One Laptop Per Child, Update

Here's an interesting update to my post a couple days ago about the new program from One Laptop Per Child. This is a link to the NDN Blog post by Simon Rosenberg.

Need an inexpensive but decent laptop?

If you are looking for a new, inexpensive decent laptop take a look at the offer from Best Buy for the Gateway model shown.

It's listed at $499, a $250 savings but NO rebate, just $250 off.

Gateway Notebook with Intel® Centrino® Duo Mobile Technology
Model: MT6840
-Intel® Centrino® Duo mobile technology with interrelated Intel® Core™ Duo processor T2450,

-Intel® 945GM chipset,

-Intel® 3945ABG wireless network connection (802.11a/b/g) and extended battery life capability
-1GB PC2-5300 DDR2 memory for multitasking power, upgradable to 2GB; 533MHz frontside bus, 2MB L2 cache and 2.0GHz processor speed
-Multiformat DVD±RW/CD-RW drive with double-layer support records up to 8.5GB of data or 4 hours of video using compatible DVD+R DL and DVD-R DL media; also supports DVD-RAM

-Wireless, Bluetooth, Windows Vista Home Premium, 169GB Hard drive, 15.4" screen, 6lbs. View here for detailed specs.

I'd add the 3 year warranty.

Great Deal: Toshiba Portable USB 160GB Hard Drive

Saw this on techbargains.com for the rugged type.

A great deal on a Toshiba Portable 160GB external USB hard drive with bundled backup software, for $89 from CompUSA.

FiOS in DC, Don't Ask Verizon

Wondering when and if we'll ever get FiOS in DC?

Well, so is the Washington Post.

Here's an article called "Fios in Your Neighborhood? Don't Ask Verizon" by Rob Pegoraro Sept 27, 2007.

It's online and also in the printed Washington Post Business section page D1.

... "But Verizon treats its plans for Fios like a state secret. Finding out when this service might show up at your door requires detective work or outright clairvoyance.

The worst such example may be in the District. Verizon has rolled out Fios in every surrounding jurisdiction, but D.C. residents are still waiting to hear when it might reach their homes.

Searching for service by typing in a District address on Verizon's Web site generated only a bland, meaningless assurance: "Our network is continually being expanded." Verizon's public relations department was no more informative.

Coming Soon! October: Cyber Security Awareness Month

Laptop Project Set for 2 Weeks in Nov.

Interested in donating AND purchasing a new laptop for $399?

Check this initiative out: http://www.xogiving.org/

Here's more info on the project:

Parallels making virtualization jump to servers

Parallels making virtualization jump to servers

A company whose virtualization software lets Windows programs run on Mac OS X will soon make the move to the more demanding server market.

By Stephen Shankland Staff Writer, CNET News.com -->
Published: September 13, 2007, 3:26 PM PDT

SAN FRANCISCO--Parallels, a subsidiary whose claim to fame is virtualization software that enables Mac OS X users to run Windows programs, is making the jump to the server.
The new Parallels Server software currently is in alpha testing, but will open to beta testers in four to six seeks, Benjamin Rudolph, communications director for Parallels, said Thursday at VMworld. Parallels, a subsidiary of virtualization company SWsoft, plans to ship the final product near the end of 2007 or in early 2008, he said.

But does the world need another hypervisor, the virtualization foundation that gives a single computer the ability to run multiple operating systems in separate compartments called virtual machines? The market already has VMware's dominant products as well as the open-source Xen competition from XenSource, Red Hat and Novell, and next year, Microsoft's Viridian software for Windows Server 2008.

Rudolph thinks so. The company will aim initially at small and medium-size companies that don't fool with virtualization today, and he hopes to expand from there. For those customers, he said, "Xen is just too complicated. VMware is just too much."

Entire article.