Saturday, November 17, 2007

OLPC Launches 'Give 1, Get 1' Laptop Promo (NewsFactor)


OLPC Launches 'Give 1, Get 1' Laptop Promo (NewsFactor)
NewsFactor - One Laptop Per Child's long-awaited "Give 1, Get 1" program launched Monday at www.laptopgiving.org. For the next 15 days only, geeks and other supporters of computing for kids can pay $399 to get two XO laptops -- one of which will automatically be sent to a child in the developing world.

black friday laptops any good?
I was checking the one from compusa?

One Laptop Per Child Machines a Reality (NewsFactor)
NewsFactor - Two years after Nicholas Negroponte left MIT Media Lab to found One Laptop Per Child, the first XO laptops are finally rolling off a production line in China, the organization announced Tuesday.

PCs could run multiple operating systems (AP)
AP - Tired of Windows? The next generation of laptops may let you jump from one operating system to another to play movies, surf the Web or read e-mail.

Under lighting idea
On the bottom of my panasonic CF-19, which is basically a metal plate, I thought about adding a row of lights along the edge about 1-1.5 inches away