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- Quanta Computer Inc. to Manufacture $100 Laptop
- CAMBRIDGE, Mass. -- The One Laptop per Child OLPC board of directors today announced that Quanta Computer Inc. of Taiwan was chosen as the original design manufacturer ODM for the $100 laptop project. The decision was made after the board reviewed bids from several possible manufacturing companies.
- Research articles 2005-12-13
- $100 Laptop Underscores a Critical Industry Misunderstanding (UPDATED)
- Hundred dollar laptop? A dream for at least three more years says Gartner. But it turns out there is a $99 laptop from Join Tech in Hong Kong, based on Windows CE. (Because it's under a c-note, does that technically make Gartner right?) And apparently India is pursuing a $10...
- Blog posts 2008-07-29
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- Bridging the 'knowledge divide' with a $100 Laptop.(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Quanta Computer Inc., contract)(Brief Article)
- THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS of One Laptop Per Child (laptop.media.mit.edu)--a nonprofit group created by faculty members at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology MIT to design, manufacture, and distribute inexpensive, hand-crankable laptops for children around the world--has chosen Quanta Computer Inc. (www.quantatw.com/e default.asp) of Taiwan as...
- Research articles 2006-02-01
- THE US$100 LAPTOP WILL BE IN BRAZILIAN SCHOOLS IN 2007
- According to anba: The US$ 100 laptop that is a brainchild of the Massachussets Institute of Technology MIT may be in Brazilian schools in 2007, says presidential aide, Cezar Alvarez, who is coordinating a work group that is studying the possibility of According to anba: The US$ 100 laptop that...
- Research articles 2006-03-12
- BRAZIL: THE US$100 LAPTOP WILL BE IN BRAZILIAN SCHOOLS IN 2007.
- According to anba: The US$ 100 laptop that is a brainchild of the Massachussets Institute of Technology MIT may be in Brazilian schools in 2007, says presidential aide, Cezar Alvarez, who is coordinating a work group that is studying the possibilit According to anba: The US$...
- Research articles 2006-03-12
- MIT Media Lab's Nicholas Negroponte Assesses Likelihood of $100 Laptop, Discusses MIT Media Lab's Future in ACM Computers in Entertainment Interview.
- Byline: Association for Computing Machinery NEW YORK, Jan. 25 AScribe Newswire -- MIT Media Lab's founding chairman Nicholas Negroponte, predicted the $100 laptop and likelihood of a new program, One Laptop per Child OLPC, with ACM Computers in Entertainment CiE. In a wide-ranging a...
- Research articles 2006-01-25
- Marketing Flaws in One Laptop per Child
- As a brilliant and humanitarian idea, you can't beat Nicholas Negroponte's vision to create a $100 laptop for children in developing countries, which could be purchased and distributed by private or public benefactors. But despite a few early wins, governments have been slow in snapping up these...
- Blog posts 2007-12-10
- Can a $100 Laptop Change the World?
- The green and white gizmo is not much bigger than a clutch purse, but when you extend its plastic bunny-ear antennas and flip it open, clamshell style, the screen is colorful and welcoming, ready to network or create. It's even got a video camera and social networking software? It's the...
- Research articles 2007-02-19
- Nicholas Negroponte to Provide Digital Divide and One Laptop Per Child Update During 15th World Congress on Information Technology
- AUSTIN, Texas -- The World Congress on Information Technology 2006 (WCIT 2006) announced today that Nicholas Negroponte, chairman of One Laptop per Child OLPC, will deliver the closing keynote at WCIT's 2006 Gala and Awards Ceremony on Thursday, May 4th. Negroponte's speech will conclude the WCIT 2006 dialogue on the...
- Research articles 2006-04-05
- Technology guru seeks $100 laptop for world's poor.(Nicholas Negroponte)(Brief Article)
- Feb 14, 2005 (New Scientist - ABIX via COMTEX) The poor in developing countries could soon have more access to computers. Nicholas Negroponte, the ex-head of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology Media Lab, is working on developing very basic $100 notebooks. He said the...
- Research articles 2005-02-15
- Leaked Walmart ad reveals Xbox 360 Arcade with $100 gift card, $300 HP G60 laptop
- It's not quite a $99 Xbox 360, but if this apparent Walmart scan via Kotaku is to be believed, that $199 Arcade version is getting a $100 gift card promotion going into effect this Saturday. In real terms, that boils down to a $234 Xbox 360...
- News items 2009-11-03
- Toshiba's new Portege laptop sports 500GB SSD
- When a light-weight box arrived on my desk recently from Toshiba Corp., I immediately figured I had a new solid-state disk SSD drive to review. In fact, it was an SSD -- a whopping 500GB drive wrapped in a laptop that tipped the scales at a mere 2.46 pounds. At...
- News items 2009-08-13
- $299 laptop specials keep back-to-school shoppers happy; would you buy over a Netbook?
- Specials for fully-featured notebook PCs with $299 price tags are helping laptops stake out ground against the popular 10-inch Netbook segment in a tough economy. With bigger screens, optical drives, much more memory and some graphics horsepower to speak of, the $299 laptop is, believe it or not, giving 10-inch...
- News items 2009-08-17
- Taiwan firm chosen for 100-dollar laptop program
- WASHINGTON AFP — Taiwan's Quanta Computer has been chosen to make a 100-dollar laptop computer developed at MIT for distribution to millions of children in developing countries. Nicholas Negroponte, head of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology Media Laboratory and chairman of the "One Laptop Per Child" program, announced Tuesday...
- Research articles 2005-12-14
- In Search Of Relevance, Via Open-Sources Laptop Designs
- Via has open sourced a laptopâ€"computer assisted design documents, 3D models and all of the specificationsâ€"but let’s be clear about the motives. Via wants to sell more chips and motherboards to power this device with hopes to become a little more relevant. Via calls this contraption the...
- Blog posts 2008-05-27
- Prototype of 100 dollar laptop for poor unveiled at UN summit
- TUNIS AFP — UN Secretary General Kofi Annan and a leading US IT expert Nicholas Negroponte unveiled the bright green and yellow working prototype of a 100 dollar laptop aimed at millions of schoolchildren in poor countries. The robust wind-up laptop with low power consumption is meant to be...
- Research articles 2005-11-16
- Lock Down Your Laptop
- Laptop theft is rampant these days. The little guys get swiped from offices, coffee shops, and even airport security lines. Fortunately, there are steps you can take to keep your laptop safe.For starters, try to prevent the theft by securing your system with a lock. The $30 Kensington MicroSaver Retractable...
- Blog posts 2007-06-27
- Antec Brings Advanced Cooling Power to Laptop Users
- Antec, Inc., the leading global brand of high-performance computer components for the PC upgrade and Do-It-Yourself markets, has released Notebook Cooler S, a small portable laptop cooler that effectively prevents overheating and associated problems, and NP-100, a high-capacity notebook power adapter that increases the life of laptop batteries.
- Research articles 2006-12-13
- Piracy on the high seas. (Wide Angle).(U.S. Naval Academy receives letters from Recording Industry Association of America and Motion Picture Association of America as midshipmen suspected of copyright infringement)(Brief Article)
- * Risking your life for your country is apparently no excuse for copyright infringement. Last week, the U.S. Naval Academy seized 100 laptop computers from midshipmen suspected of illegally downloading music files from the Internet. The Naval Acade * Risking your life for your...
- Research articles 2002-12-02
- Radio Shack's Tandy Still Faring Well. (Originated from San Jose Mercury News, Calif.)
- Aug. 10--The Model 100 laptop computer isn't what you'd call impressive to look at. It has a tiny, faded black-and-white screen that lies flat across the top - no fancy flip-up, color display. It has no more memory than a gnat. And it kinda pokes alongAug. 10--The...
- Research articles 1993-08-09
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