http://www.boston.com/business/technology/bray Read Hiawatha Bray's weekly technology column, "Upgrade," on Boston.com. en-us 2007-11-29T16:47:55Z http://www.boston.com/ http://cache.boston.com/bonzai-fba/File-Based_Image_Resource/bcom_logo_140w.gif http://www.boston.com/business/technology/articles/2007/11/28/laptops_for_kids_group_sued_over_keyboard_design?rss_id=Boston+Globe+--+Hiawatha+Bray+columns A Nigerian entrepreneur based in Natick says the One Laptop Per Child Foundation of Cambridge stole his company's design for a multilingual keyboard. Hiawatha Bray, Globe Staff 2007-11-28T05:00:00Z http://www.boston.com/business/technology/articles/2007/11/19/100_laptops_not_really_but_200_isnt_bad?rss_id=Boston+Globe+--+Hiawatha+Bray+columns Forget about $100 laptops. It's a price point nobody's going to hit anytime soon - not even the One Laptop Per Child Foundation in Cambridge, the nonprofit organization that two years ago unveiled its plan to give ultra-cheap computers to poor kids. Hiawatha Bray, Globe Staff 2007-11-19T05:00:00Z http://www.boston.com/business/technology/articles/2007/11/14/cheap_laptop_as_money_maker?rss_id=Boston+Globe+--+Hiawatha+Bray+columns The dream of a laptop computer cheap enough to distribute to millions of poor children is finally coming true - but not quite in the way its backers imagined. Hiawatha Bray, Globe Staff 2007-11-14T05:00:00Z http://www.boston.com/business/technology/articles/2007/11/12/microsoft_ford_team_up_on_voice_controls_for_drivers?rss_id=Boston+Globe+--+Hiawatha+Bray+columns Not content with putting its software on nearly every personal computer in the world, Microsoft Corp. wants to boot up our cars. Hiawatha Bray, Globe Staff 2007-11-12T05:00:00Z http://www.boston.com/business/technology/articles/2007/11/12/champagne_security_the_robots_deliver?rss_id=Boston+Globe+--+Hiawatha+Bray+columns AMHERST, N.H. - Visit the offices of MobileRobots Inc. and you're met at the door by a robot toting two champagne glasses and a bottle of bubbly. Hiawatha Bray, Globe Staff 2007-11-12T05:00:00Z http://www.boston.com/business/technology/articles/2007/11/10/northeastern_sues_google_over_patent?rss_id=Boston+Globe+--+Hiawatha+Bray+columns Northeastern University and a start-up company cofounded by an associate professor have filed a patent-infringement suit against Google Inc., claiming that database technology patented in 1997 was misappropriated by the world's most popular Internet search service. Hiawatha Bray, Globe Staff 2007-11-10T05:00:00Z http://www.boston.com/business/technology/articles/2007/11/08/thousands_cut_off_from_web_as_firm_consolidates?rss_id=Boston+Globe+--+Hiawatha+Bray+columns An effort to consolidate computers at Andover-based Internet hosting company Navisite Inc. has cut off Internet service to thousands of individuals and small businesses across the country for nearly a week. Hiawatha Bray, Globe Staff 2007-11-08T05:00:00Z http://www.boston.com/business/technology/articles/2007/11/06/effort_for_open_net_resumes?rss_id=Boston+Globe+--+Hiawatha+Bray+columns A series of controversial actions by telecommunications companies has given new life to a political movement that would force telecom providers to treat all data transmissions the same. Hiawatha Bray, Globe Staff 2007-11-06T05:00:00Z http://www.boston.com/business/technology/articles/2007/11/03/irobot_wins_injunction_against_competitor?rss_id=Boston+Globe+--+Hiawatha+Bray+columns A federal judge in Boston has issued an injunction against a Chicago-area robot maker accused of stealing trade secrets from iRobot Corp. of Burlington. Hiawatha Bray, Globe Staff 2007-11-03T04:00:00Z http://www.boston.com/business/globe/articles/2007/11/02/emc_plans_doubling_of_china_investment?rss_id=Boston+Globe+--+Hiawatha+Bray+columns EMC Corp. of Hopkinton is doubling its big bet in China, making a billion-dollar bid to dominate that country's data storage business. Hiawatha Bray, Globe Staff 2007-11-02T04:00:00Z