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more about #xo more comments → tobz1000: If it looks like that, I fucking love this already. I'm always using my PSP as a mirror, and a lot of my friends use the backs of their iPods. Why not... more » Technogamer1992: Errr.... weve got these already... i use the back of my ipod as a mirror it can also be done with the back of the ipod touch ...so.. how does this top... more » LuckyLakey: You can put lipstick on a pig but it's still a.....you can paint a turd gold but its still.... you can put a mirror on a phone but... oh what the hell... more » OMG! Ponies!: Mark, why would I need this? I use the webcam on my laptop to put on my makeup. more » Monty: Warning: Cease and desist pending aka Curves v Newsmy, as avatar usage was not approved. more » Geisrud: Curves, is that you? more » frigg: Maybe they could reduce costs by having employees use XO computers. Actually, the whole OLPC organization is misguided. It would be much more efficien... more » ppeetteeyy: WHY are they trying to make dual touch screen ones?!?! Why don't they just keep the cost DOWN and make basic well functioning cheep laptops? They coul... more » NotSoSiniSter: Not to sound cold, but what if they actually sold those things HERE. In the US? Maybe they could actually make some money. I think a lot of parents wo... more » commentotron: So THAT'S how we solve these horrible problems: with laptops! Just what I'd expect from the shielded western techno-elite. If only little suzie had a ... more » something_unique_and_descriptive: Exotic locales, high production values, this thing, and all their other advertising, could not have been cheap... here's an idea, how about putting th... more » First: Well, what they need is an AK-47 for every child...Just like in the good old US of A more » -
#pmp
Finally, a PMP that Accommodates Our Obsessive Makeup Habit
And with the announcement of one no-name PMP, the entire Apple empire will fall. Fanboys, remove the iDevices from your pockets. Toss them on the floor. And stomp down hard. More » -
#olpc
Negroponte Halves OLPC Staff, Phases Out Sugar Linux to Focus on Dual-Screen XO
Today, Ars Technica picked up a blip from Nicholas Negroponte, who informed readers of his intention to cut half the staff and reduce pay of the rest, and emphasizing the shift to hardware. More » -
#olpc
OLPC Ad Goes For the Jugular With Child Laborers, Child Prostitutes, Child Warriors
I like this move: The OLPC team, tired of their message being co-opted by geeks worrying about what operating system to install, have raised the stakes in a new web video. More » -
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#xolaptop20
OLPC XO Laptop 2.0 Has Dual Touchscreens, Looks Amazing and Future-y
At OLPC's Global Country workshop today, founder Nick Negroponte unveiled the next-gen XO Laptop, and it totally blows the original away. About half the XO 1.0's size and more like a foldable book, it does away with the keyboard and trackpad to go totally touchscreen—that's right, dual touchscreens, straight out of the future, like a kid's book in Minority Report. Folded all the way out, the displays work like a single continuous one, for say, a sweet game of Pong. Like XO 1.0, the display by Pixel-Qi will look fine indoors or in bright sunlight. Unfortunately, it really is from the future: Due in 2010, they're aiming for $75 and one-watt power consumption. Update: High-res shots and full press release, and they're calling it XOXO, or XO-2. More »

