- Putting the XP into the OLPCPosted by Adrian Kingsley-Hughes in Hardware 2.0 on May 16, 2008 8:47 AM Subscribe Alerts21 comments

- So, Microsoft has managed to get in on the OLPC bandwagon and put XP in front of millions of eyeballs in the developing world. But is this move about the...[Read the rest]
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- Intel's second generation Classmates land; Does OLPC need to play catch-up?
- Intel at its developer forum on Thursday unveiled the second generation of its Classmates educational "netbook" and the move highlights some of the reasons behind the rift between Intel and... [Read the rest]
- Posted by Larry Dignan in Between the Lines on: Apr 3, 2008 9:24 AM
- OLPC XOs rolled out in NYC schools
- The non-profit group, Teaching Matters, is donating OLPC XO laptops to selected New York City Public Schools to assess their effectiveness in city classrooms. While only a small number of... [Read the rest]
- Posted by Christopher Dawson in ZDNet Education on: Feb 6, 2008 8:42 PM
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- Have you gotten one yet?
- Businessweek and ZDNet Asia reported earlier this week that many customers who participated in OLPC's Give One Get One (G1G1) program are still waiting for the Get One to materialize.... [Read the rest]
- Posted by Christopher Dawson in ZDNet Education on: Jan 31, 2008 10:02 PM
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- Microsoft's $235 million PIL is not so bitter
- Microsoft announced this week that it is committing $235.5 million to its Partners in Learning (PIL) initiative over the next five years, bringing its total PIL investment to nearly $500... [Read the rest]
- Posted by Mary Jo Foley in All About Microsoft on: Jan 22, 2008 1:06 PM
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- Microsoft denies dual-boot Linux/Windows XO laptops are on its agenda
- A day after published reports quoting One Laptop Per Child Chief Nicholas Negroponte as saying OLPC XO laptops would dual boot Linux and Windows, Microsoft is denying that the company... [Read the rest]
- Posted by Mary Jo Foley in All About Microsoft on: Jan 9, 2008 8:45 PM
- OLPCs to be dual-boot Linux/Windows machines? Why?
- Nicholas Negroponte, head of the OLPC initiative, was quoted by Computerworld as saying Microsoft is working with the OLPC team on a dual-boot Windows XP/Linux XO laptop. Microsoft hasn't (yet)... [Read the rest]
- Posted by Mary Jo Foley in All About Microsoft on: Jan 9, 2008 8:00 AM
- OLPC campaign nets $35 million; 100,000 units go to emerging markets
- The One Laptop Per Child foundation said Monday that it raised $35 million from its Give One Get One campaign that just ended. The campaign, which ran from Nov. 12... [Read the rest]
- Posted by Larry Dignan in Between the Lines on: Jan 7, 2008 9:47 AM
- OLPC responds to Intel breakup
- The One Laptop Per Child Project and Intel broke up their relationship recently. Now it's the OLPC project's turn to speak. Nicholas Negroponte, head of the OLPC project, said the... [Read the rest]
- Posted by Larry Dignan in Between the Lines on: Jan 4, 2008 1:50 PM
- The Intel/OLPC break-up - I'm surprised the marriage lasted as long as it did
- So, Intel and the OLPC consortium have parted ways. I'm surprised that things stayed sweet for as long as they did. [Read the rest]
- Posted by Adrian Kingsley-Hughes in Hardware 2.0 on: Jan 4, 2008 5:58 AM
- Intel's OLPC pullout sets up XO vs Classmate PC duel
- Intel's brief partnership with the One Laptop Per Child project has officially ended. According to multiple reports , mostly following The Wall Street Journal, Intel and OLPC head Nicholas Negroponte... [Read the rest]
- Posted by Larry Dignan in Between the Lines on: Jan 4, 2008 2:27 AM
- Lessons learned: Two weeks with the XO laptop
- Repeat after me. The XO laptop from the One Laptop Per Child project is designed for kids. Why bore yourself with that mantra? If you don't you may find... [Read the rest]
- Posted by Larry Dignan in Between the Lines on: Jan 2, 2008 2:03 AM
- OLPC: the best designed notebook in the world
- The One Laptop Per Child (OLPC) is the best-designed notebook computer in the world. It just isn't designed for you. Get over it. Criticism of the OLPC centers on the... [Read the rest]
- Posted by Robin Harris in Storage Bits on: Dec 19, 2007 12:55 PM
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- Your XO laptop is about to land
- The OLPC is shipping its XO laptops and some folks are already getting theirs. Earlier today, John Walicki, IBM's open client architect and Linux client deployment manager, noted to me... [Read the rest]
- Posted by Larry Dignan in Between the Lines on: Dec 18, 2007 1:57 PM
- I love Linux, but it's not going to save the world
- I read an article on CNN a couple days ago about Linux and ewaste reduction. It wasn't until I spent far too long shoveling my driveway tonight, though, that I... [Read the rest]
- Posted by Christopher Dawson in ZDNet Education on: Dec 13, 2007 10:04 PM
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- Give a man a computer ...
- At the end of his piece OLPC backlash continues, Chris Dawson asks his readers to "... explain how we can rationalize the opportunity costs of XO rollouts in OLPC’s target... [Read the rest]
- Posted by Marc Wagner in ZDNet Education on: Dec 10, 2007 8:29 AM
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- OLPC backlash continues
- PC Magazine's John Dvorak is the latest to question the real value of One Laptop Per Child's distribution of XO laptops in developing countries. He brings up points that have... [Read the rest]
- Posted by Christopher Dawson in ZDNet Education on: Dec 9, 2007 9:50 PM
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- Will Windows 'XO' bear fruit for OLPC?
- Just this morning, I read MSFT working on XP for XO and I wondered: Why? If the OLPC project has accomplished nothing else, it has made Microsoft (and Intel) stand... [Read the rest]
- Posted by Marc Wagner in ZDNet Education on: Dec 6, 2007 12:27 PM
- 43 Comments
- XP on OLPC: Microsoft's gambit to stay in the emerging market conversation
- Windows XP may come to the One Laptop Per Child project as Microsoft ports its operating system to flash-based devices such as Intel's Classmate PC, ASUS Eee PC and the... [Read the rest]
- Posted by Larry Dignan in Between the Lines on: Dec 6, 2007 6:30 AM
- Microsoft moves a step closer toward getting Windows on OLPCs
- You're not alone if you've been confused as to whether the One Laptop Per Child (OLPC) low-cost XO PCs will be able to run Windows or not. On December 5,... [Read the rest]
- Posted by Mary Jo Foley in All About Microsoft on: Dec 5, 2007 4:10 PM
- New Intel architectures hold promise for a new crop of educational laptops
- Ars Technica is featuring a piece on new chips from Intel specifically aimed at the low-cost, low-power consumption market, currently dominated by Intel's own Classmate, the OLPC XO, and the... [Read the rest]
- Posted by Christopher Dawson in ZDNet Education on: Dec 3, 2007 9:09 PM
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- And more from the OLPC front
- Ivan Krstić posted an interesting piece on his involvement in the first OLPC rollout. Mr. Krstić is the director of security architecture for OLPC and is on a leave of... [Read the rest]
- Posted by Christopher Dawson in ZDNet Education on: Dec 2, 2007 10:05 PM
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- OLPC sees charitable and government orders
- The Boston Globe is reporting that OLPC is selling hundreds of thousands of computers, driven both by a large government order from Peru (260,000 machines) as well as two successful... [Read the rest]
- Posted by Christopher Dawson in ZDNet Education on: Dec 2, 2007 9:41 PM
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- No XO for Negroponte: Nigerian developer sues One Laptop Per Child Foundation
- At least one Nigerian is upset about the recently released XO, a low-cost Linux laptop designed by Nicholas Negroponte's One Laptop Per Child Foundation for developing nations. Published reports... [Read the rest]
- Posted by Paula Rooney in Linux and Open Source on: Nov 28, 2007 8:35 AM
- Bridging the digital divide
- Last evening my colleague from K-12, Chris Dawson, wrote a piece about a new product called Twitter (see Anyone out there using Twitter in the classroom?) and frankly I am... [Read the rest]
- Posted by Marc Wagner in ZDNet Education on: Nov 27, 2007 9:40 AM
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- OLPC: How do we gauge success? Will 490,000 units do?
- The One Laptop per Child project's "Give One, Get One" program has been extended through Dec. 31 as donations averaged about $2 million a day. On that pace, the OLPC... [Read the rest]
- Posted by Larry Dignan in Between the Lines on: Nov 26, 2007 1:00 AM
- Buying the XO laptop: The shipping may sting
- For folks used to getting free shipping the XO Laptop from the One Laptop Per Child program will deliver a bit of a surprise. I purchased two laptops from the... [Read the rest]
- Posted by Larry Dignan in Between the Lines on: Nov 13, 2007 1:51 AM
- T-Mobile hops on the OLPC bandwagon
- T-Mobile will be tossing in a year's worth of complementary HotSpot access for people that buy an XO laptop in the "give one get one" program. In an email reminder,... [Read the rest]
- Posted by Larry Dignan in Between the Lines on: Nov 8, 2007 1:47 PM
- OLPC finally bears fruit ...
- There are always unintended consequences and OLPC founder, Nicholas Negroponte, will just have to live with them! [Read the rest]
- Posted by Marc Wagner in ZDNet Education on: Nov 6, 2007 2:41 PM
- The low-cost laptop that Apple should have built (and sort-of once did)
- The buzz around the XO Laptop, aka the One Laptop Per Child group's "$100 laptop" is growing, with an innovative donation program coming in time for the holidays. But this... [Read the rest]
- Posted by David Morgenstern in The Apple Core on: Oct 8, 2007 10:23 AM
- Why OLPC mesh wireless networking won't work
- One of the touted features of the $200 OLPC laptop is the peer-to-peer mesh topology networking feature that can theoretically bring an Internet infrastructure where there is no network infrastructure.... [Read the rest]
- Posted by George Ou in Real World IT on: Sep 25, 2007 2:33 AM
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