Thursday, December 20, 2007

OLPC asked to free XO laptop (InfoWorld)


OLPC asked to free XO laptop (InfoWorld)
InfoWorld - As commercial sales of One Laptop Per Child's XO laptop close Monday, a user tracking the nonprofit effort said continued commercial availability of the laptop could benefit OLPC's nonprofit effort, the XO manufacturer, and children using it as a learning tool.

Mac News: Apple Releases MacBook, MacBook Pro Update 1.1
Update panel and the official web site.Apple says this update addresses a responsiveness issue on MacBook and MacBook Pro notebook computers.

Bug in HP Laptops
...eWeek.com has released a report that brand new Hewlett Packard notebook computers has a flaw in its built-in patch management utility.

Best Buy Raking In Gamer Dough [Cha-ching]
Apparently big ticket purchases drove the earnings, including game consoles (along with notebook computers, nav devices and flat-panel tvs).

Keep Selling the Cheap Laptop, Supporter Urges (PC World)
PC World - As commercial sales of One Laptop Per Child's XO laptop close Monday, a user tracking the nonprofit effort said continued commercial availability of the laptop could benefit OLPC's nonprofit effort, the XO manufacturer and children using it as a learning tool.

Aspire 5100 Overclocking/Gaming/Heating
Had a few questions to do with performance. I have an Aspire 5100 incase you hadn't gathered.