$100 Laptop Goes Into Production
Blog The new batch of notebooks are going to face some vigorous testing according to OLPC to make sure the design is fit for being bounced about in Africa or whether they eventually end up. The first 1000 machines from the One Laptop per Child project...
[November 23, 2006, 14:46]
The $100 Laptop: A Well Intentioned Waste Of Time?
Talkback I'm sure these would be great cost rudcers for a lot of NGO's that already have a need for laptops, rather than just throughing them at schools in africa to be yet another peice of technology they have little use for as they lack more basic...
[November 24, 2005, 9:03]
The $100 Laptop - Don't Get Carried Away
Talkback I have worked in Africa drilling boreholes for countries in dire need to clean water supplys. Getting back to the laptop, what will it be used for? This is classic 'make way please, gadget to the rescue'.
[November 20, 2005, 10:51]
Gates Mocks $100 Laptop
Talkback It is ideal for SCF and the people we serve and are supporting Africa. I have been searching for information about the $100 laptop since November 2005. We say God bless whoever thought up the $100 Laptop.
[March 21, 2006, 15:54]
Gates Mocks $100 Laptop
Talkback It is ideal for SCF and the people we serve and are supporting Africa. I have been searching for information about the $100 laptop since November 2005. We say God bless whoever thought up the $100 Laptop.
[March 21, 2006, 15:54]
The $100 Laptop: A Well Intentioned Waste Of Time?
News Initial orders, however, will be limited to one million each for the five pilot countries — China, Brazil, Thailand, Egypt and South Africa. But if you dumped a load of computers into Africa or other third world countries, they'd just gather dust.
[November 22, 2005, 10:55]
$100 PC Project Will 'invigorate Linux Desktop Push'
News There are no quick fixes for the problems in Africa and I'm struggling to think of the benefits computers would bring to children that haven't learned to read and write properly because they don't have the proper equipment to do so," he said.
[January 31, 2006, 9:30]
Photos: Old PCs Help Africa's Blind
News Audio tape was used for a while but the format is starting to disappear, even in Africa. The pen is available commercially for about £100, but Sightsavers has negotiated with Dolphin to create a cheaper, cut-down version of the pen for use in Africa.
[February 13, 2007, 15:47]
Photos: Via Launches Energy-efficient PC
News The Mecer Education PC is powered by the energy-efficient 1.5GHz Via C7-D desktop processor, which makes it "ideally suited for Africa's straining electricity infrastructure", the companies claim. Schools and other educational organisations have...
[July 10, 2007, 17:41]
Open Source 'split By Digital Divide'
Talkback Why children should have a laptop in stead of a server,download overnight what is needed an where needed go on line.screens are all over the world getting more of a problem, dumped illegally in Africa.Send them here, will be dealt with properly.
[July 17, 2006, 0:40]
Tablet PC Shipments Fizzle Out
News Sales in the US have been slightly ahead of conservative estimates, but in Europe, the Middle East and Africa (EMEA) they are sinking steadily, according to UK-based Canalys. Currently, tablets are limited by the touch-screens they incorporate...
[July 30, 2003, 12:45]
Computers To Africa Diary: Day One
Blog Last week was the twentieth birthday of GSM but although mobile networks have been a relatively recent arrival to sub-Saharan Africa - they have developed in an unprecedented way. As Rupert Goodwins, ZDNet's technical editor pointed out, the aims...
[September 9, 2007, 12:34]
