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Nobel Peace Prize Nominees Include the Internet

Kevin Spak — Wed, 10 Mar 2010 14:49:00 CST

The internet—yes the entire technological concept—could be the next Nobel Peace Prize winner. It’s among the record 237 individuals and organizations nominated for the prize, and it has significant muscle behind it. Supporters include 2003 winner Shirin Ebadi, the Italian version of Wired magazine and Nicholas Negroponte, the...

One Laptop Per Child Embraces Windows XP

Matt Cantor — Sat, 17 May 2008 11:15:22 CDT

Now that Microsoft has signed on to the One Laptop Per Child initiative—aimed at getting low-cost PCs to kids in poor countries—its Windows XP operating system is again getting a new jolt of life, reports InternetNews.com. The project originally used only free, open-source software such as Linux,...

If $100 Is Too Steep, Wait for the $75 Laptop

Katherine Thompson — Thu, 10 Jan 2008 03:30:00 CST

The former chief technology officer of the One Laptop Per Child program has formed a spin-out company that seeks to take the XO laptop a step further—and reduce the cost of the basic computer from $100 to $75. The new operation, Pixel Qi, will aim to develop a cheaper...

Intel Bails on Kid Laptop Project

Peter Fearon — Fri, 04 Jan 2008 07:51:21 CST

Intel has dropped out of its uneasy partnership with the "One Laptop Per Child" global nonprofit program, designed to put inexpensive computers in the hands of millions of children in developing countries. Intel has been feuding with project founder Nicholas Negroponte, an MIT professor on leave who developed the inexpensive...

XO: Buy 1, a Kid Gets 1 Free

Peter Fearon — Mon, 24 Sep 2007 06:23:07 CDT

Americans will be asked to buy XO laptops in pairs—one for themselves and one for a child in a developing nation. Organizers of the "One Laptop Per Child" program hope to distribute laptops to millions of Third World schoolchildren this way. The combined cost of the pair of PCs—...