Negroponte
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News Nicholas Negroponte earned some time in the spotlight this year (including a silicon.com Agenda Setters nod) for his One Laptop Per Child project - which aims to bridge the digital divide by bringing computers to the... [20 Dec 2006]
ITU 06 diary - Reindeer, Green hardware and the digital divide at home
Comment Day 2: Buzzword bingo, too much text and a one-on-one with Negroponte Although ITU is still officially on on Friday, the show was definitely shutting up shop yesterday. Before the doors closed, I decided to have a look... [08 Dec 2006]
ITU 06 diary - BT's bacon sock, mobile medicine and 3G backlash
Comment Day 2: Buzzword bingo, too much text and a one-on-one with Negroponte Over a breakfast that included what appeared to be a testicle in a bacon sock, BT revealed it's going into the consulting business, reselling the... [07 Dec 2006]
So what is convergence anyway?
Comment It was perhaps Nicholas Negroponte who first identified convergence. Devices, networks, services, voice, data, media, entertainment - convergence can refer to any one of these areas and is so often used its meaning can... [07 Dec 2006]
ITU 06 diary - Wi-fi on 'the beach', what's hot in mobile search and a long tail with legs
Comment Day 2: Buzzword bingo, too much text and a one-on-one with Negroponte In between running to catch up with the great and the good of telecoms, I've been hunkering down with my laptop wherever I can. I think I've found the... [06 Dec 2006]
ITU 06 diary - Buzzword bingo, too much text and a one-on-one with Negroponte
Comment Despite the blanket of technology at ITU, my planned meeting with Nicholas Negroponte, head of the One Laptop Per Child foundation - better known as the makers of the $100 laptop - is beset with communications difficulties. [05 Dec 2006]
Q&A: Nicholas Negroponte, founder, One Laptop Per Child
Comment As head and founder of the One Laptop Per Child (OLPC) project, Nicholas Negroponte is aiming to bridge the digital divide by bringing computers to the developing world - in the shape of the $100 laptop. [05 Dec 2006]
$100 laptops: Rich countries to buy for poor
News Professor Nicholas Negroponte, head of the One Laptop Per Child (OLPC) project, responsible for the $100 laptop, has revealed the OLPC is in discussions with a number of rich countries about orders for the low-cost... [05 Dec 2006]
ITU 06 diary - Big ideas for developing economies - and a spot of mobile porn
Comment Another man with a fascinating vision, an eye on the developing economies and sackfuls of big name partners is Nicholas Negroponte, head of the One Laptop Per Child project, responsible for the $100 laptop. [04 Dec 2006]
Brazilian kids get first $100 laptops
News Brazilian president Luiz da Silva took delivery of the first device on Friday, which was presented to him by head of the One Laptop Per Child (OLPC) foundation, Nicholas Negroponte. Children in Brazil will be the first... [27 Nov 2006]
$100 laptop prototype goes on show
News Earlier this year, OLPC founder and chairman Nicholas Negroponte said the group was looking at a range of $135 to $140. Negroponte, who also co-founded the Massachusetts Institute of Technology Media... [17 Nov 2006]
Colonel Gaddafi buys 1.2 million cheap laptops
News Libya will reportedly be dishing out $100 laptops to its schoolchildren, after signing a deal with Nicholas Negroponte's One Laptop Per Child (OLPC) project. According to The New York Times, silicon.com Agenda Setter... [12 Oct 2006]
Telecoms trends
AS Analysis Nicholas Negroponte won the number 6 spot for his One Laptop Per Child (OLPC) project, which has opted for mesh networking to connect up its low-cost laptops in developing countries. Jo Best looks at what this means for... [25 Sep 2006]
Nicholas Negroponte
AS Profile Nicholas Negroponte heads up the influential MIT Media Labs but that's not the reason he makes the top 50. Negroponte has been picked for his sideline, the One Laptop Per Child (aka $100 laptop) project. [25 Sep 2006]
Stan Shih
AS Profile According to the Agenda Setters panel, the hardware company's founder has recognised both the threat and the potential presented by Negroponte's One Laptop Per Child project, which aims to create a $100 laptop for... [25 Sep 2006]
