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CES 2008: OLPC XO Laptop: The One Laptop Per Child OLPC project's XO Laptop may cost a bit more than the originally planned price of $100, but it still offers a very, kid-friendly computing experience. TechRepublic's Jason Hiner saw the XO Laptop in action at CES 2008.; Tags: Consumer Electronics Show, One Laptop Per Child Project, ces2008, CES, OLPC, XO laptop, one laptop per child, laptop, open source, linux, TechRepublic Inc.; Videos 2008-01-18
OLPC used by students to access porn: What kind of Internet filtering, if any, do you employ in the office?"I'm shocked, SHOCKED!"You're kidding about thinking these are isolated incidents, right? If companies have to use filters to prevent adults from accessing pornographic content, who didn't recognize filters would be needed for kids, regardless of their location...; Tags: PRODUCTIVITY, paulmah@..., OLPC; Discussion threads 2007-07-23
Intel joins OLPC board: After their previous war of words with the OLPC foundation, Intel have show a sharp change of approach.Back in May founder of OLPC foundation Nicholas Negroponte said Intel â€˜should be ashamed of itself'.Â Intel had apparently been selling its entry level Classmate laptop to gain a share of the emerging...; Tags: General, mobile technology; Blog posts 2007-07-21
Intel inside $100 laptop?: Does this alliance presage a move to put Intel Inside the OLPC?Does this move lend credibility and momentum to the OLPC, or is this just a foot in the door for Intel?; Tags: johnbartley, Intel Corp., OLPC, $100 laptop, laptop computer; Discussion threads 2007-07-14
ASUS and Intel slaughters OLPC with Eee-ase: Intel/Asus doesn't get itIntel and Asus don't get it! It's about the children!Too bad they couldn't have just given the money used too develop the 'flop' of a micro laptop to OLPC so they could start manufacturing.Nicholas Negroponte screwed the project by saying it will eventually cost $100, why would...; Tags: Notebooks, Brian G, OLPC, ASUS, Intel Corp., laptop computer; Discussion threads 2007-06-07

ASUS and Intel slaughters OLPC with Eee-ase: ASUS and Intel have actually created an alternative for Nicholas Negroponte's OLPC One Laptop Per Child called the "Eee PC".Â The difference here is that the ASUS Eee PC is actually something that looks usable and perhaps even desirable for everyday use as a super cheap UMPC Ultra Mobile PC.Â The...; Tags: News, Mobile/Wireless, Intel, Hardware, Fun Stuff, Energy efficiency, Desktop, Consumer electronics; Blog posts 2007-06-06
OLPC gets some competition: A nice short articleI may have opened with something more valid than:"What a great idea, children in the third world don’t need food, water and healthcare they need a computer!"Being that this is the knee jerk reaction that everyone seems to have before they actually consider the project. Yes, food...; Tags: Food & Beverage, Neon Samurai, OLPC, food; Discussion threads 2007-05-22
OLPC gets some competition: OLPC; One Laptop Per Child. What a great idea, children in the third world don't need food, water and healthcare they need a computer! As everyone will remember; professor Negroponte of MIT made it his mission to put $100 laptop computers in the hands of children growing up...; Tags: News, Laptop; Blog posts 2007-05-21
One laptop left behind: could be just thatcoincidence.first it is unlikely that most or even bulk of this is made in the US. The dollar is at its lowest point since 1992 which is certainly likely to raise the price in $USD. (due to massive printing of US $...; Tags: Operating systems, laptop computer, Dr Dij, OLPC, Microsoft Corp., Microsoft Windows; Discussion threads 2007-04-30
One laptop left behind: Im sure youve all heard about the One Laptop Per Child initiative. It started in 2005 at the MIT Media Lab. The goal: Create a laptop for kids costing no more than $100.00 USD. Recently the cost for that laptop went up to $175.00 USD. Ironically that cost hike came...; Tags: Windows, Open Source, Linux, Gpl, Get Jacked, General; Blog posts 2007-04-30
Microsoft's plan to retain the throne as king in a Windows world: Is $3 too much for Windows in the long run?Do you think that Microsoft will achieve its internal goal of reaching a billion new users by 2015? Or do you think that Microsoft will have to literally give their software to emerging markets and developing nations in order to compete...; Tags: Sonja Thompson, Microsoft Windows, software, OLPC, Microsoft Corp.; Discussion threads 2007-04-19
$100 laptop 'will boost desktop Linux': Not convinced 100% about the OLPC philosophyI have difficulty in understanding/agreeing with the OLPC philosophy; that holds the belief that if a child sees a PC as its own, then it improves the chances to educate the child.So how can children be engaged in their own education, by providing them...; Tags: LAPTOPS, OLPC, teacher, laptop, education, onbliss, hardware, Learning, desktop, desktop Linux, laptop computer, Linux; Discussion threads 2006-06-07

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Nigerian firm demands $20 million from OLPC over patent infringement: Lagos Analysis Corporation Lancor, the firm that brought a patent infringement suit against the OLPC project, has now approached the Nigerian court, claiming $20 million in damages. An excerpt from Groklaw: I kid you not. $20 million in "damages." And an injunction blocking OLPC from distribution...; Tags: Injunction, One Laptop Per Child Project, Arun Radhakrishnan; Blog posts 2008-01-03
OLPC ex-CTO plans $75 laptop: Mary Lou Jepsen left the OLPC project to start Pixel Qi, and she aims to bring to reality a sub-$100 laptop. An excerpt from TechCrunch: Jepsen explains her low-power, low-cost, green approach to computer design here and states that one of Pixel Qi's goals is the...; Tags: Laptop Computer, One Laptop Per Child Project, Notebooks, Hardware, Notebooks & Tablets, Arun Radhakrishnan; Blog posts 2008-01-11
OLPC delays angering G1G1 donors: If you've been following the OLPC news, you shoulde remember that it launched a Give 1 Get 1 (G1G1) program in November last year. The scheme allowed individuals to obtain an OLPC XO laptop for themselves by making a donation of $399, or twice the cost of what a unit...; Tags: Delay, One Laptop Per Child Project, Paul Mah; Blog posts 2008-01-29
Why the Classmate PC is doing better than the XO laptop: What exactly did the OLPC group do wrong?I don't think it's what OLPC did wrong or Intel did rightA non-profit organization's project can't really be compared to a merchandise product being backed by one of *thee* tech industry heavyweights.Really, if one is looking at OLPC as a tech project or...; Tags: paulmah@..., One Laptop Per Child project, Intel Corp.; Discussion threads 2007-10-31
OLPC Give One, Get One program extended to end-2007: Based on the strength of the response to the Get One, Give One (G1G1) initiative, OLPC has announced that the program will be offered until December 31, 2007. And no wonder, donations to the G1G1 program have averaged US$2 million per day over the last 10 days....; Tags: One Laptop Per Child Project, Paul Mah; Blog posts 2007-11-23
Intel quits OLPC: Intel has quit One Laptop Per Child OLPC amidst accusations of it playing dirty, despite supposedly being on the same team. According to the New York Times: A frail partnership between Intel and the One Laptop Per Child educational computing group was undone last month in...; Tags: Intel Corp., One Laptop Per Child Project, Corporate Governance, Business Operations, Corporate Law, Paul Mah; Blog posts 2008-01-07
John Dvorak of PCMag disses OLPC: John C. Dvorak of PCMag apparently did not have too high an opinion of the OLPC, and he is not afraid to let it be be known. In his strongly worded article last week titled: One laptop per child doesn't change the World, he ridiculed the project...; Tags: John Dvorak, One Laptop Per Child Project, Paul Mah; Blog posts 2007-12-10
OLPC sued by Nigerians for patent infringement: In an ironic twist of events, OLPC's Nicholas Negroponte has received a letter from Lagos Analysis Corporation LANCOR, a U.S.-based Nigerian-owned company that claims the XO laptop infringed on its multilingual keyboard technology. Excerpt from Marketwire: LANCOR's lawsuit alleges that OLPC purchased two KONYIN Multilingual Keyboard...; Tags: One Laptop Per Child Project, Keyboards, Hardware, Peripherals, Paul Mah; Blog posts 2007-11-27

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