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Apro+im writes:
Today, Google announced that Google Finance will report real-time prices on NASDAQ listed securities. While real-time stock price are not new, they are usually encumbered with subscriptions, legal agreements or pay software, making this one of the first (if not the first) free source for real-time quotes.
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Apro+im writes:
NYT is reporting that Microsoft and OLPC have come to an agreement to put Windows XP on the XO. According to the article:
After years of conflict, Microsoft and the computing and education project One Laptop Per Child, have reached an agreement that will put Windows on the organization's computers.
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The first of the project's child-friendly XO laptops running Windows XP will be tested next month in limited trials in four or five countries, said James Utzschneider, manager of Microsoft's developing markets unit. He declined to name the countries, but said XO laptops running Windows would be generally available by September.
