Dec 18th, 2008 · Computer maker Hewlett-Packard next month will offer batteries that could outlast the laptops they power. They're made by Boston Power, the first American company to break into a market dominated by Japanese battery makers. Curt Nickisch reports for member station WBUR.
Dec 7th, 2008 · Peru is buying inexpensive computers for poor, rural schoolchildren, connecting them to new skills and information. Skeptics call the laptops a luxury when those kids don't have basics such as health care. They also say newfound skills could lead students to city jobs, spurring the brain drain in isolated villages.
Dec 6th, 2008 · Students in isolated parts of the country may lack running water or electricity, but they now have laptops. Peru is purchasing hundreds of thousands of $200 computers through the One Laptop Per Child program. The hope is to link poor villages to the modern era.
Nov 21st, 2008 · More feature-length films are available on the Internet. However, some epic films may never be truly appreciated on a laptop. Critics have come up with a list of top ten movies that should never be watched online.
Oct 10th, 2008 · Mash-up artist Girl Talk may feature more than 300 samples on his new album, Feed the Animals, but creator Greg Gillis says that he has only 100 MP3s on his laptop. He's more interested in the bits and pieces of music, even when it's only a split second.
Aug 27th, 2008 · It was an ambitious promise to children in the third world. The project has had trouble with its leadership, its finances, and competitors. Instead of the legacy of education for third-world children, OLPC has spurred an industry in low-cost small laptops for consumers.
Aug 5th, 2008 · The sounds of Azeda Booth are full and lush, exploratory and eclectic, and perfect for listening on headphones. In Flesh Tones, the Canadian band's first full-length album, is a beautiful foray into dreamy, hypnotic electro-rock, full of vast atmospheric soundscapes and introverted laptop music.
Jun 24th, 2008 · Immokalee, FL, is the largest center for migrant farmworkers on the East Coast. Juan Medina, a former agricultural worker, is part of a town effort to help the children of migrant farmworkers in school. His new tool is free laptops.