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11 years ago

OLPC Hits Indigenous Australia

Nick Broughall

OLPC Ad Goes For the Jugular With Child Labourers, Child Prostitutes, Child Warriors

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12 years ago

OLPC Ad Goes For the Jugular With Child Labourers, Child Prostitutes, Child Warriors

John Mahoney

First Windows XP OLPC Pilot Marks the Transition From the Sugar UI

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12 years ago

First Windows XP OLPC Pilot Marks the Transition From the Sugar UI

Sean Fallon

Today the government of Peru, Microsoft and the OLPC announced the first official pilot of XO laptops running Microsoft Windows. This was dual boot options for the foreseeable future. It also represents a

Amazon to Sell OLPC in November, Including Dual-Boot XP Model

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12 years ago

Amazon to Sell OLPC in November, Including Dual-Boot XP Model

Kit Eaton

OLPC Origins: US and Taiwan’s Hardware Lovechild

Computing

12 years ago

OLPC Origins: US and Taiwan’s Hardware Lovechild

Wilson Rothman

In November of 2005, Nicholas Negroponte and his OLPC CTO Mary Lou Jepsen travelled to Tunisia for the UN-sponsored World Summit on the Information Society, where they were able to present a “working” US$100 laptop concept to Kofi Annan, UN secretary general. No longer did the machine rely on that…

Computing

12 years ago

Windows XP On OLPC Gets Slowly Tested

John Mahoney

Computing

12 years ago

Photos: Red OLPC Limited Edition

Benny Goldman

Computing

12 years ago

OLPC Founder Negroponte Wanted to Make Multitouch XO-2 Laptop 20 Years Ago

Matt Buchanan

Long before the XO Laptop sullied by infighting (and then redeemed by its dual the XO-2–over 25 years later, he’ll finally build the computer he’s always wanted. (And I want too.) The clip is long, but prescient and brilliant–you’ll feel smarter afterward. [TED via Mental Floss]

OLPC XO Laptop 2.0 Has Dual Touchscreens, Looks Amazing and Future-y

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12 years ago

OLPC XO Laptop 2.0 Has Dual Touchscreens, Looks Amazing and Future-y

Matt Buchanan

OLPC Still <Strike>Aiming</strike> Praying for US$50 Laptop

Computing

12 years ago

OLPC Still Aiming Praying for US$50 Laptop

Matt Buchanan

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