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OLPC "$100 laptop" to cost $175 and also Windows

The founder of the ambitious "$100 laptop" project, which plans to give inexpensive computers to schoolchildren in developing countries, revealed Thursday that the machine for now costs $175, and…

OLPC laptop shipments delayed until third quarter

Shipments of the XO notebook PC for the One Laptop Per Child (OLPC) project will likely be delayed until the third quarter, the manufacturer said Friday.

Quanta Computer Inc., the world's…

RealNetworks Rewards Efforts of OSU Student Programmers

Two students’ outstanding work with a computer project to help educate children in developing countries has led to a corporate gift of $500,000 to the Open Source Lab at Oregon State University.…

OLPC XO Theft: Vandalizing Education

Why should we be concerned about the XO and crime? Probably because the extent and pervasiveness of crime in the developing world is something not always understood from outside.

OLPC XO…

OLPC's Linux-based operating system available for download

A live CD that boots Sugar, the system that will be included in the One Laptop Per Child project. It's in the beginning stages, but shows off some cool stuff. Works great on my MacBook, just wish…

Viacom Hates Open Source (and Small Children in the Third World)

In its disputes with YouTube, Viacom has pulled the video of two developers from the Open Source Lab playing NES on the OLPC.

Viacom Hates Open Source (and Small Children in the Third World…

Is OLPC Putting a Band-Aid on a Gaping Wound?

What does the sitcom "Seinfeld" have to do with One Laptop per Child (OLPC), the project aiming to distribute inexpensive notebook computers to the impoverished, third-world children?

Not…

OLPC overview, look at near-final hardware - Video

Eric Deritis from AMD gives an overview of the OLPC. The One Laptop Per Child project is an important one, and Eric not only shows us a near-final build of the hardware and software, but he also…

Sugar me OLPC

"Work on the OLPC XO is progressing - and we got past one of the biggest hurdles so far: integration into the Sugar environment.

The CERTI Foundation, a R&D foundation in Brazil that is…

Australia To Trial OLPC

The One Laptop Per Child (OLPC) project aims to put low-cost laptops into the hands of impoverished children in the developing world, but work is already underway to trial them among indigenous…