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OLPC's "Give One, Get One" Campaign to Reboot Nov. 17th »
Posted by: TechnologyExpert 6 days, 14 hours ago in Science & Technology
I wrote earlier that the One Laptop Per Child (OLPC) Foundation was going to be run for the OLPC Foundation by Amazon.com this year ...
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Amazon.com, OLPC to Team for "Give One, Get One '08" »
Posted by: TechnologyExpert 2 months, 2 weeks ago in Science & Technology
The One Laptop Per Child (OLPC) Foundation's "Give One, Get One" campaign was a big success last year. Basically, you pay twice the normal ...
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Why Microsoft and Intel tried to kill the XO $100 laptop »
Posted by: Neophile 3 months, 1 week ago in Science & Technology
Nicholas Negroponte had a vision: to build a $100 laptop and give away millions to educate the world’s poorest children. And then the fat-cat ...
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OLPC Foundation's "Give One, Get One" '08 Goes Live at Amazon.com »
Posted by: TechnologyExpert 17 hours, 57 minutes ago in Science & Technology
On Monday, as scheduled, the One Laptop Per Child's "Give One, Get One" Promotion for 2008 launched, with Amazon.com taking orders and providing ...
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Windows XP Gets a New Release, for the OLPC »
Posted by: TechnologyExpert 3 months, 3 weeks ago in Science & Technology
I first wrote about Microsoft's attempts to get Windows XP on the OLPC last December. You may recall that James Utzschneider, the general manager ...
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Gartner: $100 laptops still three years off »
Posted by: jeremytoday 3 months, 3 weeks ago in Science & Technology
Just as the news hit about the unveiling of a $130 laptop, Gartner Inc. today released a report stating that a $100 laptop still is ...
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Researchers Propose $12 Computer for Developing Countries »
Posted by: jeremytoday 3 months, 1 week ago in Science & Technology
As the prices of educational laptops for children in developing countries creep upward, a group of researchers attempts to create a new, even lower-tech computer ...
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OLPC revives Give One, Get One program with Amazon.com »
Posted by: Ousama 2 months, 2 weeks ago in Science & Technology
The One Laptop Per Child project is bringing back its two-for-one deal on its low-cost laptop. It has tapped Amazon.com to handle its Give ...
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OLPC to launch touchscreen XO-2 laptop in Q1 2010 »
Posted by: jeremytoday 2 months, 2 weeks ago in Science & Technology
The One Laptop Per Child (OLPC) association plans to launch the upcoming second generation of its low-cost XO laptop in the first quarter of 2010 ...
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Project Inkwell 'Spark' Aiming for OLPC's Head With Its Handheld Form Factor »
Posted by: Shay 2 months, 2 weeks ago in Science & Technology
Project Inkwell's Spark is not only a potential OLPC competitor because of its handheld, UMPC form factor and K-12 educational focus, but also because ...
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OLPC's Amazon Notebook Linux Only »
Posted by: schestowitz 2 months, 1 week ago in Science & Technology
“Contrary to some media reports, it will be a Linux-based XO Laptop that will be offered as part of the global initiative and not a ...
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Hacking the OLPC »
Posted by: schestowitz 2 months, 1 week ago in Science & Technology
Luckily, plenty of XO owners before me seem to have felt the same way. I quickly found some great step-by-step instructions for installing alternative versions ...
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Interview with Walter Bender of Sugar Labs »
Posted by: schestowitz 1 month, 3 weeks ago in Science & Technology
I'm happy to tell you that Sugar is still being distributed with the OLPC. Sugar is now in the hands of a half a ...
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Laptop plan is not child's play just yet »
Posted by: schestowitz 4 weeks, 1 day ago in Science & Technology
WIRED: WHEN THE One-Laptop-Per-Child (OLPC) project finally shipped its famous $100 computer with a price tag closer to $200, long delays in shipping to US ...
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Eight-year-old picks Linux XO laptop over Windows »
Posted by: schestowitz 3 weeks, 3 days ago in Science & Technology
A recently performed informal experiment saw an eight-year-old American student pick the Linux version of the XO laptop over the Windows XP version.
