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OLPC XO review
Reviews The OLPC XO looks unlike any other notebook externally; inside, it's a low-spec unit based around AMD's 433MHz Geode LX700, designed for extremely low power consumption. However, OLPC also has plans for various hardware School Server platforms, and...
[March 11, 2008, 15:50]
OLPC available on Amazon
Blog According to the BBC, the OLPC project has teamed up with Amazon to push the Get 1 Give 1 scheme where consumers can choose to buy two of the $200 laptops - one for themselves and one for donation to a child in need.
[September 7, 2008, 22:41]
OLPC The Second
Blog Nicholas Negroponte's One Laptop Per Child project has been hitting the headlines for the wrong reasons recently, but that hasn't stopped OLPC from unveiling the successor to its XO notebook. The display technology will come from Pixel Qi, which...
[May 21, 2008, 10:26]
OLPC meltdown - or, the side-effects of working closely with Nickneg.
Blog Make a cup of tea, sit down and read this 4500 word impassioned essay from Ivan Krstić, the man who used to be in charge of the security side of the OLPC project. This one is a classic of the genre and, true to the spirit of sensible software...
[May 14, 2008, 10:46]
OLPC on hunt for chief exec
News He said that One Laptop per Child (OLPC) has in the past been managed like a "terrorist group, doing impossible things". OLPC aims to provide low-cost laptops to children in developing countries. The price of its XO laptops, initially anticipated...
[March 7, 2008, 10:41]
OLPC Project
Talkback Why else do you think Bill and Steve both offered an OS for the OLPC project? Well said Chris, spot on! It makes perfect business sense!
[April 23, 2007, 17:06]
OLPC to make XO laptop commercially available
News Starting 12 November, One Laptop per Child will be offering a Give 1 Get 1 programme for a brief window of time," OLPC chair Nicholas Negroponte wrote on the XO donation site. In July, OLPC estimated the cost of manufacture to be $175 per laptop.
[September 24, 2007, 17:17]
OLPC laptop goes into mass production
News The XO laptop, which OLPC plans to sell eventually for $100 (£49) per machine, is designed to improve the educational opportunities of children in the developing world. The costs of manufacture are currently estimated by OLPC as $175 (£85) per laptop.
[July 23, 2007, 18:08]
OLPC Sugar interface made available on USB
News Called 'Sugar on a Stick v1', Sugar Labs hopes it will help spread the use of the OS in classrooms, without the need for the OLPC device. An IDC analyst said in February that the OS would be one of the OLPC's more attractive aspects that vendors...
[June 29, 2009, 9:52]
OLPC to revive 'Give One, Get One' scheme in US
News One Laptop per Child (OLPC) said in September that it wanted to revive last year's successful programme, but didn't have the infrastructure to support the programme alone. ZDNet UK understands that the Give One, Get One scheme will operate from 17...
[November 12, 2008, 14:31]
OLPC laptop drops AMD for Via
News Generation 1.5 of the XO machine will have the same industrial design as the original model, but will use a Via C7-M processor, John Watlington, OLPC's vice president of hardware development, wrote in a post on Friday.
[April 20, 2009, 13:26]
OLPC 'Give One, Get One' scheme comes to Europe
News Nicholas Negroponte, founder and chairman of the OLPC project, told ZDNet UK in an email interview on Wednesday that version two of 'Give One, Get One' (G1G1) would enable European users to participate in the scheme.
[November 13, 2008, 11:32]
OLPC cuts workforce in half, reduces salaries
News Negroponte expressed gratitude for the work contributed by staff being let go, and said: "The fact that there are 500,000 children around the world who have laptops is testament to their extraordinary work and is already a key part of OLPC's legacy.
[January 8, 2009, 7:09]
OLPC chief predicts Windows for ARM architecture
News The first version of the OLPC educational laptop, the XO, uses an x86-based AMD chipset, but OLPC has now decided to move away from x86 architecture so as to make the next generation of their low-price laptops more power-efficient.
[March 13, 2009, 16:36]
OLPC and Intel bury the hatchet
News We are going to try to win the XO business, but it's the OLPC's decision. Negroponte's One Laptop per Child (OLPC) project is bringing Intel on board as a partner and a possible future supplier, the two entities announced on Friday morning.
[July 16, 2007, 8:18]
OLPC faces 'vicious' rivalry in laptop market
News However, he described the response of some commercial laptop makers to the OLPC project as "unfortunate". Giving laptops to schoolchildren in developing countries has had some unlikely effects, according to the OLPC exec.
[September 17, 2008, 11:32]
OLPC laptop gets a Windows makeover
News However, it remains to be seen how much the software really matters to the OLPC's target users. Ultimately, OLPC hopes to offer a dual-boot option, though that is still being developed. OLPC plans to reprise its 'Give One, Get One' programme this...
[October 27, 2008, 7:59]
Photos: OLPC, Classmate and Eee review
Reviews Small and inexpensive notebooks designed primarily for schoolchildren — particularly in developing countries — have been a hot topic ever since Nicholas Negroponte's One Laptop Per Child (OLPC) project began in 2005.
[March 3, 2008, 14:03]
OLPC's Negroponte: Intel 'contributed nothing'
News Nicholas Negroponte, the founder of One Laptop per Child (OLPC), has hit out at Intel's decision to leave the $100 laptop project, accusing the chipmaker of contributing nothing while it was a member.
[January 8, 2008, 7:13]
Negroponte: Windows key to OLPC philosophy
News The educational XO laptop has been built using free and open-source software — part of the One Laptop per Child (OLPC) project's drive to allow XO's young users to modify the laptop's software as they see fit.
[October 29, 2007, 8:15]
