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- ASUS low-cost touchscreen ebook expected by end of 2009
- XO-2Two pages, and one can function as a touch keyboard? Boy, that sounds a lot like the olpc's plans for the XO-2.display?I wonder what the display technology will be. Epaper is prefered for ebooks because it uses far less power than standard laptop displays. But the article says it...
- Discussion threads 2009-09-07
- South Carolina's OLPC initiative: money well-spent?
- South Carolina's OLPC initiative: money well-spent?indeed well spentNothing dying about OLPC or olpc, upper or lower case. 1 million kids have XO laptops in 31 countries and 19 languages, with another million headed too them. The results have been nothing less than complete social change. If Rwanda can 20% of...
- Discussion threads 2009-05-13
- The XO-2 is going Embedded RISC? So will everyone else!
- The XO-2 is going Embedded RISC? So will everyone else!At a minimum, Arm will cause big problems for BOTH Intel and Microsoft.No, x86 and Windows will not die any time soon, but, low power, lower cost Arm will be hot in the netbook segment starting this year, and that cuts...
- Discussion threads 2009-03-13
- The XO-2 is going Embedded RISC? So will everyone else!
- Yesterday, OLPC project founder Nicholas Negroponte indicated that their next generation XO-2 will almost certainly eschew it's current x86-based design and move towards one that is based on the ARM, the most common embedded RISC architecture in the world. It's used in over a billion cell...
- Blog posts 2009-03-13
- OLPC XO 2.0 to follow Classmate model
- OLPC XO 2.0 to follow Classmate modelOLPC XO 2.0 to follow Classmate modelI wonder if they are going to screw this up like they did the 1.0 version by charging quadruple the price and having linux on it. Something tells me not only will they screw this 2.0 version...
- Discussion threads 2009-01-30
- Waiting for the right netbooks
- Waiting for the right netbooksASUS even plans an iMac rival....G*d, I love ASUS... :-)http://www.pcworld.com/businesscenter/article/146605/asustek_to_launch_imac_rival_in_september.htmlHopefully again with the option of a preinstalled Linux. If not, you can always install it yourself:http://ubuntutip.googlepages.com/(not for you, Chris! You already know how)But I suppose they'll have a Linux in the BIOS anyway, being...
- Discussion threads 2008-06-03
- 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
- The XO-2 laptop looks great, but can OLPC deliver in 2010?
- The XO-2 laptop looks great, but can OLPC deliver in 2010?XO-2So XP is exluded from the XO-2. Miscrosoft don't want give Xp with touch-screen lap-tops, but obviously this one is ONLY with it.Nice To See The Pic Has A REAL OS On ItThanks Linux! :)
- Discussion threads 2008-05-21
- The XO-2 laptop looks great, but can OLPC deliver in 2010?
- The OLPC project announced today the next generation of its XO laptop. The news was expected--enthusiast sites such as OLPC News have been talking about it for a while--but this was the first time that OLPC has shown what it will look like. The concept is pretty...
- Blog posts 2008-05-20
- OLPC outlines XO-2; Can it deliver?
- OLPC outlines XO-2; Can it deliver?could be donewhen parts and labor are donated...or as an old Madonna saying, "when monkeys fly out of my..."RE: OLPC outlines XO-2; Can it deliver?The "XO" name was chosen in part when you flip it up it supposed to resemble a child. What does "XO-2"...
- Discussion threads 2008-05-20
- OLPC outlines XO-2; Can it deliver?
- The One Laptop Per Child project has taken its lumps lately from its own software developers for going with Windows XP, but its next generation XO could be interesting. According to various reports from Laptop Magazine, Xconomy and Gizmodo, OLPC chief Nicholas Negroponte unveiled this e-book-ish device...
- Blog posts 2008-05-20
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- 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
- Don't hold off on summer purchases for CrunchPads
- Don't hold off on summer purchases for CrunchPadsI'm waiting...Just wait... the rumors are out that there's an Apple touch pad similar to the CrunchPad...I am in no way saying the Apple branded Crunchpad will be better, have more features, or be any faster. I can say it'll probably have...
- Discussion threads 2009-07-07
- 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
- Clinton has new tech advisor but State-driven projects will remain ineffective
- Let me offer this background before discussing the arrival of Alec Ross as a techno-diplomat at State. In 2004, I spent a couple months in Uganda, putting together the Uganda Digital Bookmobile. Inspired by the Internet Archive's Bookmobile Brad deGraf and I obtained funding from the World...
- Blog posts 2009-04-06
- The 7" Eee is going away? That's OK
- The 7" Eee really started it all for mainstream netbooks (if you don't count the OLPC XO) and it had some real appeal due to it's low price, very compact form factor, and incredibly light weight. All of these things made it attractive for the classroom, too, where little...
- Blog posts 2009-03-05
- 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
- Intel unveils tablet Classmate PC design
- Intel unveils tablet Classmate PC designFar better looking design than its predecessor...Next step in the evolution is to have some way to charge the batteries, with the sun, pedal or manual power, whatever - for the regions where electricity is scarce functionality like the OLPC. This might take a quantum...
- Discussion threads 2009-01-12
- 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
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