items tagged with OLPC
OLPC will make children Microserfs: FSF
Written By: Sam Varghese
Section: Open Sauce
Category: Linux Blog
2009-08-28 19:20:42
The Free Software Foundation has described the One Laptop per Child Project as one that will only help to "turn millions of children into Microsoft dependents."
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Written By: Sam Varghese
Section: Open Sauce
Category: Linux Blog
2009-08-28 19:20:42
The Free Software Foundation has described the One Laptop per Child Project as one that will only help to "turn millions of children into Microsoft dependents."
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OLPC Australia trying to burnish its image
Written By: Sam Varghese
Section: Open Sauce
Category: Linux Blog
2009-08-08 20:32:28
Rangan Srikhanta is an enthusiastic young man with one of the most difficult jobs in the country.
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Written By: Sam Varghese
Section: Open Sauce
Category: Linux Blog
2009-08-08 20:32:28
Rangan Srikhanta is an enthusiastic young man with one of the most difficult jobs in the country.
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OLPC: the more we know, the more we marvel
Written By: Sam Varghese
Section: Open Sauce
Category: Linux Blog
2009-07-27 20:33:55
The One Laptop per Child project is a forgotten entity these days - and rightly so. From being a high-profile unit it has degenerated into a curiosity.
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Written By: Sam Varghese
Section: Open Sauce
Category: Linux Blog
2009-07-27 20:33:55
The One Laptop per Child project is a forgotten entity these days - and rightly so. From being a high-profile unit it has degenerated into a curiosity.
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OLPC arrives in remote Australian schools
Written By: Stephen Withers
Section: Information technology news
Category: Hardware
2009-05-26 23:53:54
The Northern Territory has seen the formal launch of One Laptop Per Child deployments in Australia.
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Written By: Stephen Withers
Section: Information technology news
Category: Hardware
2009-05-26 23:53:54
The Northern Territory has seen the formal launch of One Laptop Per Child deployments in Australia.
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OLPC no longer wants to change the world
Written By: Sam Varghese
Section: Open Sauce
Category: Linux Blog
2009-02-08 18:02:49
There is more disquieting news emerging from the One Laptop per Child project - or what remains of it, following the sackings and budget cuts in January.
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Written By: Sam Varghese
Section: Open Sauce
Category: Linux Blog
2009-02-08 18:02:49
There is more disquieting news emerging from the One Laptop per Child project - or what remains of it, following the sackings and budget cuts in January.
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LCA2009: Sugar Labs tries to pick up the pieces
Written By: Sam Varghese
Section: Open Sauce
Category: Linux Blog
2009-01-21 21:30:57
It was created to sit on the laptops of the One Laptop Per Child project but after the numerous fiascos that the mother project faced, the Sugar learning system is now being developed entirely independently of OLPC.
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Written By: Sam Varghese
Section: Open Sauce
Category: Linux Blog
2009-01-21 21:30:57
It was created to sit on the laptops of the One Laptop Per Child project but after the numerous fiascos that the mother project faced, the Sugar learning system is now being developed entirely independently of OLPC.
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OLPC days numbered as recession bites
Written By: Stan Beer
Section: Information technology news
Category: Vendors
2009-01-12 17:01:53
The One Laptop Per Child organisation (OLPC), looks to have conceded that its "$100 laptop" has been a gigantic lapflop as the global recession bites deeper. Recent reports indicate that OLPC has suffered a massive sales downturn of its XO computer, resulting in equally massive staff layoffs and budget slashing.
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Written By: Stan Beer
Section: Information technology news
Category: Vendors
2009-01-12 17:01:53
The One Laptop Per Child organisation (OLPC), looks to have conceded that its "$100 laptop" has been a gigantic lapflop as the global recession bites deeper. Recent reports indicate that OLPC has suffered a massive sales downturn of its XO computer, resulting in equally massive staff layoffs and budget slashing.
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The complete Christmas shopper's guide to Linux-based netbooks
Written By: David M Williams
Section: The Linux distillery
Category: The Linux user and switcher blog
2008-11-26 01:14:33
Give a gift of a netbook this year; I will be. These ultra-light computing devices are versatile, affordable and appealing. But which one to buy? Should you pay more for a laptop? What are the pros and cons between different models? Never fear, here's how to work your way through the morass and buy with confidence!
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Written By: David M Williams
Section: The Linux distillery
Category: The Linux user and switcher blog
2008-11-26 01:14:33
Give a gift of a netbook this year; I will be. These ultra-light computing devices are versatile, affordable and appealing. But which one to buy? Should you pay more for a laptop? What are the pros and cons between different models? Never fear, here's how to work your way through the morass and buy with confidence!
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OLPC launches $700 lap toy promotion in Australia
Written By: Stan Beer
Section: Beerfiles
Category: IT blog
2008-11-25 15:50:40
The so-called $100 third world one laptop per child (OLPC) vision of Nicholas Negroponte has now become the around $700 (including GST and shipping charges) two-for-one "lap toy" Christmas promotion in Australia.
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Written By: Stan Beer
Section: Beerfiles
Category: IT blog
2008-11-25 15:50:40
The so-called $100 third world one laptop per child (OLPC) vision of Nicholas Negroponte has now become the around $700 (including GST and shipping charges) two-for-one "lap toy" Christmas promotion in Australia.
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Island of Niue children get US $188 OLPC laptops
Written By: Alex Zaharov-Reutt
Section: Fuzzy Logic
Category: The gadget blog
2008-08-25 01:21:59
The school children of the Island of Niue have been the recipients of a technological donation: 500 XO OLPC laptops. Fantastic, or folly?
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Written By: Alex Zaharov-Reutt
Section: Fuzzy Logic
Category: The gadget blog
2008-08-25 01:21:59
The school children of the Island of Niue have been the recipients of a technological donation: 500 XO OLPC laptops. Fantastic, or folly?
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Another OLPC man goes his own way
Written By: Sam Varghese
Section: Open Sauce
Category: Linux Blog
2008-08-24 11:16:08
Another stalwart of the One Laptop per Child Project has gone his own way - after telling project founder Nicholas Negroponte that he (Negroponte) had failed to go beyond the stage of a prototype.
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Written By: Sam Varghese
Section: Open Sauce
Category: Linux Blog
2008-08-24 11:16:08
Another stalwart of the One Laptop per Child Project has gone his own way - after telling project founder Nicholas Negroponte that he (Negroponte) had failed to go beyond the stage of a prototype.
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OLPC: one laptop per hungry child
Written By: Sam Varghese
Section: Open Sauce
Category: Linux Blog
2008-06-13 22:47:15
If they have no bread let them eat cake. We've all heard that famous line, which is attributed to Marie Antoinette, though the original quote came from Jean-Jacques Rousseau's Confessions.
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Written By: Sam Varghese
Section: Open Sauce
Category: Linux Blog
2008-06-13 22:47:15
If they have no bread let them eat cake. We've all heard that famous line, which is attributed to Marie Antoinette, though the original quote came from Jean-Jacques Rousseau's Confessions.
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Ubiquitous Linux, or, how to become a household commodity
Written By: David M Williams
Section: The Linux distillery
Category: The Linux user and switcher blog
2008-05-31 21:00:12
Whether it was to your taste or not, there’s no denying the ASUS Eee Linux subnotebook was a massive sales success. Demand far exceeded initial production so it’s not surprising competitor models are on their way. And here’s why the hardware manufacturers are going to bring Linux to the masses far in advance of any amount of Ubuntu fanboyism.
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Written By: David M Williams
Section: The Linux distillery
Category: The Linux user and switcher blog
2008-05-31 21:00:12
Whether it was to your taste or not, there’s no denying the ASUS Eee Linux subnotebook was a massive sales success. Demand far exceeded initial production so it’s not surprising competitor models are on their way. And here’s why the hardware manufacturers are going to bring Linux to the masses far in advance of any amount of Ubuntu fanboyism.
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The promise of two screens for less than half price
Written By: Stan Beer
Section: Beerfiles
Category: IT blog
2008-05-21 07:17:43
One would think that the troubled One Laptop Per Child (OLPC) organization would have pulled back from making outlandish claims after failing by a long shot to deliver the fabled $100 laptop to the underprivileged children of the third world. Obviously, the rule at OLPC is when at first you don't succeed set an even more outlandish target - $75 for a dual screen laptop.
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Written By: Stan Beer
Section: Beerfiles
Category: IT blog
2008-05-21 07:17:43
One would think that the troubled One Laptop Per Child (OLPC) organization would have pulled back from making outlandish claims after failing by a long shot to deliver the fabled $100 laptop to the underprivileged children of the third world. Obviously, the rule at OLPC is when at first you don't succeed set an even more outlandish target - $75 for a dual screen laptop.
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OLPC: following in the steps of Microsoft
Written By: Sam Varghese
Section: Open Sauce
Category: Linux Blog
2008-05-21 04:49:42
When Nicholas Negroponte, the founder of the One Laptop Per Child project, said two months ago that the project needed to be managed "more like Microsoft" he was speaking nothing but the truth.
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Written By: Sam Varghese
Section: Open Sauce
Category: Linux Blog
2008-05-21 04:49:42
When Nicholas Negroponte, the founder of the One Laptop Per Child project, said two months ago that the project needed to be managed "more like Microsoft" he was speaking nothing but the truth.
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Sugar craving for new hardware
Written By: Stephen Withers
Section: Information technology news
Category: Open Source
2008-05-19 02:27:58
Moves are afoot to take the Sugar user interface to a wider range of hardware than just the OLPC's XO for which it was originally developed.
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Written By: Stephen Withers
Section: Information technology news
Category: Open Source
2008-05-19 02:27:58
Moves are afoot to take the Sugar user interface to a wider range of hardware than just the OLPC's XO for which it was originally developed.
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Walter Bender hopes all will be sweet… with Sugar
Written By: Alex Zaharov-Reutt
Section: Fuzzy Logic
Category: The gadget blog
2008-05-19 01:59:36
The man who once was the president of OLPC, the initiative to provide “one laptop per child” to some of the world’s poorest and digitally divided children, has joined Sugar Labs. Why? To do what Nicholas Negroponte won’t – providing open source opportunities for learning, instead of being just another laptop seller.
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Written By: Alex Zaharov-Reutt
Section: Fuzzy Logic
Category: The gadget blog
2008-05-19 01:59:36
The man who once was the president of OLPC, the initiative to provide “one laptop per child” to some of the world’s poorest and digitally divided children, has joined Sugar Labs. Why? To do what Nicholas Negroponte won’t – providing open source opportunities for learning, instead of being just another laptop seller.
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OLPC: one virile Windows laptop per child
Written By: Sam Varghese
Section: Open Sauce
Category: Linux Blog
2008-05-15 21:35:27
The news that Windows XP will be made available on the One Laptop Per Child's XO laptop is now official. When the project began, a move such as this would have been dismissed out of hand by any of those involved. What has changed to make the OLPC just another seller of Windows laptops?
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Written By: Sam Varghese
Section: Open Sauce
Category: Linux Blog
2008-05-15 21:35:27
The news that Windows XP will be made available on the One Laptop Per Child's XO laptop is now official. When the project began, a move such as this would have been dismissed out of hand by any of those involved. What has changed to make the OLPC just another seller of Windows laptops?
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Asus Eee PC 900 set to square off against HP Mini-Note PC
Written By: Alex Zaharov-Reutt
Section: Fuzzy Logic
Category: The gadget blog
2008-05-12 20:44:37
Not yet available but due in stores by the end of May, the new Asus Eee PC 900 series is the most anticipated computer of the year, with more storage, more memory and a bigger screen in both Windows XP and Linux models. Clearly destined to be another major hit for Asus, the Eee PC 900 faces real competition this time in the new HP Mini-Note – will both be winners?
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Written By: Alex Zaharov-Reutt
Section: Fuzzy Logic
Category: The gadget blog
2008-05-12 20:44:37
Not yet available but due in stores by the end of May, the new Asus Eee PC 900 series is the most anticipated computer of the year, with more storage, more memory and a bigger screen in both Windows XP and Linux models. Clearly destined to be another major hit for Asus, the Eee PC 900 faces real competition this time in the new HP Mini-Note – will both be winners?
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OLPC Australia: XO targeting education and definitely NO Windows
Written By: Stan Beer
Section: Beerfiles
Category: IT blog
2008-05-08 22:14:03
It has been known for months that the One Laptop Per Child (OLPC) initiative, originally conceived by MIT professor Nicholas Negroponte, is opening an independent endorsed office in Australia. Now that the news has gone mainstream, questions arise as to why? In an interview with iTWire, OLPC Australia board director Jeff Waugh provides some answers and says why Microsoft Windows has no role.
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Written By: Stan Beer
Section: Beerfiles
Category: IT blog
2008-05-08 22:14:03
It has been known for months that the One Laptop Per Child (OLPC) initiative, originally conceived by MIT professor Nicholas Negroponte, is opening an independent endorsed office in Australia. Now that the news has gone mainstream, questions arise as to why? In an interview with iTWire, OLPC Australia board director Jeff Waugh provides some answers and says why Microsoft Windows has no role.
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