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The nonprofit One Laptop Per Child Project has shown the first images of its next-generation touch-screen laptop that goes by the name XO-2. According to Nicholas Negroponte, chairman of OLPC, the laptop is under development and has a goal of costing US$75. Negroponte showed off images of the XO-2 at an OLPC event here at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. He says the first XO-2 is slated to be built by 2010.

The laptop is nearly half the size of current XO notebook and consists of two touch-screen displays. The notebook does not include a keyboard, but instead will feature a software-based touch-sensitive keyboard.

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Long distance Wi-Fi bridge retails for $318

HD Communications Corp has introduced a new wireless bridge that can connect two remote locations up to 5 miles apart using 802.11b/g Wi-Fi networking. The complete outdoor wireless network bridgerequires line of sightbetween the two locations.

There have been other solutions on the market before that would allow for similar wireless network bridging, butthe HD Communications Corp HD26200 bridge retails for $318 where as other similar systems (more…)