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Peru signs up for 260,000 OLPC laptops

December 3, 2007 Project founder Nicholas Negroponte announcea deal over weekend, reveals that 50,000 units have been ordered for Mexico. TAGS: OLPC, Peru, Mexico, laptop computer

Negroponte: Windows key to OLPC philosophy

October 29, 2007 OLPC chairman says laptop project could not promote openness if it was closed to Microsoft. TAGS: OLPC, Will Poole, philosophy, project, SD card, open source, Red Hat Inc., collaboration, chairman, Microsoft Corp., laptop computer, Intel, Microsoft Windows, operating system, Microsoft Windows XP

$100 laptop gets working prototype

May 24, 2006 Nicholas Negroponte's One Laptop Per Child project shows off a vivid orange PC and trims its software load. Photos: Laptop model sees orange TAGS: OLPC, Linux, AMD, laptop computer, PC

OLPC and Intel bury the hatchet--for the children

July 13, 2007 Nonprofit and chipmaker have faced off over low-cost laptops in the past, but they're coming together to bring PCs to kids. TAGS: OLPC, XO laptop, open-source software, Intel, children, chip company, nation, project, open source, AMD, laptop computer, Linux, PC

$100 laptop 'will boost desktop Linux'

June 2, 2006 The head of the One Laptop per Child project says he must be doing something right if he's upsetting Microsoft and Intel. TAGS: OLPC, desktop Linux, education, children, project, Linux, school, Red Hat Inc., teacher, AMD, Intel, laptop computer, PC, server, operating system, Microsoft Corp.

Negroponte: $100 laptop trials to kick off

August 22, 2006 Widespread field tests of portable PCs for children in the developing world will start next month, the project's chairman says. TAGS: OLPC, Thailand, Nigeria, trial, chairman, laptop computer, LCD, PC

Is $100 laptop project flawed?

June 20, 2006 Computer Aid director says One Laptop Per Child project is based on a "misunderstanding of the history of tech." TAGS: OLPC, e-learning, project, children, organization, patient, school, history, PC, laptop computer

Two visions for delivering PCs to emerging nations

February 28, 2007 One Laptop Per Child and Intel take competing approaches to manufacturing, pricing PCs--and it's not yet clear which will prevail. TAGS: OLPC, VIA Technologies Inc., nation, Taiwan, Intel, vision, manufacturing, PC, laptop computer

Negroponte: Rich countries to buy laptops for poor

December 6, 2006 One Laptop Per Child project leader encourages wealthy countries to buy $100 notebooks for those in less-developed nations. TAGS: OLPC, Pakistan, education, Hong Kong, government, laptop computer, Europe, discussion

A $100 laptop prototype for $150

November 17, 2006 The One Laptop per Child project's "$100 laptop" for school children in developing nations currently costs $150 to make. TAGS: OLPC, Libya, mesh networking, prototype, nation, laptop computer, battery

Closing the digital divide with solar Wi-Fi

August 2, 2006 Two colleagues develop Wi-Fi technology designed to work where sources of electricity are unreliable. Photos: Green Wi-Fi TAGS: OLPC, developing country, node, Wi-Fi technology, Wi-Fi, battery, Sun Microsystems Inc., router, wireless network, laptop computer

Students in Brazil get a new Classmate

August 29, 2008 There is more at stake at the largest one-to-one computing project in Latin America than the reputation of Intel's Classmate PC. TAGS: Latin America, Brazil, student, computing, OLPC, Del.icio.us, Digg, teacher, Intel, laptop computer, PC, Microsoft Corp., e-mail

Is the $199 PC doomed to fail?

July 24, 2007 NComputing CEO Stephen Dukker writes that a computer cannot exist independent of basic economic realities that govern the world. TAGS: OLPC, ecosystem, reality, maintenance, computing, information technology, PC, Intel, laptop computer

Negroponte: Slimmer Linux needed for $100 laptop

April 4, 2006 The head of the One Laptop Per Child organization says he'll use Linux, but it needs to go on a diet. TAGS: OLPC, power generation, Bill Gates, display, Linux, chairman, organization, children, AMD, laptop computer, Microsoft Corp., Microsoft Windows

AMD cans low-cost PC project

November 13, 2006 The chipmaker's Personal Internet Communicator, an inexpensive PC designed for the developing world, is no more. TAGS: AMD Geode, OLPC, AMD, chip company, information technology, PC

Sun aims for ultracheap cell phones

May 9, 2007 An alternative to a $100 laptop: Sun hopes selling JavaFX Mobile to phone makers will bring cheap Net access to the masses. TAGS: Sun Microsystems Inc., Jonathan Schwartz, Java, OLPC, Java software, mobile phone, CEO, server, cell phone

MIT Media Lab co-founder steps down

February 15, 2006 Nicholas Negroponte leaves to concentrate on $100 computer initiative; entrepreneur Frank Moss named new director. $100 laptop takes world stage TAGS: OLPC, entrepreneur, co-founder, leadership, president, IBM Corp., laptop computer

Engineering change: Photos

April 10, 2007 From Mongolia's wind-torn steppes to the slums of Buenos Aires, technologists are finding ways to help the world's poor. TAGS: OLPC, engineering, patient, photograph, laptop computer

Wikipedia's Wales touts 'free culture' movement

August 4, 2006 Jimmy Wales urges "Wikipedians" to focus on quality, announces One Laptop per Child project will include Wikipedia on machines. Photos: It's a Wikipedia world TAGS: Wikipedia, Wiki, Socialtext, Jimmy Wales, OLPC, initiative, culture, project, entry, conference, error
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