Microsoft snubs the OLPC tablet

Release Date 28 May, 2010 in Inquirer

 
   

Microsoft snubs the OLPC tablet

Inquirer - Edward Berridge - 28 May, 2010
THE ONE LAPTOP PER CHILD project has said that its upcoming XO-3 tablet will not use a Windows operating system. ...

Marvell backs Android-based OLPC XO-3 tablet

ZDNet UK - Donald Bell - 28 May, 2010
After the OLPC XO-1 laptop, the One Laptop Per Child foundation is setting in motion plans to create a working ...

Why A Tablet, OLPC? Laptop Is Better For Education

PC World - 28 May, 2010
The news that the One Laptop Per Child (OLPC) project is close to launching a $75 tablet for children is pretty remarkable. Non-profit founder Nicholas ...

Summary Box: One Laptop Per Child's next move is a US$100 tablet

The Canadian Press - 28 May, 2010
NEW SHAPE: One Laptop Per Child says the next version of its computer for kids in developing countries will be a tablet, not a laptop. ...

OLPC Rules out Windows for XO-3

PC World - Agam Shah - 28 May, 2010
One Laptop Per Child won't use Microsoft's Windows OS on its upcoming XO-3 tablet, which will run Linux, OLPC's CTO said Thursday. ...

One Laptop Per Child Project Works With Marvell to Produce a $100 Tablet

New York Times (blog) - Nick Bilton - 28 May, 2010
The One Laptop Per Child project, which aims to give every child in the world a laptop, announced on Thursday that it was entering a ...

OLPC's Negroponte Says XO-3 Prototype Tablet Coming in 2010

PC World - 28 May, 2010
One Laptop Per Child (OLPC) project founder Nicholas Negroponte said that the organization is accelerating its development of the XO-3 tablet computer and ...

OLPC, Marvell Partner to Develop Low-Cost Tablet By 2011

PC Magazine - Chloe Albanesius - 28 May, 2010
The One Laptop Per Child (OLPC) initiative announced Thursday that it has signed an agreement with chipmaker Marvell to jointly develop the next generation ...

Laptop donations to get a tax break

Sydney Morning Herald - ‎May 27, 2010‎
Prime Minister Kevin Rudd has announced tax deductible status for donations to the One Laptop Per Child (OLPC) scheme after saying the gap between ...

One Laptop Per Child Revamps Tablet Plans

Forbes - Andy Greenberg - ‎May 27, 2010‎
The One Laptop Per Child foundation's aim to create the world's most innovative tablet computer for the developing world just took a giant leap toward ...

Support for One Laptop Per Child Australia

iEncyclopedia - 28 May, 2010
The Prime Minister and the Assistant Treasurer, Senator Nick Sherry, have today announced tax deductible donation status for One Laptop per Child Australia ...

One Laptop Per Child Project Announces $75 Tablet Might Actually Happen Now

Fast Company - Dan Nosowitz - 28 May, 2010
OLPC's founder, Nicolas Negroponte, is one of the best hype men in the tech industry. His aims are admirable--to create ultra-low cost ...

Marvell partners OLPC for a $100-priced tablet for children

TopNews New Zealand - Surjit Singh - 28 May, 2010
With the XO-1 laptop practically being the springboard to success for the One Laptop Per Child (OLPC) foundation, the non-profit is reportedly working on a ...

Australia - Prime Minister Speech to the One Laptop Per Child gala dinner ...

ISRIA (registration) - 28 May, 2010
I acknowledge the First Australians on whose land we meet, and whose cultures we celebrate as among the oldest continuing cultures in human history. ...

One Laptop Per Child Focuses on Sub-$100 Tablet PC for Education

T.H.E. Journal - Scott Aronowitz - 28 May, 2010
Nearly 2 million children worldwide already use the renowned XO laptop computer, according to its provider, the philanthropic ...

OLPC XO 3.0 aims for sub-$100 slate

Geek WIth Laptop - 28 May, 2010
Nicholas Negroponte's One Laptop Per Child project â€" which brought us the SugarOS-based XO $200 rugged notebook, designed for use in developing nations ...

Marvell To Create $100 Tablet

Netbook Boards - 28 May, 2010
Marvell Technologies has announced today that it will partner with the One Laptop Per Child foundation to create a $100 tablet, named the XO-3. ...

Tax break for laptop donators

BigPond News - 28 May, 2010
Kevin Rudd's announced tax deductible status for donations to the One Laptop per Child scheme. Kevin Rudd's announced tax deductible status for donations to ...

PM gives OLPC donors $2.4m tax break

ZDNet Australia - Ben Grubb - 28 May, 2010
Prime Minister Kevin Rudd last night announced that Treasury would grant deductible gift recipient status to the Australian branch of the One Laptop per ...

OLPC tablet to have dual-mode screen, run Android, be at CES 2011

CrunchGear (blog) - Devin Coldewey - 28 May, 2010
The One Laptop Per Child program's leader, Nicholas Negroponte, showed off some renderings of the XO-3 tablet, ...

One Laptop Per Child now tax-deductible in Australia

iT News - Juha Saarinen - 28 May, 2010
Australia's Federal Government has given the One Laptop Per Child (OLPC) project a boost overnight, announcing that all donations of $2 or ...

OLPC donations now tax deductible

Computerworld Australia - 28 May, 2010
Prime Minister Kevin Rudd has announced that all donations for the One Laptop Per Child (OLPC) Australia fund will be tax deductible. ...

One Laptop Per Child to Produce $100 Tablet

Mashable (blog) - 28 May, 2010
Remember that One Laptop Per Child (OLPC) tablet concept we showed you back in December? Today the company has announced a partnership with silicon ...

OLPC plans XO-3 tablet for $75

myce.com - 28 May, 2010
The One Laptop Per Child (OLPC) foundation announced plans to work with Marvell in an effort to launch the XO-3 $75 tablet computer sometime in early 2011. ...

Negroponte's One Laptop Per Child Developing $75 Tablet

TMCnet - Paula Bernier - 28 May, 2010
The iPad recently hit the one million units sold mark, and the tablet device is poised to ...

After the iPad: 75-dollar tablet computer

Earthtimes (press release) - 28 May, 2010
By : dpa Help is on the way from the One Laptop Per Child (OLPC) initiative, which on Thursday promised to launch a 75-dollar tablet computer next year. ...

Tablet PC, Mobile PC, and Multi-Touch News/Reviews

Gotta Be Mobile (blog) - 28 May, 2010
The One Laptop Per Child foundation may be slowly chugging along these days, but they're still pushing ahead with that $100 laptop goal. ...

OLPC to debut $75 tablet prototype at CES 2011

V3.co.uk - 28 May, 2010
The One Laptop Per Child (OLPC) initiative has said that it will have a prototype of its XO-3 tablet computer ready by December and will show off the device ...

OLPC And Marvell Team Up For XO-3 Tablet Coming In 2011

News Provider - 28 May, 2010
The One Laptop Per Child foundation has announced a partnership with Marvell to develop a platform for the next generation of equipment, XO 3.0. ...

OLPC, Marvell To Build Under-$100 Tablet for Third World

Sci-Tech Today - Barry Levine - 28 May, 2010
The One Laptop Per Child nonprofit is joining with Marvell Technology to create an under-$100 tablet computer for third-world children. ...

 

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