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[News] Another UMPC Coming, Unbuntu's Mobile and Embedded Edition Likely

  • Subject: [News] Another UMPC Coming, Unbuntu's Mobile and Embedded Edition Likely
  • From: Roy Schestowitz <newsgroups@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • Date: Mon, 10 Mar 2008 03:20:41 +0000
  • Newsgroups: comp.os.linux.advocacy
  • Organization: Freelance
  • User-agent: KNode/0.10.4
Mini-Linux chips coming

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| Intel's MIDs will operate on its Menlow platform and run an embedded Linux 
| platform such as Unbuntu's Mobile and Embedded Edition. 
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http://computerworld.co.nz/news.nsf/tech/40FDCA510B9C8249CC2574040075E892


Recent:

GeCube shows a cheap Linux tablet

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| This is the GC-GENIE-JR aka the Genie PC, and it is not a PC, more of a 
| convertible laptop/tablet/picture frame. It runs Linux, has a detachable 
| rubberized keyboard, and sets up on an integrated stand to be a picture 
| frame. It is also very cool.   
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http://www.theinquirer.net/gb/inquirer/news/2008/03/06/gecube-shows-cheap-linux-tablet


Free laptops a hit with children

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| The laptops, which are sponsored by the Massachusetts Institute of Technology 
| (MIT), cost US$176 (about 5,600 baht) each. 
| 
| The school is one of two in the central province chosen for the pilot 
| programme.  
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http://www.bangkokpost.com/News/03Mar2008_news10.php


Steve Wozniak: Cheap PCs can help the poor

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| Apple co-founder Steve Wozniak has revealed he's a big fan of Nicholas 
| Negroponte's One Laptop Per Child (OLPC) project but confessed that his own 
| plans to switch entirely to the device have gone awry.  
| 
| [...]
| 
| Wozniak added that he believed OLPC founder Nicholas Negroponte deserved 
| international recognition for his work. 
| 
| "I think he deserves a Nobel Peace Prize," he said. 
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http://www.builderau.com.au/news/soa/Steve-Wozniak-Cheap-PCs-can-help-the-poor/0,339028227,339286443,00.htm


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