Uruguay Children Try Low-Cost Laptops
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| Some children began warming to the computers by playing "Tetris," a
| popular falling-blocks puzzle video game. Later they will explore
| the Linux operating system.
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http://biz.yahoo.com/ap/070518/hundred_dollar_laptop.html?.v=2
Western Michigan University Teams With IBM to Help Students Build Business
and Technology Skills for the 21st Century
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| IBM is working with partner schools that support open computing standards
| and seek to use open source and IBM technologies for teaching purposes,
| both directly and via the Internet.
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http://biz.yahoo.com/iw/070518/0254712.html
More from Uruguay:
Villa Cardal, Uruguay: Center of worldwide attention
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| The experience was incredible, there are many details to comment
| that I promise to continue blogging in the next days. At the moment
| you can see the gallery of photos that I took in the place.
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http://olpc-ceibal.blogspot.com/2007/05/villa-cardal-uruguay-world-center-of.html
Related (more photos):
Kids In Jiri Love XO [One Laptop per Child]!
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| All in all, the day was a huge success and another significant step
| in raising awareness of XO and just how valuable it can and will
| be to the children of Nepal!
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http://olpcnepal.blogspot.com/2007/04/kids-in-jiri-love-xo.html
The XO in the Real World
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| Some of the children were able to make it to the congress, walking
| around the showroom with their XO?s and showing attendees what they
| liked best about the laptop.
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http://www.j5live.com/?p=357
Nigerian students power up their laptops
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| Khaled Hassounah, director of Nicholas Negroponte's One Laptop Per
| Child (OLPC) program in Africa and the Middle East, has spent the
| last year touring schools in Nigeria. He and his team chose a school
| 10 miles outside Nigeria's capital, Abuja, to deploy the company's
| first child-friendly laptops in the region.
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http://news.com.com/2300-1041_3-6175025-1.html?part=rss&tag=6175025&subj=news
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