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- The OLPC project and competition
- I'd missed this post by George Ou where he claimed that Intel in combination with ASUS have slaughtered Nicholas Negroponte's One Laptop Per Child OLPC project with its Ultra-mobile "Eee PC." This reminded me of an article I read a few weeks back where Dr. Negroponte said Intel "should be...
- Tags: Open Source, Software Infrastructure, Wired & Wireless
- Blog posts 2007-06-14
- One Laptop Per Child worthwhile at any price
- Nicholas Negropontes announcement that the final version of his One Laptop Per Child initiative will cost $175 and run Windows has led to a wee bit of Windows triumphalism. The fact is that the native operating system used by any piece of hardware is no longer the big deal it...
- Tags: business models, General, Government, Hardware, mass market, Microsoft
- Blog posts 2007-04-27
- Engineering change: One Laptop Per Child
- Projects aims to get computers to the poorCNET Download.com's Jessica Dolcourt interviewed Khaled Hassounah, a regional director for Nicholas Negroponte's One Laptop Per Child project. Hassounah, the Mideast/Africa regional head of the project, is one of three technologists profiled in CNET News.com's series "Engineering change." Speaking from CNET's studio, he...
- Tags: Engineering Change, One Laptop per Child
- Videos 2007-04-09
- Near-Production One Laptop Per Child
- The images in this library were taken during a press conference held by AMD in March 2007. They show a near-production ready One Laptop Per Child unit that contains AMD's Geode microprocessor.
- Tags: Processors, One Laptop per Child, AMD Geode, Advanced Micro Devices Inc., microprocessor, image
- Image galleries 2007-03-06
- One Laptop per Child ... a new perspective
- In my most recent post, Its not what their losing, its what they stand to gain, I came across a response from Antonio M. Battro, the Chief Education Officer of the One Laptop per Child association. I want to publicly thank Mr. Battro for his response and to share...
- Tags: Notebooks, Antonio M. Battro, laptop computer, textbook, One Laptop per Child
- Blog posts 2007-01-30
- Intel offering Brazil a $400 laptop
- There is a newcomer in the race to bridge the digital divide in Brazil. Intel is donating $400 laptops to Brazils government, directly competing with the One Laptop Per Child project OLPC, reports the Associated Press. Intel will donate 700 to 800 Classmate PCs for a government evaluation...
- Tags: laptop computer, DigitalDivide, Education Technology
- Blog posts 2006-12-07
- One Laptop Per Child user interface - In pictures
- The other day I downloaded a VMware image of the One Laptop Per Child OLPC so I could have a play with it and I have to say that Im pretty impressed with what Im seeing (youll need the free VMware Player to view this unless you have a full...
- Tags: Instant messaging, IM, VMware Inc., One Laptop per Child
- Blog posts 2006-11-22
- One Laptop Per Child
- One Laptop Per Child OS walkthrough.
- Tags: One Laptop per Child, operating system
- Image galleries 2006-11-22
- That one laptop is now running $150
- The now infamous $100 laptop of the One Laptop Per Child OLPC has just gotten a dubious promotion to $150, but is slated to ship out in 2007, reports News.com The prototype laptop was shown off this week at the Silicon Valley Challenge Summit, held...
- Tags: Education Technology, DigitalDivide, laptop computer, One Laptop per Child
- Blog posts 2006-11-17
- I'm glad AMD gets it...
- As I'm trying to figure out the best way to spread around limited funds for my district this year, I'm taking a cue from AMD. Recently they announced an initiative to move low cost computing devices into Uganda and Brazil, piloting a program that would provide Internet access...
- Tags: Advanced Micro Devices Inc., One Laptop per Child
- Blog posts 2006-08-17
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- Girls are as smart as boys, but tests are getting dumber
- New research published in the journal Science confirms what all of us teachers have known for a long time: girls are just as smart as boys. I hope none of our tax dollars went into that one. A quick quote from the article before I get into the...
- Tags: Test, Teacher, Hyde, Taxes, Free Trade, Financial Planning, Finance, Christopher Dawson
- Blog posts 2008-07-25
- Microsoft finalizes Windows XP for OLPC laptops
- Microsoft has internally released to manufacturing the version of Windows XP that it has tweaked to run on the One Laptop Per Child XO computer. by Mary Jo Foley
- Tags: Microsoft Windows XP, Microsoft Corp., Laptop Computer, One Laptop Per Child Project, Microsoft Windows, Operating Systems, Software, Mary Jo Foley
- Blog posts 2008-07-25
- 10 essential gadgets for students
- I chose these from personal experience, but also from asking many friends from around the world who are involved in technology and study at the same time. Some gadgets come with a recommendation, whereas others don't; things like laptops and cell phones can't be selected for everybody, it'd be ridiculous...
- Tags: Headphone, Phone, Cell Phone, Laptop Computer, Lecture, Notebooks, Telecom & Utilities, Hardware, Notebooks & Tablets, Zack Whittaker
- Blog posts 2008-07-25
- Escapee 'Spam King' dead in apparent murder-suicide
- Convicted spammer Eddie Davidson, who escaped from federal prison over the weekend, killed his wife and 3-year-old daughter before killing himself in what is being described as a murder-suicide. Colorado's 9News.com said the tragic end of the man known as the "Spam King" was confirmed by the...
- Tags: Prison, Sheriff, Internal Revenue Service, Attorney, Healthcare, Ryan Naraine
- Blog posts 2008-07-24
- Vista: Whose 'reality' do you believe?
- Vista: Whose 'reality' do you believe?Microsoft Search sucks.Now they are hijacking your PC to gain search share. Vista, XP, and anything else Microsoft is leaving this organization at every chance.RE: Vista: Whose 'reality' do you believe?This studies almost alway fail to note that XP's business penetration was no better after...
- Tags: Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), Microsoft Windows Vista, Microsoft Corp., Forrest
- Discussion threads 2008-07-24
- We wanna be more like Apple - Microsoft and Ubuntu get ready to fire up the photocopiers!
- We wanna be more like Apple - Microsoft and Ubuntu get ready to fire up the photocopiers!Linux has no marketing.Market share is directly related to marketing. When is the last time anyone saw a Linux commercial?Isn't that the point?You say that Canonical needs to listen more to the "customers" but...
- Tags: Copiers, Operating systems, Desktops, Notebooks, Market-Share, Apple Inc., Ubuntu, wanna-be, Microsoft Corp., photocopier, Linux
- Discussion threads 2008-07-24
- COPA suffers another blow
- InformationWeek is reporting on the latest blow to the Child Online Protection Act, or COPA. COPA imposes heavy fines on libraries and schools among other institutions that fail to prevent children from "content harmful to minors." If you're asking just what constitutes "harmful to minors", so...
- Tags: Child Online Protection Act, Minor, Regulations, Government, Christopher Dawson
- Blog posts 2008-07-23
- Firefly flyPhone (blue)
- Though cell phones for youth came into vogue two years ago, it wasn't long before they fell out of favor. While some parents liked the idea behind simple handsets such as the LG Migo and the Enfora TicTalk, many children weren't so impressed. They wanted more features for playground comparisons,...
- Tags: Cellular phones, display, Firefly flyPhone, Firefly, phone, cell phone
- Product reviews 2008-07-23
- Toshiba Satellite L305-S5875
- Editors' note: This review is part of our Back-to-School 2008 roundup, covering specific configurations of popular laptops that can be found in retail stores.The Toshiba Satellite L305-S5875 is a thoroughly average, entry-level laptop. It wasn't too long ago that an average, entry-level laptop meant one that was underpowered and shabbily...
- Tags: Notebooks, Toshiba Corp., Toshiba Satellite, Toshiba Satellite L305-S5875, laptop computer
- Product reviews 2008-07-23
- Inside the mind - and config - of Terry Childs
- Inside the mind - and config - of Terry ChildsGuilty of Incompetency in Office Politics, Being a JerkThe word is that Childs was the sole keeper of the passwords for months if not years, and management was aware of the situation during this period.The new director of security took a...
- Tags: Workforce management, IT Field, Terry Childs
- Discussion threads 2008-07-23
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