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Book Review: The Filter Bubble

Ever since about 1995, when Nicholas Negroponte, then head of the MIT Media Lab, began talking about The... Read more

27 September, 2011

Infinite Possibility and The Experience Economy

...instead of atoms, and goes all the way back to early-1990s Nicholas Negroponte. No-space also isn't a challenging concept: that's all... Read more

1 December, 2011

Negroponte predicted Microsoft ARM move

...on-a-chip architectures was predicted by One Laptop per Child head Nicholas Negroponte almost two years ago. Negroponte told ZDNet UK in 2009 that... Read more

6 January, 2011
OLPC chief predicts Windows for ARM architecture

OLPC chief predicts Windows for ARM architecture

...runs on ARM-based architecture is Windows Mobile. On Friday, OLPC chief Nicholas Negroponte said the next version of the XO would use ARM-based... Read more

13 March, 2009 by David Meyer
OLPC invites laptop makers to copy their design

OLPC invites laptop makers to copy their design

Speaking at the TED 2009 conference, One Laptop per Child founder Nicholas Negroponte has said the future of the initiative — which set out to... Read more

9 February, 2009 by Jonathan Skillings
OLPC cuts workforce in half, reduces salaries

OLPC cuts workforce in half, reduces salaries

...50 percent, reducing salaries for the remaining staff, and restructuring its operations. Nicholas Negroponte, founder of the group that aims to provide low-cost laptops... Read more

8 January, 2009 by Steven Musil

Negroponte brings wireless meshing to Greek island

...wide Wi-Fi web access courtesy of One Laptop per Child founder Nicholas Negroponte's passion for the web. The island is the place where... Read more

25 July, 2008 by Natasha Lomas

OLPC on hunt for chief exec

The founder of One Laptop per Child, Nicholas Negroponte, is looking for a chief executive for the organisation, according to... Read more

7 March, 2008 by Elinor Mills

Negroponte: Windows key to OLPC philosophy

...its decision to allow Microsoft software on the machines, according to chairman Nicholas Negroponte. "It would be hard for OLPC to say it was 'open... Read more

29 October, 2007 by Jo Best
'$100 laptop' consumer launch rumours denied

'$100 laptop' consumer launch rumours denied

...earlier this week. One Laptop per Child (OLPC), headed by MIT Labs' Nicholas Negroponte, insisted suggestions that the XO laptop would be sold through eBay... Read more

11 January, 2007 by David Meyer
The $100 laptop could eliminate poverty

The $100 laptop could eliminate poverty

...than just creating a cheap PC according to the project's boss Nicholas Negroponte Read more

5 December, 2006 by Nicholas Negroponte

Negroponte: "3G will not see the light of day"

...didn't have enough to worry about this week, up pops Professor Nicholas Negroponte, Director of MIT's media lab to say that the auction... Read more

14 September, 2000 by Eugene Lacey

OLPC 'Give One, Get One' set to launch in UK

...On Thursday last week, the founder and chairman of the OLPC project, Nicholas Negroponte, said that the XO version on sale via Amazon would not... Read more

18 November, 2008 by Colin Barker
Introducing the OLPC's '$75 laptop'

Introducing the OLPC's '$75 laptop'

...is the current XO, seen here in a presentation by OLPC head Nicholas Negroponte in April 2006. The organisation aims to have the the XO... Read more

22 May, 2008 by Jonathan Skillings

OLPC's Negroponte: Intel 'contributed nothing'

Nicholas Negroponte, the founder of One Laptop per Child (OLPC), has hit out... Read more

8 January, 2008 by Tim Ferguson

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