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OLPC Announces Next-Gen XO-2 $75 Laptop
CIO — The nonprofit One Laptop Per Child Project has shown the first images of its next-generation touch-screen laptop that goes by the name XO-2. According to Nicholas Negroponte, chairman of OLPC, the laptop is under development and has a goal of ...More…
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How to Research and Purchase a Laptop
CIO — The most highly evolved species of computer, the laptop (aka notebook) computer allows you to work without being tethered to an office. Portability and good performance make notebook PCs an essential part of the daily lives of millions of people, ...More…
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Eight Great Ways to Protect Your Laptop
CIO — Your first line of defense against laptop theft is to secure the machine with an actual, physical lock. Though serious thieves won't be deterred by one of these small cable locks, trying to break one may prove enough of a hassle to deter casual ...More…
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Intel, OLPC Affordable Laptop Bout Only Hurts Users
CIO — Anyone with the remotest interest in ICT development will have noticed the battle raging at the "bottom of the pyramid," where competing initiatives have been vying for the hearts, minds and dollars of schoolchildren and education ministries the ...More…
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Lax Laptop Security Can Be Dangerous...and Expensive
CIO — Most travelers carry little of value on their laptops, but those who do carry valuable information store an average of $525,000 worth of sensitive data, according to a recent survey. More on CIO.com How to Lock Up Laptop Security Do You Need ...More…
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How to Lock Up Laptop Security
CIO — Even before her state of California put a stake in the ground regarding public disclosure of data breaches, Christy Quinlan could see the wisdom in encrypting client data on mobile devices. Shortly after Quinlan became CIO of California's ...More…
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Report: OLPC "$100 Laptop" Now Costs $188
CIO — The One Laptop Per Child (OLPC) project has raised the price of its XO laptop to US$188, according to an Associated Press report. OLPC spokesman George Snell confirmed the price change on Friday, the AP report said. Snell blamed the price hike on ...More…
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Negroponte's $100 Laptop Sputters Along
CIO — On a desk in a messy office on the eighth floor of a building opposite the Massachusetts Institute of Technology sits a circuit board that might just transform education for millions of children around the world. The board is the first prototype ...More…
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Intel Joins One Laptop Per Child (OLPC) Initiative
CIO — In an unexpected development, chip giant Intel has joined the One Laptop Per Child (OLPC) initiative. The nonprofit project aims to equip children in developing countries with specially designed low-cost notebooks powered by chips from Intel's ...More…
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Seeking the Perfect Laptop Bag
CIO — Needs change. For years my laptop carrier of choice was a now-unavailable Briggs & Riley backpack that had survived a decade of abuse and still didn't look much worse for the wear. Unfortunately, such durability has a downside. It left me stuck .. ...More…
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OLPC Raises $100 Laptop Price to $175
CIO — The One Laptop Per Child (OLPC) group said Thursday that it had raised the price for its hundred-dollar laptop to US$175, but was still confident it would collect enough orders to begin volume production by September. OLPC now has orders for 2.5 ...More…
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Stellar Labs Power DL-1300 Dell Replacement Laptop Battery
MCM Electronics — MCM has partnered with a top global supplier of laptop batteries and AC adapters to bring you a complete line of Stellar Labs Power+ replacement batteries. All batteries are manufactured in an ISO9001 facility from top quality Panasonic and Sanyo cells ...More…