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  • May 2008

    • One Laptop Per Child Embraces Windows XP

      Internetnews.com  |  May 17, 08 11:15 AM 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  • Windows XP  • Linux  • Nicholas Negroponte

  • January 2008

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

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

  • September 2007

    • XO: Buy 1, a Kid Gets 1 Free

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

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