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Possible Improvement to NYT Paywall Plan (SVW) - 0 views

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shared by Rafae Wathra on 13 Feb 10 - Cached
  • Rafae Wathra on 13 Feb 10
     
    A metered approach could be a better model for paywalls.
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How Paywalls Could Be Used to Spread Misinformation (SVW) - 0 views

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  • Rafae Wathra on 13 Feb 10
     
    Paywalls could lead to spread of misinformation because someone could report a source but others wouldn't be able to verify it unless they have access.
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Rise of Paywalls and their Impact in the Past (The Economist) - 0 views

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  • Rafae Wathra on 13 Feb 10
     
    The article explains how in 2010 many news companies will turn to paywalls but also how some have worked effectively in the past.
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The Fonly Institute: Problems with the $100 laptop - 0 views

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  • Distribution problems
  • Hardware issues – power generation
  • Hardware issues – mesh networking
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  • When they have, connection is too slow to work properly in class-time. Wireless signal it is not strong enough, so they can't connect from home
  • What if each child had a smartphone or a netbook
  • it has not been generally validated as bringing about new paradigms of child learning
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OLPC For You and Me | Things Are Good - 0 views

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  • The cost of the machine has unfortunately increased from their proposed $100 USD to almost double that, in oprder to ensure that they can still get these laptops out to the kids they are selling them as pairs.
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OLPC's Netbook Impact on Laptop PC Industry - OLPC News - 1 views

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shared by Chalana Perera on 12 Feb 10 - Cached
  • 1. Windows XP would have been discontinued in 2007 or 2008 as was Microsoft's original plan
  • 2. The Windows XP licence for netbooks was lowered to $30 per device
  • 3. Netbooks are selling at a rate of 35 million units per year and represent more than 30% of the notebook market and this share is increasing.
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  • 4. Intel's profits shrank 90% between Q4 2007 and Q4 2008
  • OLPC is going to make the PC/Laptop industry realize that there is an alternative to X86 for full sized keyboard/screen computing.
  • prices and market trends obviously do matter for the education aspect of the OLPC project
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Microsoft and One Laptop per Child Partner to Deliver Affordable Computing to Students ... - 0 views

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  • Microsoft Windows operating system available on OLPC’s low-cost XO laptops for the world’s poorest children
  • The availability of Windows, in addition to Linux, on the XO laptop will allow customers to have an expanded choice of operating environments that best fit their requirements.
  • Transforming education is a fundamental goal of Microsoft Unlimited Potential, our ambitious effort to bring sustained social and economic opportunity to people who currently don’t enjoy the benefits of technology
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Xtra Ordinary Operating System for XO Laptop - OLPC News - 0 views

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  • Chalana Perera on 12 Feb 10
     
    IT background of the issue
  • Chalana Perera on 12 Feb 10
     
    IT background of the issue
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The Internet Age (Information Today) - 1 views

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  • Rafae Wathra on 10 Feb 10
     
    Article about the impact of the internet on traditional media services
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PS3: Hacked | DigitalFoundry - 1 views

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  • Elvira Russ on 10 Feb 10
     
    This a detailed description of what George Hotz did to hack the PS3 and what still has to be done. It has quotes from him and discusses the impacts of the hack.
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Google Books Settlement Update (Rutgers University online newsletter) - 1 views

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  • ajay tambay on 10 Feb 10
     
    education impact on undergraduates
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