Speaking of $300 OLPC killers, the SF Chronicle's reporting that the $299 Asus Eee PC 2G Surf has officially launched.It has half the storage space and RAM of the 4G models, plus it's soldered on, so noodling around's dicier. The Fresno school system's already handing out 1,000 of 'em loaded up with Windows and Microsoft programs (!) to students; they picked the Eees 'cause they're tiny and cheap. And, it's an actual OLPC snub.
Unlike the mildly unfair outmatched spec showdown—to be fair, it lost on interface and ease-of-use points too—this is an arena where they're in direct competition, since Negroponte has been pushing them to school systems in the states to make up for lackluster sales abroad. Then again, Alabama is more like a Third World country. Also!
The beefier Eee PC 8G model, which had been priced and dated for this month has landed in Newegg's stock shelves, ready for their elves to ship 'em out to you for $500. The extra $100 nets you double storage and memory, in case you didn't want to join the army of modders adding all kinds of crazy shit to it like Cartman's trapper keeper.
Source- http://gizmodo.com/gadgets/olpc-killer-round-2/asus-eee-pc-2g-surf-launches-eee-pc-8g-now-available-at-newegg-334308.php
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Macenstein has announced their December Mac Chick of the Month. She's a 23-year-old model. And her name is Morgan Kennedy—no, it's too late to act like you care about that part. She wins a 16GB iPod Touch. And hopefully she can sell it to buy a blanket...it's freaking December, does she want to catch pneumonia or something? Bonus pic after the jump.
The whole package includes an extension USB cable, and needless to say, it has a LED light to indicate when it is being used.
Medeo is currently available and will work on the Nokia Nseries and Eseries devices, other devices that have video streaming capability will be compatible shortly. Seems to be a great idea, but a quick visit to the mobile Nokia site does not reveal much available content, the service is still new so hopefully the available content will increase.
This one's just hitting the wires folks, but apparently, Nintendo has established an official raincheck program to somewhat alleviate the Wii shortage frustrations that are sure to overwhelm those scouting one for the holidays. Details are scant at the moment, but we do know that Nintendo of America will be partnering with GameStop to allow patient buyers to fork out $249 up front in exchange for a guaranteed Wii "by the end of January."
By now, you've had more than ample time to give the flash-based Zune of your choice some serious play.
Zumobi, the Microsoft (NSDQ: MSFT) spinoff formerly known as ZenZui, launched the beta version of its widget-based content browser today. The app, which is available to US users of Windows Mobile 5 and 6 devices, has an interface based on zooming: the UI features 16 “tiles”, which are essentially widgets that offer access to a particular provider’s content or service. Users can customize the tiles they have by choosing from a gallery of 80 or so on the Zumobi site, and their tiles get updated in the background, so content is stored on the device and users don’t have to wait for it to load. Developers can create their own tiles with an SDK, and beginning in 2008, they’ll be able to submit them to Zumobi’s gallery. The company also says support for BlackBerry and some J2ME devices will come in the second quarter of next year. Initial content partners include Amazon, (NSDQ: AMZN) MTV Networks, (NYSE: VIA) AP, Accuweather.com and Traffic.com. Release
