The XO laptop has been used in Uruguayan schools India says it is planning to produce a low cost laptop intended for use by school children and students. The cheap laptop has been developed as part of a broader national plan to update the technology used by Indian colleges and schools. Details are scant, but it is planned to use wireless to connect and have 2GB of memory onboard.
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Web Slices keep track of changing content Microsoft has stepped up the battle to win b back users with the latest release of its Internet Explorer browser. The US software giant says IE 8 is faster, easier to use and more secure than its competitors. "We have made IE 8 the best browser for the way people really do use the web," said Microsoft's Amy Barzdukas.
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SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Microsoft Corp sold 28 million units worldwide of its Xbox 360 video game console through the end of 2008, expanding the Xbox's lead over rival Sony Corp's PlayStation 3 console in worldwide unit sales, the company said on Monday. Xbox 360 product management director Aaron Greenberg said 2008 "was our biggest year ever in Xbox history" despite a sluggish global economy that's battered U.S. retailers this past holiday season.
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German police women are to be issued with bullet-resistant bras to give them complete undercover protection. The new underwear was developed as a second barrier of defence after normal bras were found to cause injuries while on duty. The officers' bullet-proof vests, while stopping the force of gunshots in attack, pushed the plastic and metal parts of their underwear into their flesh, causing injury.
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This expensive ultramobile PC ranks as one of the best we've seen, but its keyboard is troublesome. In designing its VAIO Micro PC VGN-UX390N, Sony has condensed a standard notebook computer into a device only a little larger than and about twice the weight of a BlackBerry. And it did a good job, with two critical exceptions: The 4.5-inch display is too small for easy viewing even at arm's length, and a finger on the keyboard is a typo waiting to happen
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