows XP is a waste of money, says IDC
Burn-IT

As said, sponsored by Microsoft........

1 day ago by Burn-IT on Using Windows XP is a waste of money, says IDC
mrbigdong

@620W, I mine 1 BTC/daily for cost of 1.7eur, they naysayers regurgitate the rubbish they read as usual

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Mike Denton

If the link to the next section existed that would be awesome.... Guess I have to ask uncle google where it is

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minzhu

Don't blame CEO, they want RIM win. RIM has strange culture and self distruct political environment. In RIM if a new hired person figure out...

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