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  • Negroponte: OLPC will not shun Microsoft

    While the news Microsoft is making progress on developing a version of Windows for the so-called $100 laptop has caused some consternation, the head of the One Laptop Per Child Foundation says the project could not promote openness if it shunned Microsoft.

  • Negroponte turns up the heat on Intel

    Intel has denied claims made by One Laptop per Child that it broke a "non-disparagement" agreement and hit back at suggestions that it did not even contribute "a single line of code" to the project.

  • Microsoft working on XP for the $100 laptop

    Microsoft is reportedly working on running a stripped down version of XP to run on the One Laptop Per Child Foundation's "$100 laptop".

  • Intel leaves OLPC after Classmate sale embargo

    Intel has pulled the plug on its involvement in the One Laptop Per Child (OLPC) project, saying OLPC founder Nick Negroponte expected the chip company to stop selling its Classmate PC while it was a part of the program.

  • $100 laptop 'will be sold to the public'

    The One Laptop per Child scheme has announced that it will make its ruggedised laptops available in the US for a limited time period.

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  • Negroponte's laptop plan moves closer to reality

    Nicholas Negroponte is a man on a mission. As Chairman of the One Laptop per Child program (OLPC), he has big plans ahead of him: to help eliminate poverty through education, via US$100 laptops distributed to the world's poorest children.

  • Photo gallery: One Laptop per Child

    Nicholas Negroponte shows off a prototype OLPC (One Laptop per Child) at NetEvents in Hong Kong.

  • The next Internet revolution is coming

    "No army can withstand the strength of an idea whose time has come," said Howard Charney, Cisco's senior vice president, borrowing from Victor Hugo to summarise the power of the Internet.

  • $100 Laptop: Great for the world, great for Linux

    Mike Evans from Red Hat discusses his company's involvement in the One Laptop per Child project, which aims to develop and distribute a $100 PC to millions around the world.

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