For the past three years OLPC (One Laptop Per Child) had been trying to develop a low-cost laptop for two-million educationally underprivileged children of the developing countries. All the hard work of the organization has finally come to a full circle. An inexpensive, extremely powerful, high potential laptop, called XO, is now a reality.

In November, every one of us would be able to buy it for $200 under the program ‘Get 1 Give 1′, where a customer would pay $400 in total. One XO laptop would be sent to him by Christmas and another would be sent to a student in a poor country on his behalf. A good way to do some charity this Christmas!

With outstanding audio, video and web capabilities, Apple’s iPhone is certainly the best. However, it still doesn’t have the capacity to beat iPod Touch. Ultra-large display screen, avant-garde user interface, Wi-Fi Internet connectivity and music download capability make Apple iPod Touch better than the best available portable video players. However, the big question is that can iPod Touch become the king of the iPods? Let’s take a closer look at the device to find an answer to this imperative question.

Microsoft Office Outlook 2007 is embellished with countless innovative features that work as efficient spam blockers. Here are a few useful tips and tricks that can transform Microsoft Office Outlook 2007 into a powerful shield against spams.

• Use Junk E-mail Filter - To assuage the problem of spam, Microsoft Office Outlook 2007 comes with Junk E-mail Filter that automatically scrutinizes all the incoming mails and sends all the spams to the junk email folder.

   

While large companies like Google, Apple, Levono and Microsoft have tentatively plugged into green technology, a diminutive web-hosting company called Greenest Host, has audaciously turned green. After AISO.net, Greenest Host is the second web-hosting company in the entire world that is 100 percent solar-powered.

“All of us are ruining the environment in some way or the other. To prevent total destruction of non-renewable energy resources, we have to start relying more upon alternative sources of power. With this thought in mind, we decided to make Greenest Host 100 percent solar-powered” reveals Mike Corrales, CEO and President of Greenest Host.

According to a study conducted by PEW Internet and American Life Project, each day, approximately 60 million people use a search engine. In an attempt to attract more and more users, online giants as Google, Yahoo, Microsoft, etc. continuously embellish their search engines with innovative features. Recently, Yahoo revamped its search engine to allure a fresh stream of users as well as to keep its loyal patrons intact.

Since times immemorial, Adobe Systems Inc., Microsoft Corp. and Google Inc. have been involved in severe neck and neck competition. Each of them tries to surpass others in its own unique way. This time it was Adobe’s turn to take the lead. In a bid to further fortify its leadership in RIA (Rich Internet Application) development, the company has acquired Virtual Ubiquity and its revolutionary online word processor, Buzzword. The terms of the agreement and the price of the acquisition have not been disclosed.

Google has purchased some assets and technology of Zingku, a mobile social networking service provider. The news was confirmed by Google Spokesman, Andrew Pederson: “We have acquired a few assets of Zingku, which we believe would help us to build products, services and features that would ultimately benefit all our users, advertisers and publishers.”

Google on Acquisition Spree
For quite a long time, Google has been contemplating to conquer the mobile space. In a bid to fulfill its ambitions, the company acquired Dodgeball, a social networking service that connects people via text messages, in 2005. In July this year, Google bought GrandCentral Communications, a service that makes it easy for people to amalgamate all their phones into a single number. The acquisition of Zingku would help Google to consolidate its position in the mobile world.

Before the release of Toshiba Gigabeat T400, iPod Nano, Creative Zen and SanDisk Sansa View were considered to be the best available flash MP3 players. However, their dominating rule couldn’t survive for long. With its stylish user interface, ultra-large color screen, outstanding sound quality and hermetic integration with Windows Media Center , Toshiba Gigabeat T400 conquered the MP3 player market within no time. Let’s take a closer look at Toshiba Gigabeat T400.

On 27th September 2007 , Friendster Incorporation, a popular social networking service, released a new feature called Fan Profiles. Basically, Fan Profiles is a powerful self promotion tool that allows 40 different entity types such as artists, musicians, politicians, non-profit organizations, models, journalists, authors, etc. to connect to all their fans present in Friendster’s Global Community.

A Genuine Need for Fan Profiles
Until April 2004, Friendster was the best available social networking service. However, things began to change when MySpace.com appeared on the scene. Friendster started losing its ranking as well as its ardent patrons. Appearance of new competitors as Yahoo!360, Window Live Spaces and Facebook, made survival even more difficult for Friendster.

On 15 th November 2001 , Halo: Combat Evolved was released, and since then game manufacturers throughout the world have tried to replicate the successful Halo recipe. While some of them have been triumphant in their attempt, others have failed dramatically. Despite of endless duplications, the original Halo formula hasn’t lost its sheen. Perhaps that’s the reason why Halo 3 has received such an overwhelmingly positive response.