OLPC XO laptops add Windows OS
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Despite its original goal to offer the world's poorest children a $100 laptop that ran free, open-source, tinkerable software, One Laptop per Child is adding the Microsoft Windows operating system to its XO laptops. The easily recognizable green laptops will also continue to host Linux.
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Intel rolls out 16-processors for laptops, desktops, servers
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At the 2008 International Consumer Electronics Show being held this week in Las Vegas, Intel Corp. rolled out 16 processors which use the chip giant’s hafnium-based high-k metal gate formula and 45 nm manufacturing process for better performance and reduce power. The rollout includes Intel’s first 45 nm processors for Intel Centrino-based laptops.
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Lenovo enters global consumer PC market with style
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Responding to recent style-based moves from Dell, HP, and Apple that target consumer personality with glossy, color-cased laptops, China-based Lenovo is banking its “Idea” branded consumer PC move on a combination of fashion and technology, hoping to win a larger share of the PC market with flashier notebooks and features including face recognition technology.
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