$100 laptop in comment and analysis
Dear silicon.com: Prison IT, iPhone wi-fi, and the clock ticking on XP...
Comment The latest iPhone software allows corporates to remotely wipe all data from a lost or stolen iPhone so the iPhone could potentially be more secure than a laptop. I lament the passing of XP, having recently bought a Vista equipped laptop, I wish... [19 Jun 2008]
The Weekly Round-Up: 23.05.08
Round-Up The new XO2 laptop is one large touch display that can be transformed into a hinged laptop with a touch keyboard, an electronic book or two-screen display. The new machine will further squeeze its power consumption, the original XO laptop consumes... [23 May 2008]
Dear silicon.com... Vista uptake… HMRC blunder… iPhone too cool or too costly?
Comment I recently bought a new laptop and very quickly got fed up with the bundled Vista Home Premium. What's got silicon.com readers reaching for their keyboards this week? Reader Comments of the Week showcases how our users are responding to the latest... [29 Nov 2007]
The Weekly Round-Up: 02.11.07
Round-Up So a real fillip for the XO, which was previously referred to more memorably as the $100 laptop. Good news: the One Laptop Per Child (OLPC) project has a customer - the Uruguayan government has confirmed it has placed an order for 100,000 of the... [02 Nov 2007]
Tech Visions: TV extends its reach
Comment We've had fire departments starting to use Slingboxes so that when they are out fighting fires they can use a cell phone or laptop to view what helicopter cameras from the local news are showing. The power of broadcasters to dictate what you watch... [24 Oct 2007]
Trevor Baylis
AS Profile The panel felt his work has been extremely influential in the creation of the $100 laptop for use in developing countries. If Baylis hadn't raised the possibility of helping Africa by using technology such as his hand-cranked radio, it could be... [12 Oct 2007]
Nicholas Negroponte
AS Profile Consolidating his position from last year is the man behind the One Laptop Per Child organisation - and the low-cost laptop that is aiming to bring computing to schoolchildren in less developed parts of the world. [12 Oct 2007]
Who pays your broadband bill?
Comment While remote working once might have involved a hotel network connection for a road warrior's laptop, it is now far more likely to encompass other locations, in particular the home. Depending on their job role, many employees will find their... [21 Aug 2007]
The Weekly Round-Up: 27.07.07
Round-Up Moving on, the One Laptop per Child (OLPC) organisation announced this week that its $100 notebook, the XO, is going into mass production. Kids these days don't know they're born. While today's young adults embrace mobile technology, social... [27 Jul 2007]
Peter Cochrane's Blog: Moving office
Comment But every switch, laptop, printer, scanner and device moved over seamlessly. Written at my hotel in Orlando during a weekend stopover between assignments. Dispatched to silicon.com via free wi-fi from the unreal atrium of a world only possible, it... [11 Jul 2007]
Leader: How green is your (silicon) valley?
Leader Do staff use a single laptop at work, at home and on the road, so ruling out the 'PC left on constantly in the office' syndrome? A report by the Energy Saving Trust has questioned the 'greenness' of working from home (WFH). [05 Jul 2007]
Editor's Blog: My home wi-fi network - in search of fun
Comment Now that I have wireless at home, my work laptop is the most common client for me when it comes to getting online and it all works together seamlessly. When it comes to IT at home, it's nearly all about work for me. [17 May 2007]
Peter Cochrane's Blog: Report from spam hell
Comment Concatenated filters - one with my ISP and one on my laptop! Written on AA173 whilst flying London to Raleigh-Durham, North Carolina, and dispatched from an open LAN at a friend's home. From the first time I used email up to the present it has been... [19 Feb 2007]
The Weekly Round-Up: 12.01.07
Round-Up As opposed to 'explode in reality', for which you might need certain laptop batteries. Toshiba bringing out an Etch A Sketch and analysts claiming it has reinvented the laptop? Like a washed-up gambler eyeing his final chip on the roulette layout... [12 Jan 2007]
Peter Cochrane's Blog: Wi-fi really is everywhere
Comment There was no special antenna, no extra amplification, nothing but a naked laptop operating below the widow line in a standard automobile. So for the past few months I have been travelling with my laptop in wi-fi scan mode, collecting data on... [10 Jan 2007]
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