Laptops

How kids in a low-income country use laptop —lessons from Madagascar

Article bogdan TagDiv - 20 Mar 2018

Laptops have introduced the children of Nosy Komba in Madagascar to previously inaccessible tools

Laptops just ornaments for Eastern Cape teachers who are not trained to use them

Article Bongekile Macupe - 5 Oct 2017

The department of education has spent about R260-million on laptops with the expectation that the technology would be used for administration.

UCT VC: Let’s flip the varsity classroom and step into the digital future

Article bogdan TagDiv - 16 Feb 2017

A laptop for every first-year will help prepare students for the fourth industrial revolution.

The market for transforming tablets is heating up

Article bogdan TagDiv - 7 Oct 2014

Devices that transform from tablets into laptops combine portability with productivity, as Asus and Mecer show, writes Arthur Goldstuck.

Dell’s mobility division not gaining ground

Article Charles Arthur - 23 Nov 2012

Dell is looking like the sick man of the PC business, which is not looking too healthy itself.

Computers still out of reach

Article Thabo Mohlala - 25 May 2011

Teachers are disappointed as laptop initiative hits a snag due to "lack of creditworthiness".

India develops world’s cheapest ‘laptop’ at $35

Article Staff Reporter - 28 Jul 2010

India has come up with the world's cheapest "laptop," a touch-screen computing device that costs $35.

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Response to the report of the independent assessors

IT Web - 17 Feb 2020

VUT welcomes the publishing of the report of the independent assessors to investigate concerns of poor governance, leadership, management, corruption and fraud at the university.