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It’s interesting to read of the launch of the OLPC 2.0 which is a dual toouchscreen device that’s estimated to cost $75 per unit and then see where the whole project was been restructured due to funding issues earlier this year.  Nevertherless, the One Laptop Per Child project has always been particularly fascinating because it [...]

The first bookmark I’ve saved into my Del.icio.us account with the new Internet Exporer addon has been another Microsoft related matter.  The New York Times, 16 May, announces Microsoft joins effort for laptops for children.  Finally it seems that Bill Gates and Nicholas Negroponte have reached and agreement and: “The first of the project’s child-friendly XO laptops running Windows XP [...]

More on the XO laptop.  It’s amazing the amount of argument that surrounds the ‘One Laptop Per Child Program” (OLPC).  It it a viable project?  Are the motives correct?  Is it the best product?  The true value of the progam, in my opinion, is the stimulation it has given to the development of similar products such as Intel’s Classmate [...]