Microsoft’s Mundie Talks up Tech for Poor Nations
The News Review:
- Microsoft’s Mundie Talks up Tech for Poor Nations
- FAQ: Windows XP SP3 Reboot Hell (and How to Get out of It)
- Intel to Develop E-commerce PC With China’s Alibaba
- Eee PC the Elder vs. Eee PC the Younger
- HP acquires EDS to challenge Big Blue
- TIMEKEEPER FR TECHIES TURNS 25 IN STYLE
Microsoft’s Mundie Talks up Tech for Poor Nations
PC World – May 14, 2008
In a way I helped create the Unlimited Potential Group several years ago and we had housed it within one of the business divisions and a number of executives were providing oversight to it. The other real reason to put it in my group is because the other two new businesses I’ve got in my group are health and education and when we look at what the Unlimited Potential needs are yes one component of it is to allow people to be productive but almost invariably the other two legs of that stool are health care and education. IDGNS: Does your early work at Microsoft’s non-PC division help with your role in Unlimited Potential?Mundie: No not really — except for the cell phone. The work that I did with Windows Mobile and the cell phone stuff I think has carried forward today and does give us a basis for adapting cell phone technologies to the Unlimited Potential class of opportunities. Interactive TV may be another one that may ultimately play a role here. IDGNS: What are some strategies you have for Unlimited Potential? What technologies will you focus on? Mundie: When you think about people with little or no disposable income and how to approach that market it’s clear that you can’t go at it with the idea that they just run out and buy personal computers or that we’re going to give them all one. And so a lot of our focus has been on trying to take technologies that are derived from the global scale use of PCs and help build both less expensive devices and software that’s more purpose-built relative to the needs of those kinds of customers… And you go to most governments today and they tend to measure their success in how many PCs exist in a classroom environment or how many PCs they have per student they have but mostly they don’t have enough for it to become an integral part of the curriculum. They’ll say oh look we have one for every 100 students now and all that means is that each kid probably gets access to the computer for 15 minutes a week so it’s not really integrable into the curriculum. But if you take that one computer and you stick it in a classroom and all day long 30 kids can all be using it at a time interacting with it learning with it for an investment that you can say is no bigger than governments are already trying to make you take the same machines with these very low-cost extensions and you make it an integrated part of the curriculum. Those are the kinds of initiatives that the UP group does that other groups don’t do. IDGNS: Wouldn’t the kids fight? How would that work?Mundie: The way MultiPoint works each mouse produces a unique cursor on the screen you may have your own name up there. So what happens is the curriculum is designed around the system. So you could break kids into groups and have kids solve problems together.
FAQ: Windows XP SP3 Reboot Hell (and How to Get out of It)
PC World – May 14, 2008
Isn’t there an easier way? We’re not sure but you can try to offload the heavy lifting to Microsoft by using the free tech support it’s offering for any install or upgrade problems related to XP SP3. Although Microsoft normally refers users who obtained XP as part of a new PC to the computer manufacturer or reseller when problems pop up it will provide free-of-charge XP SP3 install support until April 14 2009. You can contact Microsoft by phone e-mail or online chat. (E-mail and chat are available only in the U.
Intel to Develop E-commerce PC With China’s Alibaba
PC World – May 14, 2008
The planned computer the first step in a broader alliance between the two companies will come with Alibaba’s e-commerce applications preinstalled and use Intel components according to a joint. The statement did not detail which Intel components would be used in the PC but one likely candidate is the company’s upcoming Atom processor due to be launched next month… The statement did not detail which Intel components would be used in the PC but one likely candidate is the company’s upcoming Atom processor due to be launched next month. Formerly called Diamondville Atom was designed for low-cost laptops but will also be used in a crop of low-cost desktops. These desktops which Intel calls nettops are basic systems designed to be inexpensive and used for Internet applications a description that neatly fits the announced objectives of Intel and Alibaba. Alibaba did not immediately respond to a request seeking details on expected pricing and availability. Alibaba which is 40 percent owned by Yahoo is an e-commerce giant in China.
Eee PC the Elder vs. Eee PC the Younger
Inquirer – May 14, 2008
Eee PC the Younger Daily Roundup The elections wuz fixed By. The900 isn’t exactly a budget machine as it sports a 20GB SSD throwing economicsout the window ? having said that and quoting Jeffrey “Do you want to pay morethan half a grand for a notebook that’s marketed as a secondary machine when youcan get a full-fledged notebook for the same price?”… Enermax?s Modu82+ 625W is on review at PC Perspective. With amodular layout it supports CrossFireX or SLI and even comes with 12-pin PCIepower plugs in case GPU manufacturers want to get creative and meltdown yourcomputer. It?s silent as heck and you get very good mileage.
HP acquires EDS to challenge Big Blue
Economic Times – May 14, 2008
The acquisition willstart adding to earnings excluding some costs as of fiscal 2009Hewlett-Packard said. The purchase will more than double Hewlett-Packard?sannual sales in its services unit to almost $40 billion making it as large abusiness as PCs. Researcher IDC predicts that PC shipment growth probably willslow to 13% worldwide in 2008 from 15% last year dragged down by waning demandin the US the largest market for themachines. Hewlett-Packard getsabout 15% of its revenue from services. The company competes against IBM instorage devices software and servers ? computers used to run corporatenetworks and websites. IBM based in Armonk New York got about $54. 1 billionfrom services last year or more than half its sales.
TIMEKEEPER FR TECHIES TURNS 25 IN STYLE
Taipei Times – May 14, 2008
) With an optional adapter music lovers can connect their iPods and Bluetooth-enabled cell phones and laptops to the home theater system. The DAV-F200 will be available next month but Sony hasn¡t yet set a price. DJ GEAR FR THE PC SIMULATES VINYL Amateur deejaying on a PC can often sound to use the vernacular kind of whack. Hercules hopes to improve the chances of pumping out a great mix with the Mobile DJ MP3. The device consists of a pair of dials ¡X which simulate two simultaneously spinning records ¡X and a cross-fader. To play music you install the included software on a Windows PC or laptop and pick and choose tracks over a wireless USB connection. The display shows the current song titles and you can change pitch and volume for individual tracks on the fly… To play music you install the included software on a Windows PC or laptop and pick and choose tracks over a wireless USB connection. The display shows the current song titles and you can change pitch and volume for individual tracks on the fly. The audio plays through whatever speakers are attached to the computer. The unit which comes in white or black runs on two C batteries and is available for US$100 at DJDeals. com MusiciansFriend. com and other online retailers. While the Mobile DJ MP3 can¡t quite match up to real wheels of steel it might be enough of a simulacrum to make people think that Daft Punk is in fact playing at your house.
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