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Measurements in OLPC Mesh Networks

May 7, 2009 12:00am PDT

The ease of deployment and the self configurable aspect of wireless mesh networks has generated lot of interest in them during the recent years. The One Laptop Per Child (OLPC) project uses mesh...

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Photos: Meet the OLPC's $75 laptop

May 22, 2008 4:25am PDT

The One Laptop per Child project shows off its laptop of the future. The XO-2, it says, will be dirt cheap, easier to tote, and also an e-book.Even with the price of what used to be known as the...

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OLPC delays angering G1G1 donors

January 29, 2008 11:59pm PST

If you've been following the OLPC news, you shoulde remember that it launched a Give 1 Get 1 (G1G1) program in November last year. The scheme allowed individuals to obtain an OLPC XO laptop for...

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Straight Talking - Software for the Other 5 Billion

October 24, 2008 12:00am PDT

Although there are well over six billion people on the planet, just a little over one billion have access to computers or the internet. Given those one billion already provide big profits for tech...

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John Dvorak of PCMag disses OLPC

December 10, 2007 6:45am PST

John Dvorak of PCMag disses OLPC article root John Dvorak of PCMag disses OLPC Is the OLPC project such a pie in the sky? What is your opinion on this matter? I don't think he dissed OLPC Having...

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OLPC delays angering G1G1 donors

January 30, 2008 5:00am PST

OLPC delays angering G1G1 donors article root OLPC delays angering G1G1 donors Still, is it entirely right to blame what is ultimately a non-profit organization for the delays? RE: OLPC delays...

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CES 2008: OLPC XO Laptop

January 28, 2008 1:22pm PST

CES 2008: OLPC XO Laptop article root OLPC I have a funny feeling these folks have gotten it right RE: CES 2008: OLPC XO Laptop Teach Jason not to yell into the microphone, and not to stand in...

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OLPC sued by Nigerians for patent infringement

November 28, 2007 3:05am PST

OLPC sued by Nigerians for patent infringement article root OLPC sued by Nigerians for patent infringement What is your opinion of this alleged patent infringement by the OLPC? I have difficulty...

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Sony Tablet S2 revives the idea of dual-screen productivity

April 26, 2011 1:16pm PDT

With all of the Android tablets starting to look alike, Sony is taking a different spin. In fact, Sony's S2 could revive some of the cool concepts introduced by the Microsoft Courier and OLPC XO-2.

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Top 10 IT headlines for May 21: HP's Hurd calls U.S. demand 'spotty', Google Health launched, iPhone 3G confirmed

May 21, 2008 6:18am PDT

Top IT headlines for Wednesday, May 21, 2008: HP CEO Marc Hurd says U.S. tech spending is 'spotty,' Google Health launches and opens to developers, the launch date of the iPhone 3G is confirmed,...

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Top 10 IT headlines for May 16 -- XP on OLPC, Intel-AMD duopoly could be over, software piracy declining

May 16, 2008 6:24am PDT

Top 10 IT headlines for Friday, May 16, 2008: Intel-AMD duopoly could be coming to an end, OLPC is testing the use of Windows XP, Yahoo responds to Icahn, Cisco exec departure is another...

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Windows XP comes to the OLPC

May 16, 2008 4:04am PDT

After years of dispute and half-hearted discussions, the OLPC (One Laptop Per Child) organization have come full circle and will be putting Microsoft's Windows operating system onto its XO laptop....

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OLPC ex-CTO plans $75 laptop

January 11, 2008 6:04am PST

Mary Lou Jepsen left the OLPC project to start Pixel Qi, and she aims to bring to reality a sub-$100 laptop.

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Intel quits OLPC

January 7, 2008 11:58pm PST

Intel has quit One Laptop Per Child (OLPC) amidst accusations of it playing dirty, despite supposedly being on the same team.

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Nigerian firm demands $20 million from OLPC over patent infringement

January 3, 2008 6:17pm PST

Lagos Analysis Corporation (Lancor), the firm that brought a patent infringement suit against the OLPC project, has now approached the Nigerian court, claiming $20 million in damages.

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John Dvorak of PCMag disses OLPC

December 10, 2007 6:27am PST

John C. Dvorak of PCMag apparently did not have too high an opinion of the OLPC, and he is not afraid to let it be be known.

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IT News Digest Week in Review, November 30, 2007

November 30, 2007 6:17am PST

The stories that are covered this week include Wi-Fi stealing, P2P traffic and bandwidth throttling, Google's energy endeavors, OLPCs copyright infringement, and the TechRepublic community's wish...

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OLPC sued by Nigerians for patent infringement

November 27, 2007 11:59pm PST

In an ironic twist of events, OLPC's Nicholas Negroponte has received a letter from Lagos Analysis Corporation (LANCOR), a U.S.-based Nigerian-owned company that claims the XO laptop infringed on...

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OLPC Give One, Get One program extended to end-2007

November 23, 2007 9:47pm PST

Based on the strength of the response to the Get One, Give One (G1G1) initiative, OLPC has announced that the program will be offered until December 31, 2007.

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Electronic Arts to donate SimCity to the OLPC project

November 11, 2007 11:55pm PST

Electronic Arts plans to donate the original version of the popular SimCity computer game to the OLPC (One Laptop Per Child) project for inclusion on the XO laptop.