Thursday, November 8, 2007 India is the latest of the countries where the One Laptop Per Child (OLPC) experiment has started. Children from the village of Khairat were given the opportunity to learn how to use the XO laptop. During the last year XO was distributed to children from Arahuay in Peru, Ban Samkha in…
Virginians melee at used Apple iBook sale
Thursday, August 18, 2005 “Total chaos” is how many described the melee that resulted from a sale of used Apple iBook laptop computers at the Richmond International Raceway (RIR) by the Henrico County, Virginia school system. Officials estimated nearly 5,000 people thronged the sale for the $50, four-year-old computers. Among them were 17 injured, four…
Dell recalls potentially incendiary laptop batteries
Tuesday, August 15, 2006 Dell, the world’s largest manufactuer of home computers, is recalling 4.1 million lithium batteries used in laptop computers because of the risk of their bursting into flame. There have been at least six incidents since December of laptops catching fire because of overheated batteries. The Consumer Product Safety Commission in the…
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Notebook As A Tool Of Time Management by Roberto Sedycias Notebooks have emerged as a bare essential for the business executives who carry their work along with themselves. Notebooks which are also known as laptops can facilitate the work process thereby saving substantial and valuable time. In short, it is used as tool of time…
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More On This Topic: Sliding Gates Sydney Automatic Gate Openers Sydney Driving in America – The Language Of The Road by Mairead Foley Obviously there will be terms used in your home country that you are familiar with that will have the same meaning but are just phrased differently in the USA! The following are…
British Airways Flight 38 investigation focuses on fuel system
Saturday, January 26, 2008 Investigators examining the wreck of British Airways Flight 38, a Boeing 777 that crash landed short of the runway at London’s Heathrow Airport in the first hull loss of a 777, are examining the aircraft’s fuel system as a possible factor in the crash. No-one was killed as the scheduled flight…
Google buys DoubleClick for $3.1 billion
Friday, April 13, 2007 Google has announced its intention of taking over the Internet advertising agency DoubleClick in a deal worth $3.1 billion. DoubleClick has also confirmed the deal and hopes it will be completed before the end of 2007. Rumours of a takeover offer for DoubleClick had been circulating, with Microsoft, Time Warner and…
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More On This Topic: Desired Living Leather Sofa Adelaide By John Schofield The chesterfield sofas have captured the hearts of lots of people from all over the world. Have you ever wondered how a piece of chesterfield furniture is manufactured? Below are some details. The Technique The chesterfield furniture is handmade. The craftsmanship of chesterfield…
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Potential Wikia mass exodus
Friday, August 1, 2008 Recently Wikia, a commercial company co-founded by Jimmy Wales and Angela Beesley, announced that it would be making changes in the appearances of its wikis, specifically making advertising more prominent. This change to mix advertising directly into the content has led many Wikia hosted sites to begin discussions regarding leaving Wikia…