Archive for May, 2008

First Look: OLPC XO-2, A $75 Laptop

Even with the price of what used to be known as the “$100 laptop” still hovering closer to the $200 mark, the organization behind the XO laptop design is at work on a next-generation device with an even lower target price: $75. To get there, it’s counting on advances in software technologies and in hardware [...]

Ecamm Releases PhoneView 2.0

Ecamm Network today announced the release of PhoneView v2.0.

PhoneView (formerly MegaPhone) is a Mac application which gives iPhone and iPod Touch users easy access to iTunes media, photos, notes, contacts, SMS and call history data stored on the device. Files and folders can also be copied to the device for data storage and file transfer [...]

Google Gets Closer to a Mobile Future

Google has long said that its best hope for future growth comes from mobile devices. Today, Google moved to bring that future a bit closer.

The Internet search giant joined an industry consortium that plans to build a next-generation wireless data network. Google is investing $500 million in the project, which is led by Sprint and [...]