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- Photos: Meet the OLPC's $75 laptop
- The One Laptop per Child project shows off its laptop of the future. The XO-2, it says, will be dirt cheap, easier to tote, and also an e-book.Even with the price of what used to be known as the "$100 laptop" still hovering closer to the $200 mark, the organization...
- Image galleries 2008-05-22
- 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.
- 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...
- 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 ‘should be ashamed of itself'. Intel had apparently been selling its entry level Classmate laptop to gain a share of the emerging...
- 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?
- 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...
- 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". 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. The...
- 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...
- 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...
- 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 $...
- 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...
- 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...
- 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...
- Discussion threads 2006-06-07
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- Windows XP comes to the OLPC
- It is clear that Mr. Negroponte is driven more by practicalities than dogmatism to a particular concept or operating system. Would you consider him a visionary, or do you see him as missing the picture entirely?It seems OLPC is being flown into the side of a mountain; time will tellI've...
- Discussion threads 2008-05-16
- (Photos: Meet the OLPC's $75 laptop)
- Nice idea if it's workable.I think it's a winner not only with the developing countries but could have massive sales in the commuter market. I want one if it's a good looking as the mock-ups.RE: (Photos: Meet the OLPC's $75 laptop)The laptop is very good would really bridge the gap...
- Discussion threads 2008-05-22
- OLPC: Microsoft to the rescue?
- I'm sure many of you will remember the One Laptop Per Child project OLPC. The project has been through some difficult times. The so called $100 laptop actually costs $188. Nicholas Negroponte could have inadvertently doomed the OLPC project by setting a target price of $100 on the XO laptop. ...
- Blog posts 2008-01-17
- OLPC: Microsoft to the rescue?
- Very interersting Development!I can imagine having a Dual Boot option on the OLPC system for the better in many ways. I can see it as a positive influence for the child, since they would be exposed to both OS environments. What I see possibly happening is that once...
- Discussion threads 2008-01-18
- 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...
- Blog posts 2008-01-03
- 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...
- Blog posts 2007-11-27
- 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...
- Blog posts 2008-01-07
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