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| Microsoft Potentially Dropping Dolby Support in Windows 8 Posted: 07 Aug 2011 01:13 PM PDT
Dolby's offerings are one of the key technologies behind native DVD support in Windows, and on Friday the company was forced to admit to investors Microsoft has indicated it will not be licensing any Dolby products in Windows 8. This doesn't necessarily mean that Microsoft is dropping DVD playback support entirely; rather it may simply mean that they are shopping around for a better deal. Investors as you can imagine weren't impressed by the news, and reacted by slashing the company's shares by almost 18 percent in just one day. It's too early to tell what Microsoft will offer on the DVD front going forward, but when you consider that Intel anticipates optical drive-less Ultrabooks to make up 40 percent of laptop sales by 2012, spinning media might not be something they need to worry about for much longer. |
| India’s $35 Laptop Goes Into Mass Production For Use In Schools Posted: 07 Aug 2011 06:48 AM PDT
For $35 one wouldn't expect much in the way of performance, but sources at PCWorld have confirmed that each device would include a touchscreen display, Wi-Fi/USB, 2GB of Ram, and a physical keyboard. The device itself is also rumored to be powered by a 2-watt power supply for use in regions where the power grid is less reliable. We aren't ready to give up our day jobs as full time skeptics just yet, but what we've seen so far is pretty impressive, and could revolutionize the ultra-low cost PC movement in developing nations if it's successful. |
Native media playback support has been steadily improving in Windows over the years, but what most people don't realize is that this functionality comes at a price. Dozens of third party licensing agreements are needed to playback all the different forms of audio and video you're likely to stumble across, and over the years Dolby has benefited quite handsomely from the inclusion of its 
When the folks over at One Laptop Per Child set out on a mission to build a sub $100 laptop for developing nations, we wished them on their mission. It is after all, a great cause. When India announced that it would begin building $35 ultra-low-cost laptop for students however, we called them mad, stark raving mad. Turns out India's minister for human resource development was determined to prove us all wrong, and this week has announced they will be producing more than one million of the devices which will be sold to colleges and universities across the country.| You are subscribed to email updates from Maximum PC - All Articles To stop receiving these emails, you may unsubscribe now. | Email delivery powered by Google |
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