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The forthcoming XO laptop’s price has officially hit $200 now—double the initial $100 target. [Reuters]
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OLPC Production Delay Means Shortage Of $188 Laptops This Holiday Season
By 10.24.07
If you’re planning on taking part in the One Laptop Per Child “Buy 1 Give 1” sale next month, be warned that there have been delays in starting production. Although everything is now up and running, the foundation is predicting a shortage of laptops and said that although some U.S. and Canadian customers may see their personal laptops arrive before the end of 2007, orders would be filled on a first-come, first-served basis.
Incase Replaces Strap Ravaged By Cute Dog
By 10.21.07
I have an Incase bag for my MacBook pro. In May I adopted a dog from the San Francisco SPCA (see photo) and he decided that the strap was a chew toy.
OLPC Announces "Give One Get One" Laptop Sale
By 9.25.07
Early adopters, geeks, technology bargain hunters and idealists rejoice: One Laptop Per Child is opening its high tech stash to private consumers, at least temporarily, in an effort to help get their project off the ground now that production has begun. For two weeks beginning November 12th, you can purchase one of their green and white, portable, solar powered, open source laptops with the super-bright screen, for yourself for a tax-deductible $399, and a second laptop will be given to a needy kid somewhere else.
"Dell Laptop Burned Down My House"
By 2.8.07
On Monday morning I was heading to work like any other day.. little did I know that my home was being consumed by a raging fire. I arrived my desk to find that the phone was ringing – I needed to come home immediately was the message.
Help! Get Our Dell Back!
By 12.16.06
- Please tell me there’s a way to get our laptop back (and fixed) from Dell?
Sony Recalls Fujitsu, Gateway, Toshiba and Sony Laptop Batteries
By 10.25.06
Monday, Sony voluntarily recalled batteries for all the notebooks listed in the headline, due to risk of fire. If you own one of these laptops, check out this page to see if the recall affects you.
Replacement Apple Batteries Have Their Own Problems
By 10.5.06
The fun isn’t over for some Apple Powerbook G4 owners affected by the recent battery recall. Not only did some replacement batteries not power systems correctly, others don’t even fit flush with the laptops.
Insurers to Travelers: “Lost Laptop? Not Our Problem.”
By 8.14.06
If you’re flying out of Britain to the United States, you’ve got an 8 hour in-flight of dreary ennui ahead of you. Your laptops, your PDAs, your cellphones, your shiny PSP must all be left in check-in, to be flung about, searched and rooted through by an armada of anonymous baggage check monkeys.
2 Young Scalawags Charged in Veteran Data Theft
By 8.8.06
Nineteen-year-old Jesus Alex Pineda 19, and Christian Brian Montano were charged Saturday in the left of a laptop containing 26.5 million veteran’s records.
Exploding Dell Meets Truck Full of Bullets
By 8.3.06
A Dell Inspiron laptop. A stock 1966 Ford pick-up. Several boxes of ammunition. A sunny day on the shimmering shores of Lake Mead. A fireball erupting into the sky! A million bullets shredding through the air! A shrapnel storm of jagged metal shards and flaming tires!
Dang MacBook’s So Hot, Could Fry An Egg
By 7.14.06
I love my MacBook Pro: it’s damned hot. And by ‘damned hot’, I mean that not only does it cause vacuous hipster chicks to spontaneously become impregnated when they see me walking by with it tucked under my arm, but I also mean that it’s fortunate that such divine conception happens, because after months of use, my loins look like someone fired a laser cannon at the crotch of a Ken doll.
Stolen Veteran Affairs Laptop Recovered
By 6.30.06
After much hand and flag-wringing, a laptop containing millions of veteran’s personal data has been recovered. A preliminary analysis by police reveals that the sensitive information was not accessed during the theft.
Burn Dell Laptop Burn
By 6.21.06
This has been shooting around the net today but here’s a nice confluence between a Dell and the flames of Hell.
