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DailyWireless Nov 03 09 The dual-screen XO-2 design has been killed by One Laptop Per Child, reports Xconomy and OLPC News.
The Generation 2.0 XO laptop was to be a book-like pair of touchscreens, but would likely have been too expensive to build. Version 2.0 has been replaced by two things, according to Negroponte:
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T-Mobile and MetroPCS have both filed petitions with the FCC to force Dish Networks to give up about half of the spectrum holdings, reports Fierce Wireless.
Hands-free motion control, a technology pioneered by Nintendo’s Wii and later improved upon by Microsoft’s Kinect, has taken a big leap forward, says Daniel Terdiman of C/Net.
At The Cable Show opened in Boston today and runs though May 23. Lots of press releases. Ex FCC chief Michael Power told the assembled masses, “Americans adore television”.
Bright House Networks, Cablevision, Comcast, Cox Communications and Time Warner Cable today announced that they will enable each other’s customers to access their metro WiFi networks, totaling over 50,000 hotspots.
The Intelligent Transportation Society of America, the leading advocate for surface transportation technologies, is having their annual meeting in Maryland, today.
This morning I had a long, lucid, dream. I was flying a personal hovercraft, chasing butterflys. I could fly in close to a single butterfly, and snap photos of it.
None of three Apple’s data centers — including an existing facility in California, one in North Carolina, and one being built in Prineville, Oregon — will use power produced by coal, Chief Financial Officer Peter Oppenheimer said in an interview.
The Space X Dragon, a commercial cargo ship bound for the International Space Station, is expected to launch Saturday.
Engadget says the iRig Mix mobile music mixer lets you mix your own tunes for $99.99 with up to two iDevices at a time, as well as audio from guitars, MP3 players, and CD players.
Samsung Electronics Co has received some 9 million pre-orders for Galaxy S-III smartphone from more than 100 global carriers, the Korea Economic Daily reported on Friday.