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Are mini-laptops worth deploying without Internet access?: I think the answer to this is "Yes" for a variety of reasons but I'd like to get some feedback from you. Peru is beginning to roll out 400,000 OLPC XO laptops this week to villages throughout the country, according to Technology Review. As...; Tags: Internet Access, Peru, Laptop Computer, Notebooks, Hardware, Notebooks & Tablets, Christopher Dawson; Blog posts 2008-03-28
With Peru sale, is OLPC on the right track?: Things are looking up for One Laptop Per Child. After a boffo lauch to the Give 1 Get 1 program, OLPC has landed an order from Peru for 260,000 units of the XO laptop, The Boston Globe reports. The order had been expected for some time but...; Tags: Peru, One Laptop Per Child Project, Negroponte, Government, Richard Koman; Blog posts 2007-12-03
Tech reconnects Peru earthquake victims: The aid group Telecoms Sans Frontieres moved swiftly to set up a communications center in hard-hit Pisco to reconnect victims with the outside world.; Tags: Peru; Image galleries 2007-08-22
Colourful Peru (zip): This screensaver shows images of colorful Peru, nature and culture combined. Peru is the country of the Incas. A lot of buildings they made can still be seen. Pictures of Machu Picchu, Lima, the Ballestas Islands, the Colca Canyon and many more are included in this screensaver.; Tags: Screensaver, Peru; Software downloads 2006-03-10
Machu Picchu (scr): Amazing Pictures from Machu Picchu, Peru. One of the world's most beautiful sites, simply breathtaking. Machu Picchu was discovered in the mountains in Peru. An amzaing lost civilization lay in the discovery.; Tags: Peru; Software downloads 2005-08-25

Images: Stay tuned for today's space weather: Radar stations in Peru and Alaska track fluctuations in space weather caused by the sun.; Tags: Peru, fluctuation, Alaska, radar; Image galleries 2005-08-03
Images: Stay tuned for today's space weather: Radar stations in Peru and Alaska track fluctuations in space weather caused by the sun.; Tags: Peru, fluctuation, Alaska, radar; Image galleries 2005-08-03
America TV Improves Internal Communication: America TV is the leading private channel of Peru's television broadcasting system. The company wanted to integrate a public database with easy, secure access for executives and reporters working inside and outside Peru. America TV also wanted to migrate from Microsoft Exchange mail platform for better storage and management of...; Tags: Oracle Corp., Broadcasting, Peru, America TV, E-mail, TVs, Tv & Home Theater, Storage, Databases, Enterprise Software, Online Communications, Personal Technology, Home Entertainment, Hardware, Software, Data Management; Case studies
Pontifical Catholic University of Peru Turns to Cisco and IBM for a Better Communications Solution: Founded in 1917, the Pontificia Universidad Catolica del Peru (Pontifical Catholic University of Peru, or PUCP) is one of the most prestigious private universities in the country. As a university at the vanguard of artistic and intellectual thought, PUCP always strives to project an image of sophistication and modernization. However,...; Tags: Phone, University, PBX, Cisco Systems Inc., Peru, IBM Corp., Telephony, VOIP, Networking, Telecommunications; Case studies
INDECI Strengthens National Safety Through Better Reporting: The Civil Defense National Institute is the central management agency of Peru's National Civil Defense System. INDECI is a public organization with headquarters in Lima and 25 regional offices in Peru. The organization wanted to increase the number of emergency reports. The challenge was to provide a powerful and robust...; Tags: Oracle Corp., Peru, INDECI, Civil Defense National Institute, Advertising & Promotion, Marketing; Case studies

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Forget the paperless office dream, but how about a paperless living room?: Like several high tech innovations Zinio began as a digital service aimed at B2B. But it worked, so it's inevitably grown to become a global, consumer-oriented service as well. If it works at work, just think how you can use it at home. And then...; Tags: Magazine, Zinio, Harry Fuller; Blog posts 2008-04-30
OLPC stuck key issue drawing attention: The so-called "stuck-key issue" being reported by OLPC XO owners is gaining a fair amount of media attention as the first large-scale deployments in Mongolia and Peru are taking off. First reported about four months ago by buyers from the OLPC Give One Get One program, the problem, according...; Tags: One Laptop Per Child Project, Christopher Dawson; Blog posts 2008-04-20
The Cassiterite Crisis - How Tech Boom Fuels Human Rights Risk in Africa: The Cassiterite Crisis - How Tech Boom Fuels Human Rights Risk in Africa...The corps don't care how or at what cost, so long as they get their profits up. There are atrocities around the world all in the name of greed and profit. While I personally don't condone these behaviors...; Tags: Vertical industries, government, Congo, Cassiterite Crisis; Discussion threads 2008-03-08
An Ed Tech laptop rant: Sorry, folks...as much as I am a supporter of cheap laptops and hardware for kids (in developing countries and wherever else it makes sense to have them), I'm fed up with the religion, the politics, and the ridiculous misconceptions that surround them. I'm afraid it's time for a good...; Tags: Laptop Computer, Programming, Computer, One Laptop Per Child Project, Quanta Computers, Microsoft Windows, Productivity, Linux, Notebooks, Operating Systems, Software, Hardware, Notebooks & Tablets, Christopher Dawson; Blog posts 2008-01-09
OLPC campaign nets $35 million; 100,000 units go to emerging markets: OLPC campaign nets $35 million; 100,000 units go to emerging marketsYes, it was a GREAT program, and will get lots of computers into the handsof technical people that will help with the project. I would like to see it extended and continued. We would also like to see accessories such...; Tags: emerging market, One Laptop Per Child project, Intel Corp., computer; Discussion threads 2008-01-07
Followup from Intel on the OLPC debacle: Followup from Intel on the OLPC debacleHow can anyone support Classmate?The Classmate reference design is such a worthless piece of kit, Intel obvioulsy rushed it out the door 6 months after the first prototypes of the OLPC were released over a year and a half ago. Since then the Classmate...; Tags: Intel Corp., One Laptop Per Child project, Classmate, Nicholas Negroponte; Discussion threads 2008-01-07
OLPC responds to Intel breakup: The One Laptop Per Child Project and Intel broke up their relationship recently. Now it's the OLPC project's turn to speak. Nicholas Negroponte, head of the OLPC project, said the following in a statement, after reports about Intel leaving the project: "We at OLPC...; Tags: Intel Corp., One Laptop Per Child Project, Larry Dignan; Blog posts 2008-01-04
OLPC: the best designed notebook in the world: OLPC: the best designed notebook in the worldYou know, I was thingking the same thing. The OLPC would be great forschools right here in the good old US of A. I would think they should hire somebody to sell the idea to schools HERE. If we get a critical mass...; Tags: Behar, notebook, Design Continuum, One Laptop Per Child project, Third World, computer; Discussion threads 2007-12-19
OLPC: the best designed notebook in the world: The One Laptop Per Child (OLPC) is the best-designed notebook computer in the world. It just isn't designed for you. Get over it. Criticism of the OLPC centers on the fact that it isn't like the notebooks adults use. As the ASUS Eee shows a low-cost conventional...; Tags: Notebook, Connectivity, Expression, Industrial Design, Activity, Laptop Computer, One Laptop Per Child Project, Robin Harris; Blog posts 2007-12-19
Will Windows 'XO' bear fruit for OLPC?: Will Windows 'XO' bear fruit for OLPC?You are again trashing Christopher Dawson's blog. Get you own bloginstead of trashing somebody else's.No.All this talk about training, etc, the Sugar OS on XO requires no training. Security is also baked in, and it has mesh capabilities, ultra low power, etc...Now, all...; Tags: Blogging, blog, One Laptop Per Child project, laptop computer, Microsoft Windows XP, Microsoft Windows; Discussion threads 2007-12-06