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One Laptop Per Child (OLPC)
OLPC is a non-profit organization, based in the United States, with the goal of providing affordable laptop computers to the poorest children of the world. Using the laptops to stimulate education, OLPC hopes that this investment in human capital will pay off in the future as today’s children begin working tomorrow. Currently, OLPC provides children with the XO-1 model laptop, using many innovative techniques to streamline its construction and operating processes while keeping costs low. The OLPC laptops are notable for being open source projects.
Asus
Eee trumps OLPC in developing world
New research has argued the Asus Eee PC was preferred
unanimously in testing to the XO laptops, based on comparisons of
performance,
portability and power consumption. Cost is still a concern however.
India,
Sierra Leone Place OLPC Orders
OLPC has recently received a large order of 250,000 laptops
from India, and another 5,000 for Sierra Leone from donations.
NComputing
pushes OLPC to one side in Indian schools deal
A competitor, NComputing, is using virtualization to provide
computer access to 5,000 schools in India, potentially servicing 1.8
million
children.
Negroponte,
developers at odds over future of OLPC platform
This article raises considerations that have come up during
the development phase of the current model in terms of selecting
between Linux
and Windows. It highlights conflict between OLPC’s head,
Nicholas
Negroponte,
and developers.
OLPC lays
off half staff
OLPC staffing struggles, losing approximately half of its
workers.
One Laptop Per
Child
This is the main website of the OLPC non-profit organization.
One
Laptop Per Child dumps AMD for VIA
The XO model is being revamped, replacing its processor
provider and attempting to fix other aspects of its performance, such
as
monitor brightness.
One Laptop Per
Child News
A blog that features the latest news stories surrounding the
OLPC project.
Quanta
Computer
This company is responsible for manufacturing the current
XO-1 model laptops.
Sri Lanka President launches One Laptop per Child program
Sri Lanka President Mahinda Rajapaksa today launched a pilot program to improve the IT knowledge in the country with the participation of One Laptop Per Child (OLPC) Lanka Foundation.
Google News: OLPC
The most recent news stories about the OLPC from Google News
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