I am increasingly concerned about the fragility of the Internet. With our data living more and more in the cloud, we are vulnerable when networks fail. Without email, without the documents I’m writing … [Read more...]
The $100 laptop at International Symposium on Digital Earth 5
The $100 laptop @ ISDE5 The International Symposium on Digital Earth was an opportunity for a few hundred experts and other interested individuals to get together, see and discuss ways in which … [Read more...]
“The Other” $100 Laptops
Techmeme tracks news all over the web, and a link on Techmeme today to a BBC article brought to my attention yet another inexpensive laptop computer for kids. Intel has a $200+ laptop (the "$100 … [Read more...]
Can I please have 1/10 of the $100 laptop?
The Times of India today (5 May) reported that Indian researchers are striving to create a $10 laptop - having rejected the $100 laptop (now way over $100) as too expensive. Yeah, that may be true for … [Read more...]
Put a Little Sugar on it (OLPC)
Wayne Hodgins has posted a good "current news" article that points to a number of other online comments on the One Laptop Per Child (OLPC) initiative (the $100 computer). Wayne refers to Jeremy … [Read more...]