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News Microsoft has reached an agreement to make available its Windows operating system software for the One Laptop Per Child Foundation's XO Laptop, the company said yesterday. You what…? Bust through tech jargon with silicon.com's Cheat Sheets.
[16 May 2008]
News OLPC had a promotion where consumers in the US paid $400, which bought one XO for them and one for a school child in the developing world. More low-cost laptops are headed to a retailer near you. Intel plans on expanding the distribution of its...
[20 Mar 2008]
News In the wake of a spat with former partner Intel and a reorganisation, Nicholas Negroponte is looking for a chief executive for his One Laptop Per Child (OLPC) organisation, according to BusinessWeek. OLPC chairman Negroponte said in an interview...
[07 Mar 2008]
News Nicholas Negroponte OLPC Nandan Nilekani is pretty much a legend in his own lifetime. Co-founder of Indian outsourcing giant Infosys, foundation board member of the World Economic Forum, co-founder of the Indian National Association of Software and...
[03 Mar 2008]
News PC maker and services company Elonex is to launch a £99 laptop aimed at students, at an upcoming educational conference. Wireless from A to Z Click on the links below to find out more… A is for Antivirus
[19 Feb 2008]
News Nicholas Negroponte OLPC Microsoft today made a $44.6bn offer for web giant Yahoo! valuing the company 62 per cent higher than its latest stock value. According to Microsoft, the bid is intended to better position the two companies in the online...
[01 Feb 2008]
News Microsoft will begin trials of its Windows XP operating system on the One Laptop per Child (OLPC) XO laptop this month. Microsoft is one of a number of companies involved in the OLPC project to develop a $100 laptop to allow children in developing...
[11 Jan 2008]
News Nicholas Negroponte, the founder of One Laptop per Child (OLPC), has hit out at Intel's decision to leave the $100 laptop project, accusing the chip-maker of contributing nothing while it was a member.
[07 Jan 2008]
News Intel has announced it is leaving the One Laptop Per Child (OLPC) project. The news, first reported yesterday by The Wall Street Journal in an email alert, comes just six months after Intel and OLPC founder Nicholas Negroponte agreed to settle...
[04 Jan 2008]
News Nicholas Negroponte OLPC Oracle customers want better product support through improved call centres and more information about services. Ronan Miles, chairman of the UK Oracle User Group, told silicon.com: "Areas of issue are in the support sphere.
[10 Dec 2007]
News One month after the One Laptop Per Child (OLPC) charity went into mass production with its $188 laptop, the Peruvian government has signed a contract to purchase 260,000 units. In November, the OLPC charity contracted Taiwan's Quanta Computer to...
[03 Dec 2007]
News Nicholas Negroponte OLPC Apple co-founder and chief executive Steve Jobs has topped a list of the 25 most powerful business people in the world. Jobs took the top spot in Fortune magazine's Power 25 for 2007, for having "twice altered the direction...
[29 Nov 2007]
News Nicholas Negroponte OLPC The European software industry is booming at the moment, according to IT trade association Intellect. At an awards ceremony in Brussels, Intellect announced the top European IT companies for 2007 - the 'Truffle 100'.
[22 Nov 2007]
News Nicholas Negroponte OLPC CIOs that want to protect their IT budget from being slashed need to develop business analytic capabilities, according to new research from IT analyst group Gartner. Pressure on IT budgets should be relieved by 2010, said...
[21 Nov 2007]
News Following a number of delays, the One Laptop per Child Foundation's (OLPC) much-awaited XO laptop for children in developing countries has finally gone into mass production. The OLPC has already received orders from Uruguay and Mongolia.
[07 Nov 2007]
News OLPC chair Nicholas Negroponte wrote on the XO donation site: "Starting 12 November, One Laptop Per Child will be offering a Give 1 Get 1 programme for a brief window of time. In July, OLPC estimated the cost of manufacture to be $175 per laptop.
[25 Sep 2007]
News The One Laptop per Child (OLPC) organisation has announced that its ruggedised laptop, the XO, is going into mass production. The XO laptop, which OLPC plans to sell eventually for $100 per machine, is designed to improve the educational...
[24 Jul 2007]
News Negroponte's One Laptop Per Child (OLPC) project is bringing Intel on board as a partner and a possible future supplier, the two entities announced. Intel will become the 11th member of the OLPC's board, joining other companies such as eBay, Google...
[16 Jul 2007]
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]
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. The OLPC foundation hopes to get the figure under the $100 mark by...
[27 Nov 2006]
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