By Charlie Sorrel February 03, 2009
You thought the $100 laptop was cheap? How about a $10 laptop? That's the promise of the unfortunately named Sakshat computer (it actually means "before your eyes"), to be built in India as soon as the designers get a manufacturer signed up. Details are scarce, but at least the people behind it have pedigree. The Indian government is funding it, and the design is from scientists at science and technology institutes in Vellore, Madras and Bangalore. The price of making this machine is now around $20, but should fall to half that as production runs get longer. But you want the specs, right? There isn't much, sadly, just a claim that the machine will have Wi-Fi and 2GB RAM. A quick look at memory prices tells us that a 2GB stick alone costs around that (the cheapest I found was $16). Clearly the Indians are up to something here, perhaps designing their own chips.
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Tuesday, February 3, 2009
Intel plucks power from TV signals
By Bill Ray, 3rd February 2009
Researchers at Intel have demonstrated low-power electronics running on nothing more than power harvested from a normal TV aerial, or an RFID reader if there happens to be one nearby. The project, presented on paper at TechOnline describes two projects: the first to draw power from an RFID reader, the second to run an electronic thermometer/hygrometer from electricity harvested from a TV transmitter 4km away. The shop-bought thermometer apparently consumes around 25uA at 1.5v, this is normally supplied by a single AA battery which was replaced with an energy-harvesting circuit attached to a set-top-style aerial balanced on a balcony and pointed at the KING-TV tower. The tower is 4.1km from the Intel Research Seattle Lab from whose balcony the test was conducted. The researchers report that the device worked perfectly, collecting data and displaying it on an LCD screen.
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Researchers at Intel have demonstrated low-power electronics running on nothing more than power harvested from a normal TV aerial, or an RFID reader if there happens to be one nearby. The project, presented on paper at TechOnline describes two projects: the first to draw power from an RFID reader, the second to run an electronic thermometer/hygrometer from electricity harvested from a TV transmitter 4km away. The shop-bought thermometer apparently consumes around 25uA at 1.5v, this is normally supplied by a single AA battery which was replaced with an energy-harvesting circuit attached to a set-top-style aerial balanced on a balcony and pointed at the KING-TV tower. The tower is 4.1km from the Intel Research Seattle Lab from whose balcony the test was conducted. The researchers report that the device worked perfectly, collecting data and displaying it on an LCD screen.
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Microsoft Announces Six Windows 7 Editions
By David Murphy Feb 3, 2009
Microsoft has confirmed the existence of six separate Windows 7 versions. That's two more editions than Windows Vista's four, thanks to the addition of a barebones "Windows 7 Starter" and a split of the typical Windows "business" model into both Windows 7 Professional and Windows 7 Enterprise editions. Microsoft intends for Windows 7 Home Premium and Windows 7 Professional to be the two editions that most consumers are apt to pick up. Your Average Joe should target the latter, whereas small business-themed customers will want to opt for the latter. Microsoft has yet to offer its official suggestions for or hardware recommendations for the operating systems, so stay tuned. However, Microsoft alleges that the various editions of Windows 7 will be able to run on a "very broad set of hardware, from small-notebook PCs (sometimes referred to as netbooks) to full gaming desktops."
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Microsoft has confirmed the existence of six separate Windows 7 versions. That's two more editions than Windows Vista's four, thanks to the addition of a barebones "Windows 7 Starter" and a split of the typical Windows "business" model into both Windows 7 Professional and Windows 7 Enterprise editions. Microsoft intends for Windows 7 Home Premium and Windows 7 Professional to be the two editions that most consumers are apt to pick up. Your Average Joe should target the latter, whereas small business-themed customers will want to opt for the latter. Microsoft has yet to offer its official suggestions for or hardware recommendations for the operating systems, so stay tuned. However, Microsoft alleges that the various editions of Windows 7 will be able to run on a "very broad set of hardware, from small-notebook PCs (sometimes referred to as netbooks) to full gaming desktops."
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MySpace: 90,000 sex offenders removed from site
By MARLON A. WALKER Feb 3, 2009
About 90,000 sex offenders have been identified and removed from the social networking Web site MySpace, company and law enforcement officials said Tuesday. The number was nearly double what MySpace officials originally estimated last year, said North Carolina Attorney General Roy Cooper, who along with Connecticut Attorney General Richard Blumenthal has led efforts to make social networking Web sites safer for young users. Cooper said he wasn't surprised by the updated numbers, and demanded that MySpace and rival online networking site Facebook - which claim to have more than 170 million users combined - do more to protect children and teenagers.
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About 90,000 sex offenders have been identified and removed from the social networking Web site MySpace, company and law enforcement officials said Tuesday. The number was nearly double what MySpace officials originally estimated last year, said North Carolina Attorney General Roy Cooper, who along with Connecticut Attorney General Richard Blumenthal has led efforts to make social networking Web sites safer for young users. Cooper said he wasn't surprised by the updated numbers, and demanded that MySpace and rival online networking site Facebook - which claim to have more than 170 million users combined - do more to protect children and teenagers.
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