Introducing The New XO-1 Laptop Computer
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| Well they did it! Productions are underway and orders are already being taken
| in by governments of countries like Argentina, Brazil, Libyia, Nigeria,
| Rewanda, Thailand and Uruguay to be distributed to their school-aged
| children.
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http://hubpages.com/hub/Introducing_The_New_XO-1_Laptop_Computer
Exclusive: Negroponte on his Intel triumph
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| OLPC has up to now said it will only take orders of a million machines at a
| time from governments. Negroponte now says the orders from here on will
| almost certainly be for a mix of the two types of computers. It's possible
| OLPC may end up selling a family of machines.
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http://money.cnn.com/2007/07/27/technology/fastforward_negroponte.fortune/index.htm?postversion=2007072711
Related:
'$100 laptop' production begins
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| Hardware suppliers have been given the green light to ramp-up production of
| all of the components needed to build millions of the low-cost machines.
| Previously, the organisation behind the scheme said that it required orders
| for 3m laptops to make production viable. The first machines should be ready
| to put into the hands of children in developing countries in October 2007.
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http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/6908946.stm
Bringing tech to every child
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| It will come loaded with 100 books, music files, cartoons,
| games and educational material in a variety of languages. It
| runs on two watts of power and can access the Internet via
| a mesh network.
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http://www.topix.net/content/kri/2905929273367028619420701444353059690067
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