Addressing one of the major reasons OLPC’s XO Laptop is being shunned by some countries—the lack of a Windows operating system—Microsoft is developing a version of Windows XP and Office that’s run directly off of a 2GB SD card. (They convinced OLPC to add an SD slot to the mobo for this very project.) It’ll be conducting “limited field trials” with OLPC next month, with a possible launch sometime after June. The catch?
It won’t be offered to anyone in the US or Canada, even quasi-philanthropists participating in the Get One, Give One program. But, we’re guessing the anti-copying measures won’t be particularly hardcore, meaning it’ll probably make its way to the internets not long after launch. Bootable Windows on an SD card would be pretty nice on our side of the world too, actually.
VIA [ CNET, CNET ]
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The people from gizmodo created a neat looking image of the operating systems and their evolution :
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Rumors about the Xbox 360 Arcade are true. Microsoft officially announced it. It comes with a $279, a wireless controller, HDM, no hard drive but a flash memory storage unit is included in the package. Also, there are 5 arcade games included too, so you can get the hang of it.
REDMOND, Wash. — Oct. 22, 2007 — Just in time for holiday, Microsoft Corp. today released a new Xbox 360® console that delivers games and content to everyone in the family for an incredible value of $279.99 (U.S. estimated retail price)*. Available in stores beginning today, Xbox 360 Arcade console is the first Xbox 360 console to include five family-friendly games, a wireless controller, a high-definition multimedia interface (HDMI) connection to enable high-definition output if desired and 256 MB of memory useful for storing games and entertainment content. At $279.99, the Xbox 360 Arcade console will include five best-selling games: “PAC-MAN Championship Edition” (NAMCO BANDAI Games America Inc.), “Uno” (Carbonated Games), “Luxor 2″ (MumboJumbo), “Boom Boom Rocket” (Electronic Arts Inc.) and “Feeding Frenzy” (Sprout Games).
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According to Dean Takahashi of the Mercury News, Microsoft is developing a new motherboard codenamed “Jasper.” The upgrade promises to shrink the ATI graphics chip to 65nm and reduce the size of the memory chips as well. If true, this could reduce build costs and the heat problems that have plagued the 360. Although Takahashi notes that Microsoft believes they already have the heat situation under control. The upgrade is expected in August of ‘08.
[Source : Gizmodo]
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It finally looks like the arrival of the Microsoft “Falcon” Xbox 360 is closer than ever. Every XBOX fan has been waiting for this to happen. If you go over to the Xbox official forum you will see that the guys have been filling the threads about this. This new version will have a 65nm CPU and will probably be more stable that the other versions.
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Windows Home Server might be one of those things that you didn’t know you needed until you experienced it (like TiVo).
Things that I would love about it :
1. Storage : one terabyte of networked storage that I can use from any computer in my home.
2. Safety : automatic backup. Every computer on my network could be automatically backed up. Schedule it using incremental and once the first backup is done everything else is pretty easy.
3. Remote access : I access my server from my network or from anywhere in the world using a Microsoft free URL mapped to my server. I could remotely access and control any computer on the network .
4. Streaming media : WHS becomes a true media server .
5. The platform : built on Windows Sever 2003 . There’s also the SDK you could use to develop your very own server applications.
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