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In another sign of the growing financial strain on nonprofit groups, the One Laptop Per Child program is cutting its work force in half.
The One Laptop Per Child project is set to resume its Give One Get One promotion for its kid-friendly computers Monday with logistics help from Web retailer Amazon.com Inc.
A Silicon Valley company is claiming a major victory in its efforts to sell computers to schools that might otherwise be enticed by low-cost laptops such as the green-and-white XO from One Laptop Per Child or Intel Corp.'s Classmate PC.
The One Laptop Per Child project plans to resume its Give One Get One program, in which people spend $400 to buy one of the nonprofit's rugged computers and donate a second one to a child in a developing country.
The One Laptop Per Child project is about to find out whether Microsoft Corp., a rival the nonprofit group once derided, is the solution to its problems in spreading inexpensive portable computers to schoolchildren.
The founder of the One Laptop Per Child project claimed Friday that Intel Corp. undermined his group's effort to sell $188 computers for schoolchildren in the developing world even after the chip company got a seat on the nonprofit's board.
Citing disagreements with the organization, Intel Corp. said Thursday it has abandoned the One Laptop Per Child program, dealing a big blow to the ambitious project seeking to bring millions of low-cost laptops to children in developing countries.
Doubts about whether poor, rural children really can benefit from quirky little computers evaporate as quickly as the morning dew in this hilltop Andean village, where 50 primary school children got machines from the One Laptop Per Child project six months ago.
Microsoft Corp. will begin testing a version of Windows XP in January on the "$100 laptop" from One Laptop Per Child.
Forget windows, folders and boxes that pop up with text. When students in Thailand, Libya and other developing countries get their $150 computers from the One Laptop Per Child project in 2007, their experience will be unlike anything on standard PCs.
OLPC operating system free on a stick The One Laptop Per Child operating system is now available for free downloading for "any" PC or Netbook, according to its maker.
I have seen over and over on Hulu.com this commercial about donating a laptop computer to a child anywhere in the world.
OLPC 2.0: After Layoffs, One Laptop Foundation Reboots With New Focus and Big PlansFor those inspired by Nicholas Negroponte's vision of bringing affordable computing to every child on the planet, it was a sad day early this month when the One Laptop Per Child Foundation he founded announced it was laying off half its staff and undertaking a significant reorg …
One Laptop per child signs up with Amazon - Buy one, give oneThe One Laptop Per Child (OLPC) organisation has signed a deal with Amazon to sell its low cost laptops. The online retailer will help with its next Give 1 Get 1 (G1G1) programme that is due to begin in late November.
One laptop for every Niuean childThe One Laptop Per Child programme has lived up to its name in the tiny South Pacific nation of Niue, where 100% of children now have one. 500 of the programme's XO laptops were distributed this week to primary and high school students.
Tiny nation of Niue gets laptop for every childThe tiny South Pacific nation of Niue Thursday became the first nation in the world to issue laptop computers to all its children, officials said.
Designers on quest to build $12 computerDerek Lomas, Jesse Austin-Breneman and other designers want to create a computer that Third World residents can buy for less than you probably spend on lunch.
World's cheapest laptop goes on saleA Taiwanese manufacturer is selling what is possibly the world's cheapest laptop.. The NPX-9000 is selling for US$130, although it is only being sold in batches of 100.
Technology Review: $100 Laptop Gets RedesignedTossing aside its iconic green-and-white laptop with its distinctive antennas, One Laptop per Child (OLPC) is pursuing a smaller 2.0 version, scheduled for release in 2010, in which dual touch screens will replace the keypad.
OLPC's A Con - Former InsiderThe former security director of the One Laptop Per Child non-profit has blasted the project for losing sight of its goals, accusing chairman Nicholas Negroponte of deceiving the public. It's all about shipping kit, says Ivan Krstić in an incendiary essay.
Ala. city eyes developing-world laptops If $200 laptop computers are good for kids in Peru and Mongolia, why not Alabama? ADVERTISEMENT
Wanted or Not, Windows is Coming to the OLPC LaptopThe One Laptop Per Child project's XO computer, designed for children in developing countries, has been criticized, sued, mocked and otherwise derided ever since it was first announced three years ago.
For $150, Third-World Laptop Stirs Big DebateFive countries — Argentina, Brazil, Libya, Nigeria and Thailand — have made tentative commitments to put the computers into the hands of millions of students, with production in Taiwan expected to begin by mid-2007.
One Laptop Per Child working on dual Linux/Windows bootThe One Laptop Per Child (OLPC) project and Microsoft Corp. are working together to develop a dual-boot system to put both Linux and Windows on laptops aimed at kids in developing countries, the head of OLPC said in an interview Tuesday.
Laptop project blames Intel for breakup as feud heats upBOSTON - The founder of the One Laptop Per Child project claimed Friday that Intel Corp. undermined his group's effort to sell $188 computers for schoolchildren in the developing world even after the chip company got a seat on the nonprofit's board.
Intel Breaks Up with OLPCOn Thursday, Intel admitted it had dropped out of the nonprofit project after only six months. That means no board representation, no chip contributing and no educational content. The reason? A "philosophical impasse" with MIT professor and OLPC founder Nicholas Negroponte.
Laptops-in-schools debate turns messy in NigeriaA scheme to give one million low-cost laptops to Nigerian schoolchildren has stalled because some policymakers say the money would be better spent on other educational projects, while government officials and private computer companies have actively worked to undermine the projec …
One Laptop per Child Project Educates and Entertains Peruvian VillagesARAHUAY, Peru - Doubts about whether poor, rural children really can benefit from quirky little computers evaporate as quickly as the morning dew in this hilltop Andean village, where 50 primary school children got machines from the One Laptop Per Child project six months ago.
A child's view of the $100 laptopWhat will a child in the UK make of a laptop designed to help children in the developing world? Rory Cellan-Jones brought an XO home to find out.
A child's view of the 100 dollar laptopWhat will a child in the UK make of a laptop designed to help children in the developing world? Rory Cellan-Jones brought an XO home to find out. In late November I returned from Nigeria with a sample of the XO laptop.
First batch of XO laptops have shippedYipee! At the nexus of selfishness and altruism sits the OLPC Give One, Get One program. Today marks the first day of shipping for those of you who placed a G1G1 order during the program's November 12th launch date.
One Laptop Per Child Doesn't Change the World"Hands Across America, Live AID, the Concert for Bangladesh, and so on. The American (and world) public has witnessed one feel-good event (and the ensuing scandals) after another. Each one manages to assuage our guilt about the world's problems, at least a little.
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 should move about 490,000 units by the end of the year. Does that make the effort a success?
How a Computer for the Poor Got Stomped by Tech GiantsBut nearly three years later, only about 2,000 students in pilot programs have received computers from the One Laptop project. An order from Uruguay for 100,000 machines appears to be the only solid deal to date with a country, although Mr.
One Laptop Per Child--Wall Street Journal VideoNicholas Negreponte has a worthwhile goal and his intentions are altruistic, so why do Intel and Microsft see it as an opportunity to profit by competing against OLPC. So much more could be accomplished if they were part of the effort.
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