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Archive for December, 2006

Mio DigiWalker H610

Though not ideal for the car, the ultraportable Mio H610 is an accurate navigator and a decent multimedia player for use on foot.

XO-1, The Children’s Machine

Also known as the XO-1, the Children’s Machine is the cost-effictive laptop project by the US-based, non-profit company One Laptop Per Child (OLPC), http://laptop.org. Founded by members of MIT faculty, its goal is to produce a $100 laptop that can be distributed to schoolchildren around the world. While that price goal had not been met by the start of 2008, the XO is a reality — a fully featured laptop with a color screen and wireless connectivity that runs a new graphical user interface on top of Linux. Hilights of the technology include instant "mesh" networking between laptops without the need…