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Do we owe kids more than netbooks? ZDNet (blog) How about we wait a year or two and let the economy improve before we start trying to push this 'one laptop per child' crap again. Some of us learned things ... |
 Memeburn (blog) | Is Google a blessing or a curse for learners? Memeburn (blog) Citing the example of the “One Laptop per child” project, Brabazon explained that there is a confusion between access and learning, and that the emphasis ... |
Chatter: What we're hearing GlobalPost ... romanticizes the paper book and fears it will be lost forever, Nicholas Negroponte (of Wired and One Laptop per Child fame) is here to dry your tears. ... |
A $35 tablet: Hard to take in? Economic Times Some years ago, the government had to withdraw from the One Laptop Per Child (OLPC) project, that aimed to create a machine for just $100. ... |
 The Hindu | Indian hardware market abuzz with tablet PCs The Hindu ... Sibal last month as an “answer to MIT” (Nicholas Negroponte's famous “One Laptop per Child” was conceived at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology). ... |
Business Matters: Post-Katrina New Orleans, Cloud Hackers, 9:30 Club and more Billboard Business News Musopen says it plans to make the recordings available on its web site, put them on Wikipedia pages and integrate them with the One Laptop Per Child ... |
Dance will benefit projects for Bura, Africa The Daily News of Newburyport Other initiatives include an agriculture and forestry project, setting up an Internet cafe and furthering their "One Laptop Per Child" laptop pilot program ... |
 PSFK | Are The Days Of Reading Books Over? PSFK Nicholas Carr flags this NYT quote from Nicholas Negroponte, who heads up the One Laptop Per Child group: “I love the iPad, but my ability to read any ... |
Indian firm creates $50 tablet running on Android IBTimes The tablet comes amidst the collaboration between the One Laptop Per Child the Indian government to build a low-cost laptop for the masses. ... |
Texas Performing Arts presents Jean Piché, Video Music Composer, 9/9 Broadway World In a collaboration with the MIT Media Lab and the One Laptop per Child Foundation, he designed and authored the TamTam music software suite running on the ... |