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OLPC's Sugar gets sweeter with Windows
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]
Intel's Classmate registering in Europe and US
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]
OLPC on the hunt for CEO
News Its XO laptops initially cost $188 each instead of the anticipated $100, some countries are scaling back their deployment plans and Intel recently quit, claiming OLPC was pressuring it not to compete with its own laptops. [07 Mar 2008]
Linux-based laptop latest OLPC rival?
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. Wireless from A to Z [19 Feb 2008]
Microsoft to trial XP on OLPC's $100 laptops
News Microsoft will begin trials of its Windows XP operating system on the One Laptop per Child (OLPC) XO laptop this month. But Microsoft has denied being involved in developing a dual-boot version - capable of running two operating systems - of the... [11 Jan 2008]
Intel waves goodbye to OLPC
News 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 from AMD. Intel and OLPC were working on an Intel-based version of the XO... [04 Jan 2008]
$100 laptop production gets underway
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. Residents in Canada and the US participating in the Give 1 Get 1 programme... [07 Nov 2007]
Buy one $100 laptop, give one 'free'
News The XO laptop, designed for use as an educational tool in developing countries, will be available under a scheme called "Give1 Get 1". OLPC chair Nicholas Negroponte wrote on the XO donation site: "Starting 12 November, One Laptop Per Child will be... [25 Sep 2007]
$100 laptop gets set for mass production
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]
Intel signs up to $100 laptop
News The XO laptop at the heart of the project costs about $175 to produce but Negroponte, founder of the not-for-profit OLPC, thinks they will sell for about $100 once production starts in earnest later this year. [16 Jul 2007]
Comms giants team up to fight hackers
News Other organisations involved in the collaboration, which was announced Monday, include Asia Netcom, Broadwing Communications, Verizon Dominicana, XO Communications and the University of Pennsylvania. High-profile telecom and networking companies... [29 Mar 2005]
Capellas leaves HP
News Citing sources close to the matter, the Wall Street Journal reported WorldCom's board is enthusiastic about Capellas but that the company also has had serious discussions with XO Communications CEO Dan Akerson and BellSouth vice chairman Gary Forsee. [12 Nov 2002]
AOL: three more deals under scrutiny
News Before the market opened, Comdisco, Compuware, EarthLink, EMC, Level 3 Communications, Nextel Communications, PeopleSoft, Quantum, Qwest Communications, Sabre Holdings, USA Interactive and XO Communications were among the companies that hadn't yet... [15 Aug 2002]
