http://www.macnn.com/ MacNN is the leading source for news about Apple and the Mac industry. It offers news, reviews, discussion, tips, troubleshooting, links, and reviews every day. The best place for Mac News. Period. en-us http://images.macnn.com/images/macnn-logo-bw.gif http://www.macnn.com/ http://www.macnn.com/articles/09/11/25/pixel.qi.3qi.mass.production.next.month/ <img align='left' src='http://photos.macnn.com/news/0911/pixelqi3qi-sm.jpg' border='0' width='176' height='120' />Pixel Qi has quietly revealed that it plans to mass-produce its unique 3qi displays in December as well as early plans for a TV. The screens will just miss their original target of the fall but promise a major breakthrough in displays for netbooks and other small computers as it can operate both like a full color LCD but behave like e-paper either to save energy or to become readable in bright da... http://www.macnn.com/articles/09/11/25/pixel.qi.3qi.mass.production.next.month/ Wed, 25 Nov 2009 16:10:00 GMT http://www.macnn.com/articles/09/11/03/company.changing.focus.following.layoffs/ <img align='left' src='http://photos.macnn.com/news/0911/olpc.jpg' border='0' width='176' height='120' />The One Laptop Per Child Association, the manufacturer behind the OLPC notebooks, has axed its plans to build a dual-screen XO device, according to an Xconomy interview with the group's founder and chairman, Nicholas Negroponte. The second generation notebook, originally announced in May of last year, has been scrapped as OLPC instead focuses on adapting the first-generation XO with updated intern... http://www.macnn.com/articles/09/11/03/company.changing.focus.following.layoffs/ Tue, 03 Nov 2009 23:50:00 GMT http://www.macnn.com/articles/09/09/14/ctl.outs.101.inch.classmate.pc.netbook/ <img align='left' src='http://photos.macnn.com/news/0909/ctle10intro.jpg' border='0' width='176' height='120' />CTL has introduced its next generation 2Go Classmate PC, and the first to sport a 10-inch display. The 2go Classmate PC E10 is another rebranded Intel Classmate PC, which itself was developed to compete with the OLPC XO Laptop. All are made to serve as educational tools in developing and developed nations alike. The 10.1-inch form factor allows for the use of a keyboard that is 90 percent the size... http://www.macnn.com/articles/09/09/14/ctl.outs.101.inch.classmate.pc.netbook/ Mon, 14 Sep 2009 21:15:00 GMT http://www.macnn.com/articles/09/06/11/archos.portable.pcs.debut/ <img align='left' src='http://images.macnn.com/esta/content/0906/archos10sintro.jpg' border='0' width='176' height='120' />In addition to the headline-grabbing unveiling of the Windows 7-based Archos 9 tablet, Archos has also released the Archos 13 notebook, Archos 10s netbook and the Archos Digital Satchel educational PC for children on Thursday. The Archos 13 is the French company's first notebook PC, sporting a 13.3-inch, 1280x800 screen. Specs include a 10-cell battery, 120GB hard drive and 1.2GHz Intel Celeron U... http://www.macnn.com/articles/09/06/11/archos.portable.pcs.debut/ Thu, 11 Jun 2009 20:40:00 GMT http://www.macnn.com/articles/09/05/13/apple.gets.security.expert/ <img align='left' src='http://images.macnn.com/esta/content/0801/olpc-handson.jpg' border='0' width='176' height='120' />Apple has hired the former director of security architecture at One Laptop per Child, Ivan Krstic, according to ZDNet. Krstic developed the Bitfrost security specification for the OLPC project, which he considers a foolproof system to protect against malware attacks. With the new position at Apple, Krstic will be working on core OS security.... http://www.macnn.com/articles/09/05/13/apple.gets.security.expert/ Wed, 13 May 2009 21:55:00 GMT http://www.macnn.com/articles/09/04/23/pixel.qi.hybrid.display/ <img align='left' src='http://images.macnn.com/esta/content/0904/olpcxo-1-terminal.jpg' border='0' width='176' height='120' />Indirect OLPC offshoot Pixel Qi is developing a new display that would fulfill three different roles at once, the company's chief Mary Lou Jepsen said today. The panel is characterized for CNET as more advanced than that on the XO-1, which can only switch between an efficient black-and-white mode and a color screen. The new model would have these two features but could also assume an e-paper mod... http://www.macnn.com/articles/09/04/23/pixel.qi.hybrid.display/ Thu, 23 Apr 2009 16:20:00 GMT http://www.macnn.com/articles/09/04/18/olpc.xo.1.goes.to.via/ <img align='left' src='http://images.macnn.com/esta/content/0801/olpc-handson.jpg' border='0' width='176' height='120' />The One Laptop Per Child project tonight said it would overhaul the XO-1 with a major internal upgrade. The Gen 1.5 update will drop the AMD Geode processor that has been used since launch and instead use a VIA C7-M with a clock speed that varies between 400MHz and 1GHz depending on the amount of heat. By making the swap, OLPC also gets a new chipset that adds 3D acceleration, HD video decoding ... http://www.macnn.com/articles/09/04/18/olpc.xo.1.goes.to.via/ Sat, 18 Apr 2009 04:35:00 GMT http://www.macnn.com/articles/09/03/12/olpc.xo2.likely.arm.chips/ <img align='left' src='http://images.macnn.com/esta/content/0903/olpc2-concept.jpg' border='0' width='176' height='120' />The One Laptop Per Child project's CTO Ed McNierney today said that the organization's XO-2 notebook will most likely drop AMD's Geode processor in favor of an ARM-based, all-in-one processor. OLPC is "almost" set to implement a new chip and would make the switch both to reduce the power draw as well as to give the portable accelerated graphics and wireless without needing separate chips that wou... http://www.macnn.com/articles/09/03/12/olpc.xo2.likely.arm.chips/ Thu, 12 Mar 2009 14:15:00 GMT http://www.macnn.com/articles/09/02/27/olpc.internship.program/ <img align='left' src='http://images.macnn.com/esta/content/0801/olpc-handson.jpg' border='0' width='176' height='120' />The One Laptop per Child (OLPC) project announced on Friday it is launching an internship program that will involve as many as 100 teams of university students distribute the XO laptops to children in Africa during the summer of 2009. Undergraduate and graduate students from around the world will be eligible to participate, with each student team receiving 100 XO laptops and related accessories as... http://www.macnn.com/articles/09/02/27/olpc.internship.program/ Fri, 27 Feb 2009 21:50:00 GMT http://www.macnn.com/articles/09/02/20/pixel.qi.ships.lcds/ <img align='left' src='http://images.macnn.com/esta/content/0902/olpc-simcity.jpg' border='0' width='176' height='120' />Pixel Qi on Friday said it's closer to shipping LCD displays that should significantly extend the battery life of notebooks. The technology reduces the dependence on a backlight and instead draws on nearby light from both human-made and natural sources to create the illumination itself, potentially extending a portable's run time by letting the backlight stay off in a brightly-lit environment. P... http://www.macnn.com/articles/09/02/20/pixel.qi.ships.lcds/ Fri, 20 Feb 2009 13:10:00 GMT