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First Footage: Same OLPC XO Boots Both Sugar and Windows XP

This is the first footage of the same XO OLPC doing a dual-boot of Sugar Linux and Windows XP—something skeptics have said wasn't going to happen. Soon, XOs will ship with both Sugar and XP for Boot Camp-style dual-booting options. They will never come with only XP, though the team is working on adding more of the Sugar functionality, like the mesh network and the fun sharing apps, to the Windows side. Once again, little PCs are coming to the rescue of Windows XP. More »

12:01 PM on Mon Jun 23 2008
By Wilson Rothman
10,505 views, 15 comments

Latest by glaeven: i hate to say this, but its an improvement. sugar is just awful. sorry olpc. more »

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OLPC To Become Colombia's Finest Import

OLPC has agreed to supply 65 thousand XO computers to the state of Caldas, Colombia, providing an injection of technology to a rural area of the country. The first 15,000 will be distributed throughout the most remote areas of the state by the end of 2008, while the remaining 50,000 will be offered in the capital, Manizales, and other remaining areas of the state by the end of 2009. More »

8:30 AM on Thu May 29 2008
By Adrian Covert
1,429 views, 21 comments

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Negroponte Moots Windows XP Version of OLPC--Is It a Case of So Long, Sugar?

The founder and chairman of OLPC has admitted that only using open-source software has not been good for the project. Just a day after the resignation of group president Walter Bender, Nicholas Negroponte admitted that the choice of the Sugar operating system has hit the XO laptop project in two places: usability; and popularity. More »

8:30 AM on Wed Apr 23 2008
By AddyDugdale
3,661 views, 21 comments

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OLPC's Negroponte Not Exactly Looking For a Successor (Plus XO Getting Windows in 60 Days)

Reports of OLPC's Negroponte looking for a replacement to fill his CEO role were a bit unfounded, as the man himself just claimed that the organization HAS no CEO, and that whatever the replacement does, it won't be what Negroponte is doing. Negroponte says: More »

5:00 PM on Mon Mar 10 2008
By Jason Chen
2,124 views, 5 comments

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OLPC Founder Negroponte Is Getting the Hell Out of Dodge

The One Laptop Per Child project, initially famed for its lofty goals, became known for becoming one of the more impressive shitshows in tech, in part thanks to founder Nick Negroponte's own foibles. So it's probably not a bad thing for the org—as much credit as he deserves for starting it—that he's stepping off to let someone else take over. "I am not a CEO. Management, administration, and details are my weaknesses." Probably shouldn't be at the top then, bub. [BusinessWeek via FSJ]

11:20 AM on Thu Mar 6 2008
By matt buchanan
3,627 views, 24 comments

Latest by akmarksman: @Vagabum: get 'em windows xp and then they can out do the east indians in dell tech support.... LOL more »

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OLPC America to Help Kids Back Home

The OLPC is all set to launch an American branch, called OLPC America, which aims to help kids from low-income families in the US. The new arm of OLPC has already acquired a director and chairman, and their head office is likely to be situated in Washington D.C. More »

4:00 PM on Sun Jan 13 2008
By Haroon Malik
2,353 views, 20 comments

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OLPC Founder Realizes Verbal Agreements Are Not Equivalent to Money

If you were wondering why you've been asked to help pick up the tab with the OLPC project, its founder offers a lesson in international business:
"We are making the XO available to U.S. and Canadian consumers as a financing scheme for the developing world, to trigger global demand and government closure," Negroponte told LAPTOP Magazine. He added, "I have, to some degree, underestimated the difference between shaking the hand of a head of state and having a check written."
[Laptop Magazine]

1:50 PM on Fri Nov 16 2007
By Matt Buchanan
3,543 views, 25 comments

Latest by n/a: 90% of the posts to this are idiotic. Negroponte said he under estimated the problems. What a role model. Much more so than many others in the "news". Plus, he is a mench for undertaking something of this scale. I gave more »