Dan Nystedt

Articles by Dan Nystedt

One Laptop Per Child teams up with United Nations lead agency

OLPC changes strategy as nations around the world find the laptops too expensive.

Microsoft to expand Warana project to Vietnam

An experiment allowing farmers to use SMS messaging on cellphones to improve production will be broadened from a village to a province. In addition, not only will the technology be used to send data, but participants will also be able to receive information on market prices

A year on, China Mobile, Apple still in iPhone talks

Ten months ago China Mobile's CEO said he didn't like Apple's revenue model for the hot handset, which may explain why he doesn't have a deal yet to sell it. Apple, meanwhile, has other providers to choose from

New Hynix chip factory may hurt NAND flash prices

The latest chip-making factory opened last week amid slumping prices for memory. That's good news for anyone who needs storage and theoretically bad news for manufactures. But an industry analyst says production will continue to go up

Hands on with HP

The 2133 Mini-Note does a lot of things a netbook should do well, and it has a sturdy build with an excellent 8.9-inch screen. But the Vista version takes a while to boot up

HP considering touchscreens for next Mini-Note

A product manager notes solid state drives are still expensive and says netbooks have a very bright future. Get a glimpse into the future of HP low-end portables

Olympic Games torch DRAM market

Good news for IT buyers: A Chinese crackdown on pirated memory before the Olympics opens has forced DRAM memory prices to drop. One analyst says Beijing wants to clean up the country's image

HTC

Telus is offering this handset for $449 without a contract. It includes a 2.8-inch touchscreen and Windows Mobile 6.1

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