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Home automation and media specialists VidaBox have released their latest touchscreen controller, a wall-mounted 12.1-inch display that runs Windows XP embedded and boasts a unique mounting design. The TOUCHCLIENT12 package consists of a “roughbox” that is fixed into the wall and the computer itself, which requires only two connections - 12V power and ethernet [...]
After a great deal of “are they, aren’t they?” rumor and negotiation, the One Laptop Per Child (OLPC) project have finally agreed a deal with Microsoft to put Windows XP on the low-cost notebooks. As a result, starting from next month a Windows version of the XO machine will be available in five or [...]
As expected, HP have today released their new wave of 2133 Mini-Note ultraportables running Windows XP rather than Vista or SUSE Linux. However, while the leaked pricing may have been correct, what the tips didn’t tell us was that HP would be pushing the Vista-downgrade route to XP rather than supplying XP alone. [...]
Pricing details for the XP version of HP’s 2133 Mini-Note ultraportable have emerged courtesy of a leaky HP rep. Assuming they’re the real deal, we now know that the four-model range will be priced from $729 to $819. Another HP rep confirmed that XP will be available, preloaded, on the 2133 on May 15th.
Psystar has brought into the public light an issue that has long plagued the tech industry. Why does Apple keep their software closed to only Apple’s hardware? Several projects have sprouted, some even growing wings, that are efforts to bring OS X, and all its updates, to custom built X86 machines, including OSX86, and most [...]
A simple name change has Psystar back on their feet selling their cheap desktop computers that are configurable with OS X on them. They’ve also added a new computer to their lineup, the OpenPRO which is available with a lot better case, comes standard with an 8000 series GeForce card and a 10k RPM HDD [...]






