Archive for July, 2008
OLPC with Windows XP is ready
According to ZDNet, Microsoft has finally now released to manufacturing the version of Windows XP that it has tweaked to run on the One Laptop Per Child XO computer.
JkonTheRun put up a single shot of the OLPC XO running the customized XP (see an enlarged picture below). We don’t have many details at the moment [...]
Google PageRank Update
Yesterday Matt Cutts posting on his blog about Google PageRank update for this quarter has begun. I wasn’t expecting this Gadget blog will receive PageRank increment but when I check using my Google Toolbar on my Firefox browser the icon said PR 3. This is good news for me. My other Gadget review blog [...]
Electricity from Car exhaust pipe
a new material called thallium-doped lead telluride which has been designed to convert car engine exhaust heat into electricity will bring us one step closer to a green energy. The research team from Ohio State University created the new material that could also be used to help power generators and heat pumps.
“The material does all [...]
Microsoft funds Apache
Instead of continuously battling the Open Source movement, Microsoft, one of the biggest rivals to open-source programming, has begun funding the Apache Software Foundation, one of open-source software’s biggest supporters.
“Microsoft is becoming a sponsor of the Apache Software Foundation. This sponsorship will enable the ASF to pay administrators and other support staff so that ASF [...]
