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'$100 laptop' nonprofit now teamed with Microsoft (AP)
May 16, 2008
AP - The One Laptop Per Child project is about to find out whether Microsoft Corp., a rival the nonprofit group once derided, is the solution to its problems in spreading inexpensive portable computers to schoolchildren.
Woman indicted in Missouri MySpace suicide case (AP)
May 16, 2008
AP - A Missouri woman was indicted Thursday for her alleged role in perpetrating a hoax on the online social network MySpace against a 13-year-old neighbor who committed suicide.
Icahn to Yahoo board: Sell to Microsoft or leave (AP)
May 16, 2008
AP - Yahoo Inc. Chief Executive Jerry Yang spent months fending off Microsoft Corp.'s unsolicited takeover bid. Now he may only have a few weeks to persuade the software maker to revive its last offer of $47.5 billion, or risk being fired in a shareholder mutiny led by activist investor Carl Icahn.
Robotic suit could usher in super soldier era (AP)
May 16, 2008
AP - Rex Jameson bikes and swims regularly, and plays tennis and skis when time allows. But the 5-foot-11, 180-pound software engineer is lucky if he presses 200 pounds that is, until he steps into an "exoskeleton" of aluminum and electronics that multiplies his strength and endurance as many as 20 times.
Study: Cox, Comcast Internet subscribers blocked (AP)
May 16, 2008AP - Comcast Corp.'s interference with Internet traffic has prompted a federal investigation and is at the center of calls for "Net Neutrality" laws, but another U.S. cable company appears to be doing the same thing without drawing scrutiny.
Icahn moves to replace Yahoo board, restart Microsoft talks (AFP)
May 16, 2008
AFP - Yahoo and Carl Icahn dueled Thursday as the corporate raider vowed to overthrow the firm's board and the Internet pioneer fired back that the billionaire misunderstood Microsoft's failed takeover bid.
Windows Coming on Dual-boot OLPC (PC World)
May 16, 2008PC World - The One Laptop Per Child Project and Microsoft plan to make both Windows and Linux available on a version of the project's XO...
Trends & Innovations - Thursday (Investor's Business Daily)
May 16, 2008Investor's Business Daily - Software installed on cell phones provides first responders basic medical information such as blood type, medications, allergies and emergency contacts. The application appears as an emergency logo on the screen of the user's cell phone, and it helps paramedics find the person's medical history in case of emergency, even in areas without cellular reception. The software was created by developer MyRapidMD in Calif. If the phone is broken, emergency workers can call an 800 number and access data remotely.
Verizon's Decision a Setback for Google's Android Plans (NewsFactor)
May 16, 2008NewsFactor - Verizon Wireless' decision to join Sprint Nextel and T-Mobile as members of a Linux-based mobile initiative appears to have dealt a setback to Google's ambitions for its Android mobile platform. A Verizon spokesperson told the Chicago Tribune that the company joined the rival LiMo Foundation because "of LiMo's approach to providing a truly open OS that isn't simply an extension of a for-profit company's business model."
Windows to run on One Laptop Per Child computer (Reuters)
May 16, 2008
Reuters - Microsoft Corp reached an
agreement to make available its Windows operating system
software for the One Laptop Per Child Foundation's XO Laptop,
the company said on Thursday.
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