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One Laptop Per Child Project Cuts 50% of Staff
The economic crisis is leaving no industry, organization, or sector unscathed — and the One Laptop Per Child project is no exception. Today the project's founder Nicholas Negroponte announced that OLPC will be...
created by Jarrett Martineau | 46 wks ago | updated 45 wks ago
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77 views | 10 recommendations | 2 comments
Venezuela buys 1 million laptops
Venezuela has just signed a deal with Portugal to order one million laptop computers for its school children. According to BBC, many people believe the decision to buy Classmate computers from Portugal is "blow"... New facelift for $100 laptop
Woah! Can I have one?!?The XO2 laptop by the One Laptop Per Child project is one 'purty' looking machine and it's now cheaper too at about $75 per unit."OLPC founder Nicholas Negroponte gave a glimpse of...'$100 Laptop' Project Teams With Microsoft
The One Laptop Per Child project has undergone all kinds of trials and tribulations, both in terms of its price and functionality, and its public perception.OLPC has long been wary of trying to integrate a...
created by Jarrett Martineau | 1 year ago | updated 1 year ago
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One Laptop Per Child is a con says one of its bosses
In an epic blog post, Ivan Krstic, the former head of security development for the ambitious One Laptop per Child project, has painted a picture of an organisation in chaos, and called its very ideals into question.Photographers Without Borders Makes Donation to OLPC
PHOTOGRAPHERS WITHOUT BORDERS MAKES DONATIONTO ONE LAPTOP PER CHILD TO SUPPORT EDUCATIONROCKFORD, IL —Photographers Without Borders is proud to make a cash donation to the One Laptop Per Child Foundation in support of its mission.The mission of Photographers Without Borders... 'One Laptop per Child' Developer To Create $75 Version
Not to be undersold, Mary Lou Jepsen, the former CTO of the One Laptop per Child project (which intended to make a $100 laptop available to children in the developing world) is starting up a new company, Pixel Qi,...
created by Jarrett Martineau | 1 year ago | updated 1 year ago
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478 views | 2 recommendations | 1 comment
One Laptop Per Child Versus Intel--Who Speaks for India and China?
Money talks?"At the Consumer Electronic Show this week, the One Laptop Per Child foundation was supposed to make two announcements—the number of computers it sold under the Give One, Get One holiday program and...Go with the Trend to Reduce the Digital Divide
Going With the Trend The One Laptop Per Child project is contrary to the going trend among school-age students. Having a cell phone with Internet services is a must. In light of the speculation of potential...
created by vanityemailaddress | 2 years ago | updated 2 years ago
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The $100 laptop as the perfect modern computer
If you use web-based apps (Google Docs, web-based email, bloglines, flickr and so on) why on earth are you paying hundreds (thousands, even) of pounds for a machine with a hard disk?
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