Olpc
Pixel Qi Laptop Could Run for 20-40 Hours on Standard Battery [Pixie Dust]
Mary Lou Jepsen&mdashthe XO Laptop's designer and OLPC's CTO before defecting and founding Pixel Qi—has even grander ambitions for new laptop project than hitting a mythical $75 pricetag. Pixel ....... read more
3 days ago
HiVision Shows Off Sub-$100 Linux Mini Laptop [Umpc]
China's HiVision has debuted a Linux-based laptop that makes the Olpc seem ridiculously expensive. For $98, you get a MIPS-based processor, 1GB flash storage, 3 USB ports, Ethernet, an SDHC card read ....... read more
Tue,
09 Sep 2008
OLPC Origin: Bittersweet Success and Future of the XO Laptop [Olpc Secret Origins]
When I met with Nicholas Negroponte not long ago, he laughed at the coverage he'd received through the past few years, including our own portrayal of Intel chairman Craig Barrett and him as Beavis and ....... read more
Thu,
28 Aug 2008
OLPC Origins: US and Taiwan's Hardware Lovechild [Olpc Secret Origins]
In November of 2005, Nicholas Negroponte and his Olpc CTO Mary Lou Jepsen traveled to Tunisia for the UN-sponsored World Summit on the Information Society, where they were able to present a "working ....... read more
Wed,
27 Aug 2008
Hands On With Intel Classmate Tablet: So Far Just a Touchy, Double-Jointed Netbook [Intel Classmate]
When news of the Classmate tablet broke yesterday, it was hard to know what to think. In terms of specs, the devices is a far sight better that the Classmate 2.0, but aside from the new tablet form fa ....... read more
Thu,
21 Aug 2008
Mystery Tablet Shown at Intel Event, Either the Classmate 3 or a Quad Core Speak & Spell [Classified Intel]
At the end of an otherwise tepid presentation at the Intel Developer Forum today, Dadi Perimutter, head of Intel's Mobility Group, dropped a bomb (via PowerPoint) on his audience: a mysterious tablet ....... read more
Tue,
19 Aug 2008
Mystery Tablet Shown at Intel Event, Either the Classmate 3 or a Quad-Core Speak & Spell [Classified Intel]
At the end of an otherwise tepid presentation at the Intel Developer Forum today, Dadi Perimutter, head of Intel's Mobility Group, dropped a bomb (via PowerPoint) on his audience: a mysterious tablet ....... read more
Tue,
19 Aug 2008
V12 Design Delivering Dual Touchscreen Laptop Within Two Years [Laptops]
It looks as though an Italian company named V12 Design might beat the OLPC's XO-2 laptop to the dual touchscreen punch with their dual LCD laptop called the Canova. According to Laptopmag, V12 develop ....... read more
Wed,
09 Jul 2008
Photos: Red Olpc Limited Edition [Exclusive]
Wilson caught this limited edition Red Olpc at the company's headquarters near MIT's campus in Cambridge today. The limited edition run of 100 is made for developers working on the dual boot Sugar Lin ....... read more
Fri,
20 Jun 2008
Intel Classmate OS Will Be as Sugary as the Olpc [Intel Classmate]
Intel's for-profit take on the Olpc concept will soon share a UI with its spiritual predecessor. Walter Bender, the guy who made the original child-friendly Sugar interface with the Olpc project, told ....... read more
Thu,
19 Jun 2008