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Whatever happened to...? The tech that never took off

Tue, 10 Nov 2009 08:00:00 +0000

Whatever happened to MiniDisc, SPOT and the first iTunes phone? They were hyped to the heavens, yet they never hit the heights. We salute ten technologies that never took off

Google Chrome OS: The biggest problem is that people want Windows

Thu, 09 Jul 2009 11:58:02 +0000

Google's new operating system is going to have a tough time being accepted. The terrible truth is that people want Windows

Netbooks: Credit OLPC, not just Asus

Wed, 19 Nov 2008 17:36:02 +0000

Although it hasn't taken the developing world by the storm its designers desired, the One Laptop Per Child concept inspired Asus to develop a low-cost mini laptop for the rest of us

One Laptop per Child 'Give One, Get One' scheme coming to Europe

Fri, 14 Nov 2008 10:58:02 +0000

Nicholas Negroponte, founder and chairman of the OLPC project, told our sister site, ZDNet UK, this week that version two of 'Give One, Get One' (G1G1) would enable European users to participate in the scheme

Photos: 8-year-old tests XO laptops

Mon, 27 Oct 2008 11:00:02 +0000

Our friends over at sister site CNET News.com got an eight-year-old to test the Windows and Linux models of the XO-1 (One Laptop Per Child). Click through to see what she thought

Peru trials One Laptop Per Child

Tue, 16 Sep 2008 11:08:01 +0000

Microsoft and the One Laptop Per Child project announced Monday that Peru will be the first country to try out XO laptops running Windows.

OLPC XO-1 (One Laptop Per Child) video

Mon, 07 Jul 2008 11:01:23 +0000

A superbly designed tool for learning that will appeal to geeks as well as kids

New OLPC laptop looks way too cool for school kids

Wed, 21 May 2008 10:30:00 +0000

The group behind the One Laptop Per Child Scheme is working on the next generation of XO laptops and hope to improve on the original XO through points like cost reduction and lower power consumption

News.blog: OLPC to get XP?

Thu, 24 Apr 2008 09:13:02 +0000

The chairman and founder said in an interview that the XO laptop may switch from using Linux to eventually running Windows XP, writes News.com blogger Erica Ogg

Photos: HP 2133 'Eee killer' mini laptop is official

Wed, 09 Apr 2008 08:43:02 +0000

The race to the bottom has a new driver. HP has just announced its 2133 mini laptop -- its alternative to machines like the Eee PC