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In pictures: One Laptop Per Child review
Reviews When Nicholas Negroponte (above, right) of the MIT Media Lab showed off a prototype OLPC (One Laptop Per Child) at NetEvents in Hong Kong, ZDNet UK's Rupert Goodwins was there with his camera. Nicholas Negroponte: founder of MIT Media Labs, Wired...
[December 6, 2006, 9:37]
One Laptop Per Child order reports 'incorrect'
News Reports that Brazil, Nigeria, Argentina and Thailand have each committed to buying a million laptops from the One Laptop Per Child (OLPC) programme are "incorrect", a spokesperson for the project has told ZDNet UK.
[August 1, 2006, 17:25]
One laptop per child available in developed countries too
Blog There seemed to be some confusion over whether the XO laptop would actually be available to consumers in the US and Europe - but today OLPC announced a "Give one, Get one" scheme - - where for $399 dollars, buyers in the west get a laptop for...
[September 24, 2007, 16:01]
Two ways to bring PCs to emerging nations
News In its effort to bring computers to emerging nations, the non-profit trade organisation One Laptop per Child has linked up with some of the world's largest contract manufacturers and component suppliers to build its low-cost machines.
[February 28, 2007, 15:25]
OLPC on hunt for chief exec
News The founder of One Laptop per Child, Nicholas Negroponte, is looking for a chief executive for the organisation, according to BusinessWeek. He said that One Laptop per Child (OLPC) has in the past been managed like a "terrorist group, doing...
[March 7, 2008, 10:41]
The developing world needs well-developed ideas
Leader Bill Gates doesn't like the One Laptop Per Child project, which he says is too small, too fiddly, and missing the point. If Bill Gates and $100 laptop progenitor Nick Negroponte were to look at the places without light and listen to those without a...
[March 17, 2006, 14:15]
Photos: Nigerian students get to grips with IT
News Khaled Hassounah, director of Nicholas Negroponte's One Laptop per Child (OLPC) programme in Africa and the Middle East, has spent the last year touring schools in Nigeria. Photo credit: One Laptop per Child
[April 12, 2007, 12:57]
Colombia to trial OLPC Windows laptop
News Microsoft has announced that Colombia will be the second country to pilot the use of One Laptop per Child's XO laptop in conjunction with Windows XP. Students at the Santa Maria Del Rio primary school in Colombia, one of two schools in the country...
[November 12, 2008, 15:10]
Negroponte: 'Software is too fat'
News Nicholas Negroponte, the founder of the One Laptop Per Child project, criticised the software industry on Tuesday for creating ever-more-bloated software, which runs slower despite dramatic improvements in processor speed.
[April 4, 2006, 16:10]
OLPC cuts workforce in half, reduces salaries
News The One Laptop per Child project announced on Wednesday that it is cutting its workforce by 50 percent, reducing salaries for the remaining staff, and restructuring its operations. Nicholas Negroponte, founder of the group that aims to provide low...
[January 8, 2009, 7:09]
OLPC to make XO laptop commercially available
News The One Laptop per Child scheme has announced that it will make its ruggedised laptops available in the US for a limited time period. Starting 12 November, One Laptop per Child will be offering a Give 1 Get 1 programme for a brief window of time...
[September 24, 2007, 17:17]
OLPC to revive 'Give One, Get One' scheme in US
News From Monday in the US, the One Laptop per Child project's XO laptop will be available through the 'Give One, Get One' programme once more, this time facilitated by Amazon.com. One Laptop per Child (OLPC) said in September that it wanted to revive...
[November 12, 2008, 14:31]
Peru first to trial OLPC laptops with Windows
News Microsoft and the One Laptop per Child project announced on Monday that Peru will be the first country to try out XO laptops running Microsoft Windows as part of a nine-month pilot programme. This pilot in Peru represents an important milestone in...
[September 16, 2008, 11:30]
Intel denies disparaging OLPC
News Intel has hit back at claims made by One Laptop per Child that the chip giant broke a "non-disparagement" agreement. On Monday One Laptop per Child (OLPC) founder Nicholas Negroponte claimed that one of the reasons for tensions resulting in Intel...
[January 8, 2008, 13:14]
The $100 laptop: A well intentioned waste of time?
News While the One Laptop Per Child (OLPC) initiative from the Media Lab at Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) is laudable, it is unlikely to succeed without suitable support mechanisms to help the developing world exploit the technology.
[November 22, 2005, 10:55]
Peru signs up for 260,000 OLPC laptops
News One month after the One Laptop Per Child charity went into mass production with its $188 laptop, the Peruvian government has signed a contract to purchase 260,000 units. In November, the One Laptop Per Child (OLPC) charity contracted Taiwan's...
[December 3, 2007, 7:10]
$100 laptop 'will boost desktop Linux'
News The One Laptop per Child (OLPC) project will make Linux as popular on the desktop as it is on the server today, according to Nicholas Negroponte, head of the project and founder of MIT's media lab. The One Laptop per Child project aims to develop a...
[June 2, 2006, 17:10]
$100 laptop trials begin within weeks
News Reports that trials of the $100 laptop project will kick off in Thailand alone have been quashed by Nicholas Negroponte, founder and chairman of the One Laptop per Child (OLPC) association. The One Laptop per Child project aims to develop a...
[August 22, 2006, 13:50]
Microsoft quashes rumours of dual-boot XO laptop
News Software giant Microsoft has said it rejected plans to develop a dual-boot iteration of Windows XP to run on One Laptop per Child XO machines, and instead is developing a version of XP specifically for the XO.
[January 11, 2008, 13:04]
Negroponte: Windows key to OLPC philosophy
News While the news that Microsoft is developing a version of Windows for the so-called "$100 laptop" has caused some consternation, the head of the One Laptop per Child project has said the scheme could not promote openness if it blocked Windows.
[October 29, 2007, 8:15]
