Everex looks to be the latest to join the ranks of companies offering Ultra-Mobile PCs (UMPCs) at prices educational institutions can afford. While final details will be released early in the year, both Linuxdevices.com and engadget picked up on this device. The 7" mini-portable is slated to run...
Thin clients, though not for everybody, have done a really outstanding job of meeting the needs of the students in my school. Easy manageability, very little maintenance, and transparent access to data and applications from a variety of locations around the school have made them a big hit. ...
Samsung formally unveiled its ultra mobile PC, the Q1 this morning. Similar to other "Origami" Windows XP Tablet Edition systems, it has a 7-inch, 800x480 LCD with touch-screen capability, weights 1.7 lbs, only 512K of RAM, up to 9-hour battery life, and Bluetooth and wired/wireless LAN connectivity. However, the...
The next generation of optical networks needed to satisfy our appetite for bandwidth is currently under development. And researchers from Georgia Tech have built a new architecture which delivers super-broadband wired and wireless service simultaneously. This hybrid system "could allow dual wired/wireless transmission up to 100 times faster than current...
Here's a roundup of various points of view on net neutrality as Congress turns the hot air machine towards net neutrality. Of course, you've seen News.com's wrapup article, too. Gigi Sohn, president of Public Knowledge, writing on ZDNet's Wired & Wireless Blog: This is an...