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[News] [Linux] OLPC Faces More Linux Competition, But Nakes Advances

Thailand can't 'Just Say No' to laptop

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| Sponsors of the project include chip maker AMD; RedHat, which is supplying 
| the operating system; Google, eBay, and NewsCorp.
|
| [...]
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| Soon OLPC will have to contend with even more aggressive Indian
| competitors. The group Novatium just brought out a basic "NetPC" for $80.
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http://www.bangkokpost.com/breaking_news/breakingnews.php?id=119037

OLPC achieves 2km range in 802.11s tests

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| A tester for the One Laptop Per Child (OLPC) project has testedw
| ireless technology using the 802.11s 'mesh networking' pre-draft
| in Australia's outback and achieved distances of 2km.
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http://www.zdnet.com.au/news/communications/soa/OLPC-achieves-2km-range-in-802-11s-tests/0,130061791,339277912,00.htm
http://tinyurl.com/yqpax4


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[OLPC] Students playing music

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| This may be in Thailand, if someone knows for sure and about the date
| it was taken, post a comment and I'll update this info.
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http://olpc.tv/category/children/


Governments Must Reject Gates' $3 Bid to Addict Next Billion PC Users 

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| "Microsoft's strategy of getting developing nations hooked on its
| software was clearly outlined by Bill Gates almost a decade ago," said
| Con Zymaris, CEO of long-standing open source firm Cybersource. 
| 
| Specifically, Bill Gates, citing China as an example, said:
|  
|   "Although about 3 million computers get sold every year in China, but
|   people don't pay for the software," he said. "Someday they will, though.
|   As long as they are going to steal it, we want them to steal ours.
|   They'll get sort of addicted, and then we'll somehow figure out how to
|   collect sometime in the next decade."[1]
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http://www.cybersource.com.au/press/gates_set_to_addict_next_billion.html


Microsoft Happy with the Evolution of Windows Vista Piracy

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| But the truth is that Microsoft is happy with the way Windows Vista
| piracy is evolving. Is there a catch to this? No. The fact of the
| matter is that Windows Vista has delivered a heavy blow to
| software counterfeiters. The reason for this is the new Windows
| Genuine Advantage security mechanism integrated into the
| operating system.
| 
| You may not notice this on the surface. On the surface, the
| Internet is crawling with Windows Vista cracks, hacks and
| workarounds. On the surface, every Windows Vista edition has
| been cracked and is available for download via peer-to-peer 
| networks. But this is not the true extent of Windows Vista piracy.
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http://news.softpedia.com/news/Microsoft-Happy-with-the-Evolution-of-Windows-Vista-Piracy-50577.shtml

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