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OLPC lays off half staffOpen in New Window
Avatar Posted by davemackey 3 hours ago (http://go.theregister.com)
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Laptops for developing world credit crunchedOne Laptop Per Child - the non-profit organisation aiming to give kids in the developing world their own laptops - is laying off half its staff and cutting read more »
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OLPC Scales Back, Cuts 50 Percent of StaffOpen in New Window
Avatar Posted by davemackey 12 hours ago (http://gigaom.com)
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Amazon's Best-Selling Album Download of 2008 Was Available for FreeOpen in New Window
Avatar Posted by davemackey 14 hours ago (http://www.readwriteweb.com)
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"In March 2008, Trent Reznor's Nine Inch Nails released the first part of Ghosts I-IV via BitTorrent, and released all four albums under the Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-Share Alike l read more »
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Roku Netflix Box to Stream Amazon Video on DemandOpen in New Window
Avatar Posted by davemackey 15 hours ago (http://www.crunchgear.com)
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"Not much else to add but the Roku Netflix box will soon be able to stream 40,000 Amazon titles on demand, "enabling Roku customers for the first time to watch new release movies titles instantly. read more »
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Asustek Light Laptop Sports Large Solid-State DriveOpen in New Window
Avatar Posted by davemackey 16 hours ago (http://feeds.informationweek.com)
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The 3-pound, 12-inch S121 notebook boasts a 512-GB SSD and an eight-hour battery life. read more »
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OLPC downsizes half of its staff, cuts Sugar developmentOpen in New Window
Avatar Posted by davemackey 16 hours ago (http://arstechnica.com)
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The One Laptop Per Child (OLPC) project, which aims to build low-cost mobile computing devices for students in developing countries, has announced major layoffs.Read More... read more »
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Amazon offers pay-per-use service for data hosted on S3Open in New Window
Avatar Posted by davemackey 1 day 10 hours ago (http://feeds.infoworld.com)
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"Amazon has rolled out a new option for its Simple Storage Service (S3) that lets data holders charge another entity for the cost of accessing their information. Previously, someone with information read more »
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Laptop ergonomics for mobile professionalsOpen in New Window
Avatar Posted by davemackey 7 days ago (http://www.networkworld.com)
Category: workstations | Tags laptop, ergonomics, mobile, professionals, health, , , ,
James A. Martin talks about the ergonomic issues with all laptops and what you can do to decrease the negative impact of utilizing a laptop hour after hour. read more »
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