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OLPC XO 3.0 Hands-On: $US100 Wonder Tablet

1:20PM January 9, 2012 | Brian Barrett

Nicholas Negroponte’s One Laptop Per Child initiative has historically been more about promise than fulfilment. But in the $US100 XO 3.0 tablet, OLPC may have its first product that’s not just practical, capable or cheap. It’s actually… good. More »


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The First Pictures Of The $100 OLPC Tablet

1:00PM January 8, 2012 | Andrew Liszewski

Just hours ago we reported that the One Laptop Per Child project was going to unveil their $US100 tablet at CES. And now we have some of the first official photos of the highly affordable, yet extremely durable device. More »


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The $100 OLPC Tablet Is Debuting At CES

1:00AM January 8, 2012 | Andrew Tarantola

Building on its success with laptops designed for developing countries, the One Laptop Per Child project is set to unveil a long-awaited tablet at CES next week. Here’s what you get for $US100. More »


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New OLPC Idea: Literally Throw Them At Children From Helicopters

4:00AM November 3, 2011 | Sam Biddle

The One Laptop Per Child project has had a long, noble, bumpy road. The dream of getting computers into every small third-world hand hasn’t arrived yet, but now there’s a new plan: toss ‘em out of helicopters. More »


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$US35 Dollar Tablet Will Cost $US20, Eventually $US10

7:00PM July 23, 2010 | Gary Cutlack

The Indian government has revealed its super-super-low-priced tablet computer, which it says it’ll start selling to students this year – for $US35. It’s a bit bulky, but for $US35 you can’t really whine about the bezel size. More »


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OLPC XO-3 Dream Tablet May Come True After All

10:00PM May 27, 2010 | Brian Barrett

Last December, One Laptop per Child’s XO-3 tablet was an impossible dream: semi-flexible plastic, multitouch, thinner than an iPhone, all for $US75. And while a Marvell partnership helps breathe life into XO-3, it won’t be last year’s fantasy device: More »


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I Wonder How Many More OLPCs This Fake Ad Would’ve Sold (NSFW)

1:20PM February 2, 2010 | Rosa Golijan

Do I even need to explain that a video entitled “One Laptop Per Third World Noob” might be a bit tasteless? Sure, I chuckled at the stick figures and the lewd child pornography references, but I’m also a terrible person. More »


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OLPC XO-3: An Impossible Fantasy Tablet I Want To Believe

7:01AM December 23, 2009 | Matt Buchanan

The dual-touchscreen XO-2 was a fantastical concept. But it’s nothing on OLPC’s XO-3, a hot, messy wet dream of a tablet: All semi-flexible plastic, multitouch, backlit and reflective ereading modes, thinner than an iPhone and $US75. More »


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Steve Jobs Helped Negroponte With The OLPC Laptop

3:26AM December 5, 2009 | Jesus Diaz

Talking at the University of Pennsylvania yesterday, One Laptop per Child’s founder Nicholas Negroponte said that Steve Jobs helped in the development of the OLPC computer. Wait. What? More »


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Rest In Peace, Ridiculous Dual-Screen OLPC XO-2

7:18AM November 4, 2009 | John Herrman

It has always been an unspoken fear — or assumption, even — that the dual touchscreen followup to the original OLPC, the XO-2, would never come to pass. But we let the dream live! Until today. The XO-2 is officially scrapped. More »