one laptop per child

Nicholas Negroponte

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]

Now you can get OLPC's Sugar on a stick

News The OLPC (one laptop per child) XO-1 interface is now available on a USB stick. An IDC analyst said earlier this year, the OS would be one of the OLPC's... [29 Jun 2009]

Cheat Sheet: Netbooks

Cheat Sheet Well, I'm assuming you've heard of the XO laptop - or '$100 laptop' - from the One Laptop Per Child initiative? Analysts reckon that by... [08 May 2009]

WiMAX in Education

White Paper There are many initiatives around the world to put laptop computers in the hands of school children including "one-to-one" computing and One Laptop... [22 Apr 2009]

OLPC: Bye-bye AMD, hello Via

News The One Laptop per Child project's XO laptop will switch to a Via processor as part of a general hardware refresh. Generation 1.5 of the XO machine will... [21 Apr 2009]

PC makers warming to OLPC's 'copy us' offer?

News Whitebox vendors in Asia may warm up to the One Laptop Per Child's (OLPC's) decision to open its design. In an email interview with ZDNet Asia, Negroponte said the OLPC... [02 Mar 2009]

What's the difference between a netbook and a laptop?

News One Laptop Per Child and Intel led the way with low-cost notebooks intended for developing nations. For the past year, when a laptop had a screen... [19 Jan 2009]

Touchscreen tablet latest Classmate for Intel

News Child-friendly features include a water-resistant keyboard and a sturdy frame. The tablet-format Classmate, which was unveiled on Friday at the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas, will let manufacturers build... [13 Jan 2009]

OLPC's workforce slashed by 50 per cent

News The One Laptop Per Child project announced Wednesday that it is slashing its workforce by 50 per cent, reducing salaries for the remaining staff, and... [08 Jan 2009]

Photos: Top 10 presents for a CIO this Christmas

Photo XO x 2: Continuing the charity theme, why not give the CIO in your life one of these - the One Laptop Per Child's XO laptop. Plus,... [28 Nov 2008]

UK can 'Give one, Get one' for Christmas

News One Laptop per Child's 'Give One, Get One' scheme looks set to launch in the UK in December. With each order placed under G1G1,... [19 Nov 2008]

Europe gets OLPC's Give One Get One $100 laptops

News One Laptop per Child's Give One, Get One scheme is to come to Europe. Under the G1G1 scheme, people will be able to purchase an XO... [13 Nov 2008]

OLPC: Windows vs Linux

News But simply booting up the device shows that the Windows version bears little resemblance to the original One Laptop Per Child device. The Windows version of the XO... [24 Oct 2008]

Software for the other five billion

Comment With companies such as Cisco, Intel and Microsoft and organisations such as the One Laptop Per Child (OLPC) foundation pushing to get devices into as many people's hands... [23 Oct 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. But,... [07 Oct 2008]

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