The One Laptop Per Child (OLPC) project stated this week that they would by adding the Microsoft Windows XP operating system onto their XO laptops as well as the open source Linux operating system. These new computers are scheduled to be sent off within the next few months.
The OLPC project was designed to provide easy to use and inexpensive laptops to countries where they could not afford the more expensive ones. Unfortunately the project itself has been facing many prolems and difficulties since they first began making it hard for them to make much of an impact. They are hoping that the new software change will help to get things up and running smoothly again.
Scientists have stated that global warming will hit the poles hard – but what they didn’t take into account was the threat it would have on animals that live in the tropics. These animals are used to living in minimal temperature range and scientists are afraid that even a few degrees change in that temperature will leave them unable to handle the change and may be life-threatening to them.
T-Mobile has finally launched their first 3G (third-generation) network in New York – but there are unseen complications that no one was expecting. Consumers were eager to test it out – but soon discovered that they were unable to use the fast speeds that are offered by the network. Consumers have the ability to use their phones that will enable them to download information at the Universal Mobile Telecommunications System (UMTS) speeds that reach speeds of 384K bps (bits per second).