The OLPC and the Internet
Michael Bletsas stands ready to defend the OLPC The bitfrost specification indicates that perhaps some countries may not believe that the unique green bra...
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Blasts from the Past
Remember our discovery over at OLPCNews.com of the proto-OLPC project in Senegal? Our insightful readers dug even deeper and found some more news articles f...
User Interfaces: Aero vs. Beryl
I don't have all the bells and whistles that the guy in this movie has running, but maybe it's time to suck it up and upgrade to the newest version. Aero is...
A bit of privacy for your email!
The AP reports that email may now enjoy 4th amendment rights:
Vatican vs Amnesty International
The Vatican urges Catholics not to donate to Amnesty International (BBC): The Vatican also said it was suspending all financial aid to Amnesty over what it ...
OLPC History: Senegalese Failure in Implementation
What does a Senegalese technology implementation project from 1982 have to do with One Laptop Per Child? Well, you might be surprised. At the same time tha...
Own your own number!
Sure, you've named a star after yourself by paying some scammers lots of moolah, but now you can get your own 128-bit number!, just like the AACS-LA! Mine i...
Google’s Shareholders Whack Google with a Cluestick
The recent shareholders meeting for Google has an interesting section on Internet Censorship, which is appended in whole below. It seems that these sharehol...
Geektopia achieved
My geektopia has arrived: The fridge has now become aware of its contents; and it is capable of establishing direct contact between you and their producers....
Guess the Country
From Development Gateway: X plans to offer 1.2 million of the country’s poorest citizens a computer with broadband Internet access for a daily fee of €1 (...
Let’s try this again
Here's a scenario. My company, who you'be never heard of before, has just created a revolutionary new car. It will run almost as well as a new "normal" car...
The true cost of the OLPC
A while back I wrote on the real cost of the OLPC laptop for OLPCNews:
Library Grants, Laptop Gambles
James Surowiecki, author of The Wisdom of Crowds asks the simple question of the OLPC: "Will this laptop save the world?" in MIT's Technology Review.
OLPC Implementation Costs
I'm now writing some OLPC posts for OLPCNews.com; my first post is uncovering some of the hidden costs in OLPC implementation - it turns out that the $100 ...
A Million Laptop Hangover
Over the next few years, ministers of education worldwide will be waking up from their celebratory launch parties announcing the agreements for the OLPC lapt...