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January 2008
- Laptops Finally Outsell Desktops
  
  Los Angeles Times | Jan 1, 08 5:15 PM CST
  
  (Newser) - Tech buffs have forecast a laptop takeover for years—and now US buying data is finally confirming a coup de desktop. Consumer laptop sales beat out desktop buys for the first time last year, and corporations will likely follow in 2008, the Los Angeles Times reports. New technology, lower prices, and the growth in WiFi are driving the portable boom. More »
December 2007
- $100 Laptops Fetch $600 on eBay
  
  San Jose Mercury News | Dec 25, 07 11:11 AM CST
  
  (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 »
November 2007
- Ambition Fails for One Laptop Per Child
  
  Wall Street Journal | Nov 25, 07 2:38 PM CST
  
  (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 »
September 2007
- XO: Buy 1, a Kid Gets 1 Free
  
  Wall Street Journal | Sep 24, 07 6:23 AM CDT
  
  (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 »
- $100 Laptop Price Hits $188
  
  Associated Press | Sep 15, 07 9:01 PM CDT
  
  (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 »
July 2007
- Intel, Third World Laptop Initiative Join Forces
  
  Associated Press | Jul 13, 07 5:40 PM CDT
  
  (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 »
June 2007
- Strife Centers on Laptops for Third World
  
  BBC | Jun 5, 07 2:00 PM CDT
  
  (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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