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AS Profile Nicholas Negroponte, the man behind the XO - the device formerly known as the $100 laptop - makes his third appearance on the Agenda Setters list. While his own agenda of bringing better education to the developing world... [30 Sep 2009]
OLPC: Bye-bye AMD, hello Via
News XO Generation 1.5 will arrive in November, OLPC chief Nicholas Negroponte told silicon.com sister site ZDNet UK on Monday. The first of the XO 2.0 laptops will launch in early 2011, Negroponte said. The... [21 Apr 2009]
PC makers warming to OLPC's 'copy us' offer?
News Earlier this month, OLPC founder Nicholas Negroponte announced the organisation's intention to open source its hardware design and invite commercial PC makers to copy it. In an email interview with ZDNet Asia,... [02 Mar 2009]
OLPC's workforce slashed by 50 per cent
News Nicholas Negroponte, founder of the group that aims to provide low-cost laptops to children in developing countries, announced the cuts in a company blog post: "Like many other nonprofits that are facing tough economic... [08 Jan 2009]
UK can 'Give one, Get one' for Christmas
News On Thursday last week, the founder and chairman of the OLPC project, Nicholas Negroponte, said that the XO version on sale via Amazon would not have the dual-boot facility that allows the laptop to run either Microsoft... [19 Nov 2008]
Europe gets OLPC's Give One Get One $100 laptops
News Nicholas Negroponte, founder and chairman of the OLPC project, told silicon.com sister site ZDNet UK on Wednesday that version two of Give One, Get One (G1G1) will enable European users to participate in the scheme. [13 Nov 2008]
Jonney Shih
AS Profile The netbook concept was no doubt inspired by Nicholas Negroponte's One Laptop Per Child project to bring low-cost machines to school kids in the developing world. Jonney Shih, CEO of PC and graphics card maker Asus,... [07 Oct 2008]
Yahoo!'s board gets shareholder backing
News Nicholas Negroponte OLPC Yahoo! s board of directors won strong backing from shareholders at its annual meeting on Friday, with Jerry Yang, the company's embattled CEO, receiving 85 per cent of the vote in his favour. [04 Aug 2008]
Infosys launches radical retail tech services
News Nicholas Negroponte OLPC Infosys CEO Kris Gopalakrishnan is an unassuming man, who doesn't use his position to be imposing. It's less important for him to be the company's controller than to look like he is. [01 Aug 2008]
Switch from oil to silicon
Comment This approach is most effective when the raw product or service can be digitised and distributed to the point of use, as Nicholas Negroponte noted in his book Being Digital, shipping bits, not atoms. Now's the time they... [31 Jul 2008]
Greek island gets wireless mesh network
News Tourists and locals on the Greek Island of Patmos will soon be able to enjoy island-wide wi-fi web access courtesy of $100 laptop founder Nicholas Negroponte's passion for the web. But today it plays host to... [24 Jul 2008]
The Weekly Round-Up: 23.05.08
Round-Up Speaking of which, Negroponte has boldly predicted that the overall cost of the device would be $75 by 2010. OLPC founder Nicholas Negroponte said in a statement: "Based on feedback from governments,... [23 May 2008]
Photos: The new-look $100 laptop
Photo When it goes on sale in 2010 the XO-2's price is expected to fall to just $75, taking it below the original $100 price target set by OLPC founder Nicholas Negroponte. Nicholas Negroponte said in a... [21 May 2008]
BT CEO Ben Verwaayen to step down
News Nicholas Negroponte BT's CEO Ben Verwaayen is to step down as CEO on 31 May 2008 after more than six years at the telco where he championed its push into broadband and helped it dodge regulator Ofcom's axe. [08 Apr 2008]
Google, Yahoo! and MySpace announce OpenSocial Foundation
News Nicholas Negroponte Google, Yahoo! and News Corp's MySpace.com have announced they have formed the OpenSocial Foundation, a not-for-profit group to support the OpenSocial initiative that Google kick-started last year to... [26 Mar 2008]
