The One Laptop per Child project hopes to lower the cost of its laptop for developing nations to $50 per unit by 2010, Nicholas Negroponte said in the opening keynote at the LinuxWorld conference in Boston. The first units are scheduled to ship in December this year or January next year at an estimated cost… Continue reading $100 Laptop Project Aims For $50 Price Tag

It doesn’t get much more clever. You’ve flogged consumers an expensive Intel PC, with OS X, and then let them pay for the privilege of running Windows XP on it. Welcome to 21st century Apple, and say hello to their latest software offering called Boot Camp:cool: ?Apple has no desire or plan to sell or… Continue reading Apple’s ‘Boot Camp’ Runs Windows XP

eBay has officially outlawed cash payments among its 100 million members. The auction site has begun deleting listings from sellers who offer to accept cash through postal mail, saying that these sellers tend to be involved in scams. “The U.S. Postal Service tells us it’s unsafe, and now eBay is telling everyone that it is… Continue reading eBay Bans Cash Payments

Bill Gates, head honcho at Microsoft, has written an article for Fortune magazine revealing a number of insights on how he manages his day. Gates, unsurprisingly, makes good use of his company’s technology, and prides himself on being virtually paper free. We say virtually – he’s still got a whiteboard for brainstorm, but claims he’ll… Continue reading How the richest man in the world works

In addition to the familiar five senses – touch, sight, smell, hearing, and taste – scientists know of a sixth sense called proprioception It’s the sense of where your body is in space that allows you to touch your nose even with your eyes closed. Proprioception (PRO-pree-oh-ception) also informs balance and how to put one… Continue reading Sixth Sense Discovered – Proprioception