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Closing the digital divide with solar Wi-Fi
Insight Two colleagues develop Wi-Fi technology designed to work where sources of electricity are unreliable.
Tags: Mobile/Wireless, Product development and design
Chip battle to go small?
News Even as new ultra-mobile PCs make their debut, chipmakers are gearing themselves for a share of the UMPC market with targeted processors.
Tags: CommunicAsia 2008, Processors, Mobile processors, Notebooks and tablets, Advanced Micro Devices Inc., Mobile, Chip, Notebook, ASUS, Ultramobile PC
Qualcomm designs low-cost PC alternative
News Company joining the likes of Microsoft, Intel, and One Laptop Per Child in effort to bring low-cost computers to the developing world.
Tags: Networking, 3G (Third Generation), Personal Computers, Qualcomm Inc., Smart Phone, Wireless, 3G Network, 3G, Inventec, network
OLPC to laptop makers: Use our design
News Founder Nicholas Negroponte says the OLPC will open source its hardware design and invite others to copy it, according to a report from the TED conference.
Tags: Notebooks and tablets, Processors, Open source, Bill Gates, Conference, PC Company, One Laptop Per Child Project, One Laptop Per Child Initiative, Laptop Computer, blogging
Ultra-low-cost PCs to hit 1M in 2008
News Ultra-low-cost hardware like Intel's Classmate PC will drive PC sales in the emerging markets like China, Indonesia and Malaysia, says Gartner.
Tags: Thin clients, Notebooks and tablets, SMB
