French tempted with €199 Eee PC HSDPA bundle
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| French ordinateuristes can now buy Asus' elfin Eee PC with integrated HSDPA
| 3G, courtesy of local carrier SFR.
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http://www.reghardware.co.uk/2008/01/21/france_sfr_eee_pc_3g/
Interview: OLPC's Michail Bletsas Part 2 [of 2]
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| In spite of the initial nearly-universal acclaim of the One Laptop Per Child
| (OLPC) project, critics were quick to point out what they perceived as flaws
| in the organization the moment that the plan became a reality.
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http://www.gearlog.com/2008/01/interview_olpcs_michail_bletsa_1.php
Recent:
OLPC in Ethiopia
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| Italian Prime Minister Romano Prodi has confirmed (last November) his
| commitment of giving 50,000 laptops to Ethiopia. The importance of the
| funding is its exemplary nature - it is model for other European countries
| and the EU itself to follow.
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http://olpc.tv/2008/01/20/olpc-in-ethiopia-2/
Related:
Intel: doing the dirty on OLPC
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| Intel’s agreement with the OLPC Foundation included a ‘non disparagement’
| clause, under which Intel and One Laptop promised not to criticize each
| other, according to Nicholas Negroponte in the latest article in the Wall
| Street Journal.
|
| Still Intel tactics have violated that repeatedly to kill OLPC efforts in
| Nigeria, Libya, Pakistan, India, China and Intel is also still trying to pull
| those tactics in Mexico, Brazil.
| This is simply disgracefull of Intel, scandalous.
|
| But Negroponte has signed an agreement saying that he is not allowed to
| criticize Intel, so he is not allowed to talk about these shameless tactics
| even though Intel is the one violating the agreement.
|
| So only independant voices on the Internet can get those messages of truth
| out about Intels tactics.
|
| In Nigeria, Intel came and donated 3000 laptops to counter OLPC efforts, then
| sells 17 thousand Classmates to Nigeria at a loss.
|
| Then Microsoft corrupted Nigerian officials with 400 thousand dollars to
| install Windows XP on those instead of Mandriva Linux.
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http://www.p2pnet.net/story/14124
Africa's digital poster child [Intel's illegal dumping]
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| [Classmates in Nigeria]
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| The renovation has been paid for by the government and Intel, with the chip
| firm covering the majority of the costs of the technology.
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http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/7115218.stm
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