I have one thing to say...OpenMoko.

Dude, this stuff is crazy. Did you know that with these drones, the Air Force can watch terrorists go to meetings, set up IEDs and even follow them home all through aerial surveillance? Craziness.

I Concur (with reticulate).

Can you say most grammatically incorrect post ever?

They do have some bio based tech that is supposed to take off. I remember reading a PopSci article about this new type of battery that uses folds in the material its made of that proportionally longer battery life. IDK if surface has anything to do with it, but I think that's was the gist.

Have any of you noticed that the US courts have decided it to be ok for Internet service providers to charge for packet priority?

I hate it when I see articles like that. I think, "WHAAAAAAAAAAAT? That be crazy boy!" And shortly thereafter want to beat my head against the wall because it's just common sense that they were going to be working on 32 nm procs.

Did you know that the Classmate is being sold with Mandriva Linux as its OS. So no evil profits for Microsoft.

Anyway, I think it's kinda funny that the single biggest deciding factor for a lot of peeps reading this is the fact that Intel is making a computer to sell at low costs (gasp). I mean, it's not like that's the entire point of the company.

Also, I think that the only thing that will really be a disadvantage for the little kids will be what I believe is a lack fo USB ports on the Classmate, just because everything with a USB just works. The wee ones are not going to have an IT tech to help out when it bites the dust, so groundwork should be layed to insure that everything is reliable.

Everything else I believe won't necessarily be better, just different. Touchscreens are going to become a more integral experience for everyone in the next 5 years or so (there's some video on youtube where a guy demonstrates some pretty amazing touchscreen technology), but right now we use mice and keyboards. So, I guess the question really is, do we get the wee ones to learn how to use a computer the way wo do now, or the way we will.

After seeing the zune in action, I would def have to say that it owns iPod xcore. I agree totally geoff, mac loyalty is getting in the way on this one.

K guys,
All i have to say is, the PS3 doesn't have a chance. Think about it. Xbox 360 has vast untapped potential right now, there won't be a fair comparison to the 360 for a while, but the PS3 already has something to base our best graphic expectations on.
The only thing PS3 will have, as far as hardware goes, on the 360 is Blu-Ray, but that will mean longer load times if a programmers truly utilizes that extra storage, and by the time Blu-Ray DVDs (I know that'
s a contradiction of terms) become popular enough to justify buying a PS3, you could just get a Blu-Ray compatible player for less than the price difference between 360 and PS3.
That leaves just free online, and if that starts to seriously steal MS's share in the market, Gates could work on making XboxLive free, right?