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  • May 2008

    • One Laptop Per Child Embraces Windows XP

      Internetnews.com  |  May 17, 08 11:15 CDT

      One Laptop Per Child Embraces Windows XP

      (Newser) - Now that Microsoft has signed on to the One Laptop Per Child initiative—aimed at getting low-cost PCs to kids in poor countries—its Windows XP operating system is again getting a new jolt of life, reports InternetNews.com. The project originally used only free, open-source software such as Linux, but sales were slow because of little enthusiasm from government clients over the system, the New York Times notes. More »

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      Microsoft  • computer  • open source  • One Laptop Per Child  • Linux  • Windows XP  • Nicholas Negroponte

  • April 2008

    • Peru Distributes '$100 Laptop'

      MIT Technology Review  |  Apr 24, 08 3:18 PM CDT

      Peru Distributes '$100 Laptop'

      (Newser) - One Laptop per Child got a bumpy start, with the “$100 laptop” soaring to $188, for-profit competitors snatching customers, and developing countries hesitating to buy. But the true test for the nonprofit comes now, as Peru prepares to send 486,500 computers to its poorest schoolchildren. The country faces daunting obstacles, but rural kids testing the laptops are enthusiastic, reports Technology Review . More »

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      philanthropy  • Peru  • One Laptop Per Child  • developing countries  • XO laptop

  • January 2008

    • If $100 Is Too Steep, Wait for the $75 Laptop

      New York Times  |  Jan 10, 08 3:30 CST

      If $100 Is Too Steep, Wait for the $75 Laptop

      (Newser) - The former chief technology officer of the One Laptop Per Child program has formed a spin-out company that seeks to take the XO laptop a step further—and reduce the cost of the basic computer from $100 to $75. The new operation, Pixel Qi, will aim to develop a cheaper computer—as well as other low-power electronics—using much of the technology spawned by One Laptop, reports the New York Times .  More »

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      One Laptop Per Child  • Nicholas Negroponte  • XO laptop

    • Intel Bails on Kid Laptop Project

      Wall Street Journal  |  Jan 4, 08 7:51 CST

      Intel Bails on Kid Laptop Project

      (Newser) - Intel has dropped out of its uneasy partnership with the "One Laptop Per Child" global nonprofit program, designed to put inexpensive computers in the hands of millions of children in developing countries. Intel has been feuding with project founder Nicholas  Negroponte, an MIT professor on leave who developed the inexpensive XO computer that's the program's first machine, reports the Wall Street Journal. More »

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      Intel  • MIT  • Consumer Electronics Show  • One Laptop Per Child  • Nicholas Negroponte  • XO

  • December 2007

    • $100 Laptops Fetch $600 on eBay

      San Jose Mercury News  |  Dec 25, 07 11:11 CST

      $100 Laptops Fetch $600 on eBay

      (Newser) - The $100 laptop is turning into the $600 laptop on eBay, reports the San Jose Mercury News, sealing the novelty value of the computer aimed at children in developing countries . Nonprofit One Laptop Per Child is also hawking the laptops through year's end, but many shoppers shelled out extra in private auctions to ensure Christmas delivery. More »

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      eBay  • laptop  • One Laptop Per Child

  • November 2007

    • Ambition Fails for One Laptop Per Child

      Wall Street Journal  |  Nov 25, 07 2:38 PM CST

      Ambition Fails for One Laptop Per Child

      (Newser) - One Laptop Per Child started with a monstrously ambitious goal – build laptops for $100 each, sell them by the millions to the developing world. But since then, cost overruns and attacks from for-profit competitors have ravaged demand, the Wall Street Journal reports. A mere 300,000 are being produced in this month’s inaugural manufacturing run, as developing countries withdraw informal commitments. More »

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      Microsoft  • Intel  • AMD  • One Laptop Per Child

  • September 2007

    • XO: Buy 1, a Kid Gets 1 Free

      Wall Street Journal  |  Sep 24, 07 6:23 CDT

      XO: Buy 1, a Kid Gets 1 Free

      (Newser) - Americans will be asked to buy XO laptops in pairs—one for themselves and one for a child in a developing nation. Organizers of the "One Laptop Per Child" program hope to distribute laptops to millions of Third World schoolchildren this way. The combined cost of the pair of PCs—available in November—is $399, some of which is tax deductible, reports the Wall Street Journal . More »

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      Brazil  • MIT  • Rwanda  • Cambodia  • One Laptop Per Child  • Nicholas Negroponte  • Third World  • XO

    • $100 Laptop Price Hits $188

      Associated Press  |  Sep 15, 07 9:01 PM CDT

      $100 Laptop Price Hits $188

      (Newser) - The famous but increasingly misnamed “$100 laptop” will actually cost $188—the fourth price increase for the innovative device designed for nonprofit group One Laptop Per Child, reports the AP. While still a bargain, the bump could scare off developing governments fixed on the “fanciful $100-per-child figure,” observers fear. More »

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      Brazil  • Thailand  • MIT  • Libya  • laptop  • One Laptop Per Child  • price  • Uruguay

  • July 2007

    • Intel, Third World Laptop Initiative Join Forces

      Associated Press  |  Jul 13, 07 5:40 PM CDT

      Intel, Third World Laptop Initiative Join Forces

      (Newser) - Intel and the One Laptop per Child initiative are making peace and embracing the notion of synergy. The chip maker and the pioneer of the $100 laptop concept will stop competing for deals with governments in the developing world and team up, the AP reports. The partnership is a big step on the road to the elusive $100 goal. More »

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      technology  • computer  • MIT  • One Laptop Per Child  • developing world

  • June 2007

    • Strife Centers on Laptops for Third World

      BBC  |  Jun 5, 07 2:00 PM CDT

      Strife Centers on Laptops for Third World

      (Newser) - The race to provide cheap laptops to the developing world is heating up, with Intel working on a second computer priced under $200 and the One Laptop per Child foundation accusing the chipmaker of undermining its efforts. The individual machines aren't expensive, but because governments will buy them in volume and the technology is flexible, the financial stakes are huge. More »

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      computer  • Intel  • One Laptop Per Child  • developing world

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