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  1. Visit One Laptop Per Child extends promotion One Laptop Per Child extends promotion

    http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20071123/ap_on_bi_ge/hundred_dollar_laptop_2;_ylt=AlrJDWJQY44u.SWVWmyF1yEE1vAI

    A promotion in which a customer buying a $188 computer in the U.S. and Canada automatically donates a second one to a child in a developing country was extended until year's end, organizers said Thursday... so if you haven't ordered one yet, you h… More

  2. Visit Buy a Laptop for a Child, Get Another Laptop Free Buy a Laptop for a Child, Get Another Laptop Free

    http://www.nytimes.com/2007/09/24/business/worldbusiness/24laptop.html?_r=1&ref=business&oref=slogin

    One Laptop Per Child, an ambitious project to bring computing to the developing world’s children, is reaching out to the public through an interesting marketing campaign. Basically, $399 will get you one of the OLPC machines (in time for Christma… More

  3. Visit Smart Mobs: Update on One Laptop Per Child & other Low Cost Computing efforts Smart Mobs: Update on One Laptop Per Child & other Low Cost Computing efforts

    http://www.smartmobs.com/archive/2007/04/09/update_on_one_l....html

    Howard Rheingold points us to a recent article in "IEEE Spectrum" about the OLPC project. His comment about avoiding bureaucracy is interesting: "I love the fact that these devices will likely be dolled [sic] out directly to kids themselves, and p… More

  4. Visit One Laptop per Child (OLPC), a $100 laptop for the world's children education. One Laptop per Child (OLPC), a $100 laptop for the world's children education.

    http://www.laptop.org/

    From the website blurb: "One Laptop per Child (OLPC) is a new, non-profit association dedicated to research to develop a $100 laptop, a technology that could revolutionize how we educate the world's children." I think we all need to bookmark this site ...

  5. Visit New at Pentagram: New Work: One Laptop Per Child New at Pentagram: New Work: One Laptop Per Child

    http://blog.pentagram.com/archives/2006/12/new_work_one_laptop_per_child.php

    Holy cow -- a completely new user interface, something that may represent the first non-trivial step forward from the Mac GUI interface we've all been using for 20+ years. I haven't seen any other discussions about this, but will try to keep this … More

  6. Visit One million OLPC laptop orders confirmed One million OLPC laptop orders confirmed

    http://www.infoworld.com/article/07/02/15/HNonemillionolpclaptops_1.html?source=rss&url=http://www.infoworld.com/article/07/02/15/HNonemillionolpclaptops_1.html

    Quanta Computer, the world's largest contract laptop PC manufacturer, already has confirmed orders for one million notebook PCs for the One Laptop Per Child (OLPC) project, a company representative said Thursday. This is great news -- an early ind… More

  7. Visit O'Reilly Radar > Good Grief O'Reilly Radar > Good Grief

    http://radar.oreilly.com/archives/2007/01/good_grief_1.html

    Tim O'Reilly reports on a fascinating panel session at a Munich-based "DLD conference," which I've never heard of. All about the question of whether Americans or Europeans (or others) are more inclined to attempt to "do good," and the consequences… More

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