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OLPC's Give One, Get One returns to Amazon on November 17
Engadget — ... We knew we'd be seeing a comeback of the Give One, Get One program this year, and now OLPC has confirmed a November 17 date -- just in time for the holidays, how convenient for everyone! We're still not certain on a price, but $399 is quite likely. ...

OLPC Give 1 Get 1 Returns Nov. 17 at Amazon [Olpc]
Gizmodo — ... , but overall, the program was a success in getting the laptops out there. No surprise then that it's coming back on Nov. 17, though this time they'll be wisely letting Amazon take care of the logistics. [OLPC - Thanks Jimmie!] ...

OLPC Give One Get One sales confirmed to begin on November 17
Gadgetell — ... We can venture a pretty solid guess that we will be seeing the same $399 price tag from last year, but time will tell just how accurate that will be.  Of course, with a November 17 sale date, if you are looking to get these in time for the holiday season you may want to be prepared to place your order on that first day.  The good part is that the sales are being handled through Amazon which should alleviate any of those shipping delays that we saw last year. Read [Laptop] Product [Amazon] Full Story » | ...

The state of the One Laptop Per Child project
Scobleizer — ... Lots of you heard a lot of hoopla about the OLPC project (er, One Laptop Per Child). This is a strange little machine that’s aimed at bringing computing to kids around the world. It’s been a while since I heard anything about it, other than they had started shipping with both Linux and Windows, which shocked a few people in the community who saw that as something negative. ...

Ohio Linuxfest 2008: The Community Gathers Once Again
Gear Diary — ... well as a remix of Kubuntu with the shiney KDE 4 Desktop.  That doesn’t cover the myriad of other Ubuntu based remixes out there.  Ubuntu has firmly entrenched itself as THE Linux distro that is in everyone’s bag. Fedora also had a booth show casing Fedora 9 and the OLPC or XO PC.  For those who don’t know, the default OS on the OLPC is Fedora at it’s core with the Sugar UI providing a very kid friendly interface.  I also heard through the grapevine that the XO will be having a give one get one sale again this holiday season and this time, it’s going to be on Amazon.com. ...

OLPC Give 1, Get 1 XO Laptop launches Today, See what good you can do
I4U News — OLPC Give 1, Get 1 XO Laptop launches Today, See what good you can do Posted on Mon, 17 Nov 2008 06:00:00 CST | by Luigi Lugmayr More Notebooks and PCs News OLPC Give 1, Get 1 XO Laptop launches Today, See what good you can do The One Laptop Per Child (OLPC) organization is launching their Give 1, Get 1 campaign again this Holiday season. This year the XO laptop is not only available in the US, but also in Europe. Laptop Magazine has an interesting reports published that documents their donation of 30 XO Laptops to a village in Mali last year. You can do the same good thing ...

OLPC Give 1 Get 1 laptop program
Gizmag Emerging Technology Magazine — Having already distributed more than 500,000 XO laptops in 31 countries, One Laptop per Child (OLPC) has launched its “Give 1 Get 1” program for 2008. The scheme raised more than USD$35 million in 2007 to fund the delivery of tens of thousands laptops to kids in countries such as Afghanistan, Iraq, Lebanon, Cambodia, Ethiopia, Haiti, Mongolia and Rwanda... Tags: Education, Laptop, Learning Related Articles: OLPC to produce sub $100 dual-touchscreen laptop MIT unveils the $100 computer designed to educate the children of the ...

Yoko Ono autoriza John Lennon a “testemunhar” a favor do One Laptop Per Child
MacMagazine — ... Quase 30 anos após a sua morte, o ex-beatle John Lennon acaba de virar protagonista de um comercial da fundação MIT (Instituto de Tecnologia de Massachussetts) para o projeto One Laptop Per Child (OLPC, ou Um Laptop Por Criança) — com direito à letra da música Imagine e tudo! ...

$10 Computers in India
Technology - Channel Feed — ... Called “Sakshat”, the concept is similar to OLPC. While screenshots aren’t out yet, Sakshat has a small screen, 2GB disk space, wi-fi connectivity, computing capabilities, and perhaps some open source software. It has been created to hold textbooks and access online e-learning materials. As an alternative to text-books. ...

Run the OLPC OS From a Thumb Drive [Downloads]
Lifehacker — [image] All systems: If you're keen on trying out one of those clever devices from the One Laptop Per Child project, you can get halfway there by running the ...

South Carolina kids to get laptops
Gizmos for Geeks — Inspired by the OLPC project, the state of South Carolina’s Department of Education in conjunction with non-profit org, the Palmetto Project, has decided to provide each SC elementary school student with a laptop. As computers continue to become cheaper, it won’t be surprising to see more states adopt similar programs to get laptops/computers into the hands of all school children. via OStatic

Buy PocketMac RingtoneStudio2 and help kids get a laptop
The Gadgeteer — Tim Goggin of PocketMac just sent me an email about a new promotion that they are having that may be of interest to iPhone users. Starting today PocketMac is partnering with the charity, One Laptop Per Child (OLPC) to raise money for their efforts in the the first promotion of its kind. For every copy sold in August and September of RingtoneStudio 2.0 for iPhone, they will donate $10 to OLPC. OLPC gives powerful, rugged laptops to disadvantaged kids aroudn the world. Full press release after the jump. … [visit site to read more] Filed in ...

First Impressions with Intel’s Latest Classmate PC
GeekDad — Intel recently sent a demo unit of their educational line of netbooks, dubbed Classmate PC, for review. I was excited to check out their offering if only to see what One Laptop Per Child’s biggest competitor was up to. While I was initially skeptical, what I found was an ecosystem that focused less on the stand-alone experience and more on the classroom. At face value, Intel’s Classmate PC looks like a standard netbook. But the internals are ruggedly constructed and resistant to the drops and rough handling kids are known for. Also notable is the nice large external handle for ...

La segunda generación del portátil XO con doble pantalla muere
Gizmología — Vale, el prototipo del segundo portátil XO (proyecto OLPC) con dos pantallas táctiles era extraño, a su manera rompedor porque se trataba de crear un portátil con dos pantallas táctiles muy barato para vendérselo a gobiernos. La idea, como eso, una idea no esta mal, pero llevada a la práctica no es tan buena. Finalmente el proyecto del OLPC ha decidido dar un cambio de diseño a toda esta segunda generación. Se cambian por dos versiones, una llamada versión 1.75 basada en el diseño que ...