Current Cheap-computers News Results

The Week of Leaks
Wikileaks this week let fly with a gusher of data, and at 90,000 documents strong, it's being called the biggest informational leak in the history of the U.S. military. The site has published tens of thousands of sensitive reports, memos and files regarding the war in Afghanistan, and analysts are just beginning to pick through them, digest them, and assess their full scope.

iPhone Game of the Day: Dark Nova
Remember Elite? Someone who made this space trading sim sure does.

Why the $35 Tablet Will Never Exist
Why does the media fall for the same hoax again and again? Tablet PC - IPad - Apple - Literature - Business

India to Offer $35 Computers, Aid Education
In an effort to bring connectivity to every student in the country, the Indian government has found a way to offer cheap computers.

$35 Linux Tablet unveiled in India
India is since a while on the quest for ultra-cheap computers. In 2009 a $10 laptop made the news. Today Indian Minister Kapil Sibal unveiled a $35 Tablet computer. The goal for the 7-inch Linux powered Tablet is also to reach a price of $10. The aim of...

HP Wants To Become Apple. WebOS Is The Key
In season 1 of AMC's hit show Mad Men , Rachel Menken comes to the advertising firm Sterling Cooper because she wants to give her department store, Menken's, a makeover, so to speak. She wants to transform it from a successful department store into an elite one. " What kind of people do you want [coming into your store]? ," Creative Director Don Draper asks Menken. " I want your kind of people ...

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Martha's manifesto: Should people be forced online?

Analysis: Examining Declining U.S. Console Revenues - What's The Cause?
[Gamasutra analyst Matt Matthews examines May's hardware NPD figures -- why have console sales slumped 20% year on year to $241.5 million for the month, and which platform bears the brunt of the responsibility?] When the NPD Group released its May 2010 estimates for U.S. video game console retail sales, the headlines sounded grim. Not only were industry revenues down overall, but software sales ...

Rwanda's School Laptop Push May Boost Education, Economy
The inexpensive OLPC computer delights children but it is still a very costly piece of equipment for a poor country to invest in