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OLPC partners with Pixel Qi

It seems the story of Pixel Qi has gone back full circle. Mary Lou Jepsen, founder or Pixel Qi and one of the original designers of the XO laptops of OLPC, has reached out back to her roots and promises to bring a new screen to the masses. Pixel Qi is makes great black-and-white power-saving [...]

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Refurbished XO Laptops Find Their Way to Haiti

Thanks to the partnership of DHL Express and the One Laptop per Child Foundation (OLPC), over thousand of Haitian students and schools affected by the recent devastating earthquake will receive refurbished “XO” laptops for free. DHL is offering to deliver those laptops free of charge, as the company’s small gesture of helping out the earthquake [...]

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OLPC XO at the FCC

The OLPC should be no stranger to netbook veterans since it’s one of the devices that spurred the entire market we have today. While everyone is giving away this netbook to deserving school children all over the world, a tiny upgraded version slipped into the FCC recently. The OLPC XO 1.5 will be replacing the [...]

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OLPC Announces New XO Laptops

Remember the One Laptop per Child or OLPC? The group is currently revitalizing its operations with the hope fulfilling their mission of reaching 500 million children in all remote corners of the planet by announcing three new concept XO laptops. OLPC is currently developing three new XO laptops: XO 1.5 – sports almost the same [...]

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India buys 250,000 OLPC laptops for school children

Having given up on its fantasies of creating a $10 laptop back in February, India has finally placed orders for a total of 250,000 units of OLPC laptops for its school children. OLPC India’s CEO Satish Jha comments that up to 3 million OLPC laptops are expected to be shipped to India before the end [...]

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