OLPC has 3m orders for US$100 laptop
The One Laptop per Child organisation has pencilled in October for the production of its ruggedised device, the XO, and has orders for 3 million machines already.
The One Laptop per Child organisation has pencilled in October for the production of its ruggedised device, the XO, and has orders for 3 million machines already.
AMD has set new environmental goals for 2007
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Print your own chips: Inkjet printers can use liquid semiconductors to print active displays, and there are even more exotic uses on the way
The graphics chipmaker unveils its new attempt to scorch the competition with a 512-bit graphics processor tailored for 3D
New research shows how to make self-contained communicating computers the size of grains of salt
"This is not a futuristic concept. The basic technology that could enable these applications in the vehicle is here today." - Intel VP Ron Smith on putting Intel chips into cars.
Several teams of researchers are already working to find a way to use organic polymers - plastics - as material for microelectronic production
At the 4th Annual Energy Tech Investor Forum in San Jose, Calif., panel moderator Neal Dikeman of Jane Capital Partners, leads a discussion with executives on emerging solar technologies such as thin film and geothermal silicon production. The panelists are: Jane Long, associate director, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory; Peng Lim, CEO of MTI Microfuel Cells; Barbara Heydorn, director of SRI International; and Jason Rottenberg, managing director of OnPoint Technologies.
Gates reverted to video-game metaphors, techies revolted, and the truth about the e-commerce minister...