News (6)

  • 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.

  • 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.

  • Negroponte: Dual-boot OLPC laptop on the way

    OLPC found Nicholas Negroponte has hinted a dual boot XO laptop could soon be on the way.

  • Intel to offer open source developers for OLPC

    Intel has partnered with the One Laptop Per Child (OLPC) project and will initially provide its army of Linux and open source developers to help improve the OLPC software.

  • Labor should promise the kids XO, not XP

    Should Labor get into power at the federal election next month, its promised "education revolution" rebate would be better spent on the world's largest single order for Negroponte's XO laptop instead of being a boon for traditional PC retailers and a certain software vendor from Redmond.

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Features and Case Studies (3)

  • Photos: OLPC XO, Classmate and the Eee PC

    How do the three leading education-oriented ultraportable notebooks stack up? Take our visual tour to find out.

  • The right and wrong predictions of 2007

    In 2007 leading industry watchers speculated on the trends affecting the market, and while some proved right, others proved otherwise. Discovers how expert predictions fared on Vista, low-cost laptops and outsourcing.

  • 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.

Reviews (1)

  • OLPC XO

    The One Laptop Per Child (OLPC) project is unique as the XO laptop it distributes. While the XO is not commercially available, our review provides an insight into what can be achieved in a laptop designed for children at a very low cost.

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