Roy Schestowitz <newsgroups@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> espoused:
> Kid-size computers
>
> ,----[ Quote ]
>| Fresno Unified officials buy 1,000 wireless laptops that will fit on
>| students' desktops.
> `----
>
> http://www.fresnobee.com/263/v-printerfriendly/story/187043.html
>
Reduced footprint, reduced power consumption, increased portability.
The next generation of net terminals are portable, and bridge the gap
between the mobile phone and the computer.
The world is no longer remotely interested in high power-consumption,
resource-hungry upgrade-treadmill-lock-in machinery.
At this point, I'd also like to predict the death of the corporate
intranet.
>
> Related:
>
> Nigerian students power up their laptops
>
> ,----[ Quote ]
>| Khaled Hassounah, director of Nicholas Negroponte's One Laptop Per
>| Child (OLPC) program in Africa and the Middle East, has spent the
>| last year touring schools in Nigeria. He and his team chose a school
>| 10 miles outside Nigeria's capital, Abuja, to deploy the company's
>| first child-friendly laptops in the region.
> `----
>
> http://news.com.com/2300-1041_3-6175025-1.html?part=rss&tag=6175025&subj=news
>
>
> Nigerian students power up their laptops
>
> ,----[ Quote ]
>| Khaled Hassounah, director of Nicholas Negroponte's One Laptop Per
>| Child (OLPC) program in Africa and the Middle East, has spent the
>| last year touring schools in Nigeria. He and his team chose a school
>| 10 miles outside Nigeria's capital, Abuja, to deploy the company's
>| first child-friendly laptops in the region.
> `----
>
> http://news.com.com/2300-1041_3-6175025-1.html?part=rss&tag=6175025&subj=news
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