While some of the parts of the OLPC's XO laptop are still coming together (like the UI), other parts are ready to rock, commercial-style. As we previously saw in a slide showing NickNeg's pull ...

There are currently 350,000 XO laptops, mostly in very remote parts of the country. • Teachers in OLPC-participating countries have said they never loved teaching as much as now.

To ensure the laptop is robust and can be maintained as easily as possible it omits all moving parts. It has no hard drive, CD or DVD drive. As it also packs a low power processor it has no cooling ...

This triggers the supply chains of 800 parts that come together and rollout off the assembly line in October.OLPC's XO B4 laptops are among the most durable and innovative laptop computers ever ...

One Laptop per Child (OLPC) is working on a new version of its XO laptop. The XO-2 will incorporate an enhanced touch screen and remain affordable for volume purchase by developing nations. XO ...

Good news from the One Laptop Per Child program: the successor to the ambitious, but ultimately outmatched XO laptop will be open source hardware. Hopefully that will encourage adoption, imitation ...

The One Laptop Per Child (OLPC) project, which builds low-cost mobile computing devices for students in developing countries, has announced plans to update its XO laptop. The new model, which has ...

The original idea was for governments to order OLPC’s XO laptops by the millions, thereby driving down the cost per unit through volume discounts on parts and assembly.

Nicholas Negroponte’s vision for a $100 laptop aimed at students in developing nations has turned into more of a $200ish laptop which can cost as much as $490 per student to actually deploy.

Australia's One Education has officially revealed an upcoming modular laptop project. Claimed so simple that a 4 year-old child could put it together, the XO-infinity will act as both laptop and ...

A three-day 'game jam' starting June 8 is planned in hopes of increasing the software available for the XO, making it a more attractive purchase The OLPC (One Laptop Per Child) Project is asking ...

To ensure the laptop is robust and can be maintained as easily as possible it omits all moving parts. It has no hard drive, CD or DVD drive. As it also packs a low power processor it has no ...