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Laptops for each student in 13 schools
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| In line with the national drive to arm the
| younger generation with the knowledge of
| English and Information Technology, the
| Education Ministry has taken steps to issue
| laptop computers to each and every student
| in thirteen schools. The program is carried
| out under the âOne Laptop Per Child (OLPC)
| program conducted by the Education Ministry
| in collaboration with the University of
| Colombo. The program is funded by the World
| Bank. Under this program, 1,250 laptop
| computers will be distributed to students
| in 13 primary schools.
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http://www.dailynews.lk/2009/11/19/news12.asp
How Jolicloud is adding support for GMA 500 graphics
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| As I mentioned the other day, the folks
| behind the netbook-friendly Jolicloud
| operating system are in the process of
| adding support for machines with Intel Atom
| Z5xx processors and integrated GMA 500
| graphics. For the most part, systems with
| GMA 500 graphics donât perform as well as
| laptops with the more common GMA 950
| graphics chipset. But GMA 500 does have a
| few tricks up its sleeve. It can handle
| hardware decoding of some HD video, for
| instance. And the Atom Z5xx/GMA 500 combo
| uses less power, which helps prolong
| battery life.
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http://www.liliputing.com/2009/11/how-jolicloud-is-adding-support-for-gma-500-graphics.html
Recent:
Nepal sets example with school laptops
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| KATHMANDU, Nov 9: Nearly 2,000 children in
| 26 schools across six districts are
| currently using computers with internet
| access as part of non-governmental
| organization Open Learning Exchange (OLE)
| NepalÂs collaborative initiative with the
| Ministry of Education (MOE) to transform
| education through technology.
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http://www.myrepublica.com/portal/index.php?action=news_details&news_id=11644
Over 1.1 Million Sugar Activities in the Wild!
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| In the New York Times article Nonprofit
| Laptops: A Dream Not Yet Over, we are
| teased with the suggestion that next month
| we'll have the OLPC 1.5 in production,
| with double the speed and four times more
| memory than the XO-1.
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http://www.olpcnews.com/software/sugar/over_1_million_sugar_activities.html
OLPC switching to ARM, plans paper thin netbook
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| One Laptop per Child chairman Nicholas
| Negroponte told Xconomy that OLPC is
| prepping an ARM-based version 1.75 of its
| XO netbook while planning to release a
| "paper-thin" version 3.0 in 2012.
| Meanwhile, the Internet Archive is
| providing OLPC users with 1.6 million e-
| books, says the nonprofit organization.
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http://www.linuxfordevices.com/c/a/News/OLPC-175-and-3/?kc=rss
BoomingBang: XO Laptop Role Playing Game
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| BoomingBang, a RPG game, whose release is
| due till late OCTOBER 09. The BoomingBang
| project, started by me, Abhishek Indoria,
| initially, and a friend, was a small
| deployment. It was started in March 2009,
| when none of them (us, actually) have heard
| of OLPC. Back again, in June, 2 XO laptops
| were requested, and the project was started
| officially.
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http://www.olpcnews.com/countries/india/boomingbang_xo_laptop_role_pla.html
Negroponte: XO-1.75 goes ARM, XO-2 is canceled
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| An ARM based XO-1.75 on the other hand is much
| more of an evolutionary rather than a
| revolutionary step into the future. So many
| people, especially a certain Charbax, had long
| expected OLPC to move from an x86 to an ARM
| design.
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http://www.olpcnews.com/people/negroponte/negroponte_xo-175_goes_arm_xo-2_is_cancelled.html
Three reasons Microsoft shouldn't port Windows to the ARM processor
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| Without a version of Windows tailored for ARM netbooks, Linux-based platforms
| such as Google Inc.'s Android mobile operating system could thrive and turn
| the search and Web services company into "more of a competitor in the desktop
| operating system business than we ever have before," admitted Microsoft CEO
| Steve Ballmer to Wall Street last month.
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http://www.computerworld.com/action/article.do?command=viewArticleBasic&articleId=9129632&source=rss_topic122
OLPC Set to Dump X86 for Arm Chips in XO-2
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| [T]he Arm chip could lead to problems for XO-2 in trying to load a full
| version of Windows, Negroponte said. As with the XO-1, OLPC wants to offer a
| dual-boot option on XO-2 where users can choose to load either Linux or a
| full Windows OS. While Arm processors can run Windows Mobile operating
| systems, they can't run a full Windows OS.
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http://www.pcworld.com/article/161112/olpc_set_to_dump_x86_for_arm_chips_in_xo2.html?tk=rss_news
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