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The One Laptop Per Child (OLPC) Foundation’s “Give One, Get One” Program (G1G1), which enabled end users to get an XO-1 for themselves, while at the same time donating an XO-1, was originally scheduled to run from Nov. 12 – Nov. 26. The program has proven so popular, and the [...]

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Last week I wrote that testers reported that Windows Vista SP1, at least in Release Candidate (RC) form, is still somewhat of a slowpoke. Devil Mountain Software, the testers, have run their same tests on Windows XP SP3’s RC, and in this case, they’ve seen a 10% speedup from XP [...]

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Remember how the U.K. government lost the data of 40% of their population? How could it get worse? It’s worse, though only by showing a pattern, as the new loss of data isn’t critical.
HM Revenue and Customs has confirmed that a further six data discs have gone missing [...]

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If a company can fire a worker via text message, then why can’t a worker “call in sick” via text message?
Apparently he can, an Edinburgh employment tribunal has ruled. Or at least, if an excuse via text message has been accepted once, it has to be accepted again, unless notice [...]

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In a study that produced a result that some would say “Duh!” to, China’s Internet users are much more dependent on the Web than U.S. users. However, it’s about more than just gaming.
A survey of more than 2,100 Internet users aged 16 to 25 years old in both countries [...]

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Amazon.com unveiled the Kindle on Monday, and despite understandable skepticism, it’s already sold out.
The Kindle is Amazon’s e-book reader, which uses cellular (specifically, EVDO) to download the books to the device. You can also subscribe and get automatic delivery of newspapers and magazines.
It’s 7.5″ x 5.3″ x 0.7″, smaller [...]

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Executive Editor, RealTechNews
Remember when George Lucas digitally remastered the original Star Wars trilogy? He said it was to “finish the film the way it was meant to be.” Most of the changes were cosmetic, enhancing the films with special effects that were not available when the films were first made. [...]

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The Child Benefit is a payment made British families with children under 16. It’s sort of like a tax rebate. Unfortunately for anyone receiving the Child Benefit, the government has managed to lose the data for all families receiving it, putting their addresses, personal info, and banking info [...]