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Red Hat touts desktop Linux for developing world
News And it's working on the One Laptop Per Child effort to bring $100 laptops to students in poor countries who've never used computers before. Red Hat has announced a new version of its Linux software aimed at desktop and laptop computer customers in... [10 May 2007]
Re:Viewing 2006: Stories of the year
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 developing world. [20 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 devices - although they will be... [05 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 to get their hands on the... [27 Nov 2006]
$100 laptop prototype goes on show
News The One Laptop Per Child (OLPC) project on Thursday showed off the latest prototype of what's widely known as the $100 laptop for school children in developing nations. Walter Bender, president of software for the not-for-profit OLPC, said higher... [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 Negroponte has revealed Libya... [12 Oct 2006]
$100 laptop field-trials on the horizon
News Reports that trials of the $100 laptop project will kick off in Thailand alone have been quashed by Nicholas Negroponte, founder and chairman of the One Laptop Per Child (OLPC) association. The One Laptop Per Child project aims to develop a... [22 Aug 2006]
$100 laptop advocates fight back
News Even Nicholas Negroponte, head of the One Laptop Per Child project (OLPC), which produces the low-cost devices, weighed in on the subject. We may never know but it is a disservice to the deprived African child, or Indian child, for some overfed and... [02 Aug 2006]
$100 laptop mega-order 'a myth'
News The One Laptop Per Child (OLPC) project, which aims to get low-cost Linux laptops into the hands of children in the developing world, has denied reports it has hit the four million order mark. Nick Clark, director of IT services at Tower Hamlets... [01 Aug 2006]
CIO Jury: $100 laptop is "fundamentally flawed"
News Negroponte's One Laptop Per Child (OLPC) project to distribute the wind-up Linux laptops to children in developing countries was dealt a blow last week when India ditched plans to order a million of the devices, saying classrooms and teachers are... [31 Jul 2006]
India ditches 'potentially harmful' $100 laptop plan
News The Indian government rejected proposals by the country's Planning Commission to buy the $100 hardware from Nicholas Negroponte's One Laptop Per Child (OLPC) project. According to local newspaper Kaumudi, India's education secretary Sudeep Banerjee... [27 Jul 2006]
$100 laptop: 'Fundamentally flawed'
News The One Laptop per Child (OLPC) scheme is based on a fundamental misunderstanding of the history of the IT industry, according to Tony Roberts, chief executive and founder of UK charity Computer Aid International. [21 Jun 2006]
$100 laptop 'will take desktop Linux global'
News The One Laptop per Child (OLPC) project will make Linux as popular on the desktop as it is on the server today, according to Nicholas Negroponte, head of the project and founder of MIT's media lab. About 25 per cent of the cost of a laptop is there... [05 Jun 2006]
One $100 laptop rolls off the production line
News The One Laptop Per Child (OLPC) crusade for low-cost PCs for developing nations is another step closer to the assembly line. The not-for-profit organisation this week is showing off an initial working prototype of its so-called $100 laptop. [25 May 2006]
Intel announces $400 PC school boon
News The Eduwise laptop joins low-cost PC projects such as AMD's Personal Internet Communicator and MIT's Nicholas Negroponte's One Laptop Per Child programme. Intel unveiled its laptop for schools in developing countries on Wednesday, with CEO Paul... [04 May 2006]
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