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  • Intel to offer open source developers for OLPC

    Intel has partnered with the One Laptop Per Child (OLPC) project and will initially provide its army of Linux and open source developers to help improve the OLPC software.

  • Is a US$100 laptop truly useful?

    There has been a lot of focus in recent years on creating inexpensive, affordable computers for users in the developing world, and at the forefront is Professor Nicholoas Negroponte.

  • HP phases out group for emerging markets

    Hewlett-Packard has disbanded a group dedicated to creating technology for emerging nations, though the company says it will continue to develop products for this market.

  • Microsoft dismisses dual boot OLPC

    Software giant Microsoft has said it rejected plans to develop a dual-boot iteration of Windows XP to run on One Laptop per Child XO machines, and instead is developing a version of XP specifically for the XO.

  • Microsoft: Windows XP coming soon to OLPC

    Microsoft said on Wednesday that it is working to develop a version of Windows XP that can run on computers without a hard drive, including the XO from One Laptop Per Child.

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