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- XO-2 laptop (Photos: OLPC's new $75 XO-2 laptop)
- XO-2 laptop (Photos: OLPC's new $75 XO-2 laptop)A Glimse of the Future for Learning Appliances!Looking at the XO-2 makes me think of an enumerable amount of conversations that I have had with my education counterparts about an appliance that isn't an iPhone/PDA and isn't a notebook computer. I would...
- Discussion threads 2008-05-21
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- From the ashes of Geode, AMD brings Bobcat with 1:1 possibilities
- OLPC's first laptop, the XO has been both praised and criticized for many things. Perhaps most significant was its incredibly low power consumption, critical for use in areas with very limited electrical capacity. Key to this power consumption was the AMD Geode processor, an utterly anemic piece of...
- Blog posts 2009-11-13
- Macedonia rolls out 53,000 Classmate PCs
- And the OLPC?Seems to be doing well as well. Uruguay is finishing its distribution of laptops this year. For more info:Spanish:http://www.ceibal.edu.uy/index.php?option=com_content&view=category&layout=blog&id=96&Itemid=247English translation:http://translate.google.com.mx/translate?u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.ceibal.edu.uy%2Findex.php%3Foption%3Dcom_content%26view%3Dcategory%26layout%3Dblog%26id%3D96%26Itemid%3D247&sl=es&tl=en&hl=es&ie=UTF-8Contrary to what was said in some articles in your section back in '07. The XO is doing well, it has support, it has training and...
- Discussion threads 2009-10-06
- South Carolina's OLPC initiative: money well-spent?
- South Carolina is looking to revive the dying OLPC brand by providing as many as 50,000 students with little PCs. According to OStatic, In order to receive a laptop, children need to give a small monetary donation -- the project coordinators say a dollar or two...
- Blog posts 2009-05-13
- OLPC to laptop makers: Use our design
- OLPC to laptop makers: Use our designRE: Hey Open Source come back -- Use our design"Bill Gates told CNET News that the "OLPC hasn't done that well" ..."Hence no ROI."... --the group said that it would be working with Microsoft to make a Windows variety of its XO laptop, ..."Anticipation...
- Discussion threads 2009-02-09
- Happy birthday to me: a $20 laptop?
- It's my birthday today woot, so India is celebrating by debuting a prototype of their $20 laptop during a National Mission on Education launch in Tirupati. OK, so it's actually just coincidence that they're showing it on my birthday, but still, I figured it was worthy of a bit...
- Blog posts 2009-02-02
- OLPC laying off staff and cutting salaries
- According to a blog posting yesterday afternoon, the OLPC organization will be cutting staff, contractors, and the salaries of remaining staff. The cuts, about 50% of existing employees/contractors, will leave 32 people working for the group. Nicholas Negroponte was quoted in the post, saying, ...
- Blog posts 2009-01-08
- More OLPC Give One Considerations
- It's the second day of sales for the OLPC Give One Get One program on Amazon; the site is still up and still claiming next day delivery is available (anyone who gets theirs in a day, please talk back below). I posted several musings yesterday on this latest effort...
- Blog posts 2008-11-18
- Interesting OLPC discussion thread from Amazon
- Interesting OLPC discussion thread from AmazonI don't care if they are a charity or a non-profit or whateverYou don't leave a person who gives you money pissed off. Ever. Without them you are nothing. It's far better to lose that one donation than to lose that person's goodwill. I say...
- Discussion threads 2008-11-17
- OLPC revives G1G1: too little, too late
- Oh, there's lots of excitement that OLPC is bringing back Give One, Get One for this holiday season. Amazon is selling the green machines in pairs (one for a kid in the developing world, one for yours) and the G1G1 program is going global, too. ...
- Blog posts 2008-11-17
- OLPC's 'Give 1 Get 1': What a difference a year makes
- The One Laptop Per Child OLPC program on Monday launched this year's 'Give 1 Get 1' program and it's simply stunning how the environment has changed. I did the Give 1 Get 1 program last year and my daughter found the XO an interesting tool that has...
- Blog posts 2008-11-17
- Now they're on sale, but who's buying?
- Now they're on sale, but who's buying?for me, $400 is non starterYou can get a better laptop from $400 for most OEMs, not counting a used one.If you have Bill Gate$ money and love Linuxnot the case as we know it, you are right in the market for it.But since...
- Discussion threads 2008-11-17
- $400 XOs and recessions
- The OLPC XO goes on sale through Amazon Monday via a redux of their Give One Get One (G1G1) program that turned into such a debacle last year. It's no secret that, despite my utter willingness to give props to OLPC for spurring an entire market of...
- Blog posts 2008-11-16
- Qualcomm's Kayak "PC alternative" pictured
- Here's a picture of Kayak, the "PC alternative" for emerging markets that Qualcomm announced yesterday. It looks pretty much the way the company described it: sort of a cross between the Apple Mac Mini--bring your own monitor, keyboard and mouse--and the OLPC's XO laptop with its...
- Blog posts 2008-11-13
- More XP OLPCs?
- More XP OLPCs?And of course Greg DeKoenigsberg would betotally unbaised, and more to the point, would absolutely [i]never[/i] make anything up.And I had to laugh at the line [i]I hear that people aren't interested in OLPC anymore because they are Microsoft's stooge[/i]I guess people like Greg DeKoenigsberg do not like...
- Discussion threads 2008-11-13
- One more reason for Classmate to step up
- The Register Hardware is reporting that Asus will be phasing out all smaller-screen versions of its Eee netbooks. According to the article, Buy your 7in and 8.9in Eee PCs while you can - Asus is going to phase them out next year, company chief Jerry...
- Blog posts 2008-11-02
- (Photos: A kid-tested XO laptop)
- (Photos: A kid-tested XO laptop)Just wondering...But how did she like the XO laptops? Did she give any thoughts on the interfaces and programs for each version?
- Discussion threads 2008-10-27
- (Photos: A kid-tested XO laptop)
- (Photos: A kid-tested XO laptop)So what's the verdict?Pictures by themselves really don't tell this story. What was Ella's opinion? After all if you're going to break the kid in early on product testing, you've got to do more than take her picture!RE: (Photos: A kid-tested XO laptop)I want to know...
- Discussion threads 2008-10-27
- OLPC meets XP: Does charm matter?
- OLPC meets XP: Does charm matter?I agree: Having two OS flavorsdoes make sense. People tend to forget who is it these systems are intended for: They are not for the Pro Linux/Pro Microsoft crowd, they are for children in developing countries.It is they who will be using them, not us....
- Discussion threads 2008-10-24
- Photos: A kid-tested XO laptop
- To put the XO laptop in Windows and Linux versions through its paces, we turned to an expert--the 8-year-old daughter of a CNET News editor. by CNET News.com
- Image galleries 2008-10-24
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