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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. In recent months, the two sides have engaged in more serious talks and...
[16 May 2008]
News The XO laptop from the One Laptop Per Child initiative, which also builds low-cost laptops for the same markets, has been available via retail in the US for a while. OLPC had a promotion where consumers in the US paid $400, which bought one XO for...
[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. Negroponte has hired a headhunter to help find a...
[07 Mar 2008]
News The One laptop is not the first low-cost laptop to be aimed at the educational market - the One Laptop per Child project's XO device, Asus's Eee PC and Intel's Classmate PC all fit the same bill. Sam Goult, Elonex's marketing manager, said in a...
[19 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. According to Intel, Negroponte asked the chipmaker to stop selling its Classmate PC while it was part of the OLPC, which is currently shipping its XO laptop based on a chip...
[04 Jan 2008]
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. Ivan Krstić, the director of security architecture for the OLPC...
[03 Dec 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. Nicholas Negroponte, founder and chairman of the OLPC, said: "Today...
[07 Nov 2007]
News The One Laptop Per Child scheme has announced it will make its ruggedised laptops available in the US for a limited time period. OLPC chair Nicholas Negroponte wrote on the XO donation site: "Starting 12 November, One Laptop Per Child will be...
[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. The OLPC's mission is to put laptop computers in the hands of children around the world, in the...
[16 Jul 2007]
News The report applauds vendor initiatives such as AMD's 50x15, the Intel World Ahead programme, Microsoft Unlimited Potential and the One Laptop Per Child $100 laptop project for increasing technology access in the developing world.
[11 Jun 2007]
News The director of security architecture for the One Laptop per Child project has blasted the IT industry over a legacy of failed desktop security. The number one broken assumption of desktop security.is this very simple premise that all executing...
[21 May 2007]
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]
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]
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. Children in Brazil will be the first to get their hands on the...
[27 Nov 2006]
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]
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]
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