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1. B2 machines began arriving in Cambridge at the end of the week. We've begun shipping several hundred machines to developers and partners.
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To contribute a story or news idea, see the '''[[OLPC:Newsroom|OLPC newsroom]]'''.
2. David Cavallo reports that the Uruguayan government and IDRC hosted a two-day meeting in Montevideo for countries in the region intending to implement one-laptop-per-child initiatives. Attending were representatives from Uruguay, Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, and Costa Rica. Countries presented their plans and discussed pragmatics of deployment. Significantly all of the countries know 1:1 must be achieved.


For coverage of recent OLPC updates, see our [[twitter]] feed and [http://blog.laptop.org OLPC blog].
3. Barcelona: Michail Bletsas demonstrated the laptop at the Brightstar booth at 3GSM World Congress.


This page historically hosted announcements and news about OLPC, along with the Sugar Labs [http://wiki.sugarlabs.org/go/Sugar_Labs/Current_Events '''current events'''] page.
4. Performance: Red Hat's Marcelo Tosatti was in Cambridge this week. He spent time looking at Geode-specific speedups of core functions of the operating system. Although they did not offer the improvements promised, he will continue to look at them for inclusion as they might have a larger impact on other Geode hardware. He also explored the Psyco Python compiler. It speeds up some benchmarks by as much of 3×, but it is not yet clear how it affects our real- world applications. We have to do more measurements.


== Upcoming pieces ==
5. Journal: Tomeu Vizoso has joined the Sugar team. This week he started work on some re-usable UI controls for use in activities and spent some time on the front end of the journal. Marco Gritti spent time working on the journal design and looking at animation performance on the machine. Parts of the front end of the journal are starting to come together and are included in the latest builds.
; Claudia
: Learning Chat piece: 278 words, ready now. [[File:Learning Chat.docx]]
: Making Learning Visible: Claudia's (& Walter) original is 25 pages. Submitted to a journal. w/o OLPC Background it is down to 12-15 pages w/ screenshots.
: This can become a 4-part series.
; Antonio: Homo docens: 500+ words, Antonio approved my edits. [[File:Homo docens JLedits.docx]]
: Further work: we can definitely ask him to contribute on a quarterly basis but I've found that I have to be very specific as to what I am asking to do and he has to be comfortable that it is consistent with his academic work.
: Ask for a new piece on the epidemiology of learning
; Rodrigo:
: [[Ometepe]] - A beautiful piece with wonderful images. RAH posted a personal and lengthy version (1500+ words) that he shared with his private distribution list. I made an edited version (1200 words) that could be shared publicly. Must check with RAH on this. [[File:Ometepe articulo por Rodrigo Arboleda.pdf]] [[File:Ometepe by Rodrigo Arboleda (3).pdf]]
: I had hoped that we could do a video series with Rodrigo but the budget hasn't been approved. Giulia - can we get an answer on this?
; Rwanda:
: Rwanda case studies
: Ceri Whatley - summary of importance of headmasters - confirm subset to reuse
: Social mapping project - 1- or 2-part piece - check w/ Julia
: Grandmother project - 2- or 3-part piece - check w/ Julia (and is there more to that awesome series?)
; Other Africa
: So. Africa case studies
; Peru and Uruguay:
: ''Oscar B's piece on the IADB study?''
: You said that Uruguay and Peru produce a ton of content on a continuous basis. I'm struggling a bit with how we can easily get the content and translate it into English. Giulia - could Olga help? I don't want to burden her with more work. Maybe we do this every 2-3 months.
; Other LatAm:
: Colombia: Sandra's quarterly? newsletter and website could feed into this. Plus english translations.
: Nicaragua: Regular update, beyond Ometepe?
: Paraguay: Contact [[ParaguayEduca]]
: Mexico: Ask Mariana @ OLPCMexico
; OLPC Australia: Great text and videos.
; OLPC Europe: Quarterly update from them?
; OLPC Oceania: Quarterly updates from Mike Hutak
; OLPC Jamaica: Quarterly update from Sameer, good videos.
; North America
: Miami - David! and a story from Chester
: Canada - Jennifer Martino, Q


== News archives ==
6. Sugar Tutorial: Between working on builds and fixing memory leaks in some of our Python binding, John Palmieri “Sugarized” a Tetris-like activity for the laptop written by Vadim Gerasimov. John plans to will use this a as the basis for a tutorial on how to create a Python-based activity for the laptop.


'''[http://lists.laptop.org/pipermail/community-news/ Weekly OLPC News postings]''' to the community-news mailing list give updates on recent work. Weekly summaries were also posted on-wiki during [[OLPC:News/2008|2008]]. Weekly postings to the list were put on hold at the start of 2009, and started again in 2010.
7. School server: John Watlington is joining OLPC to head our School Server project; he will also be helping out on completing the Generation-1 system until a hardware architect can be found.


Archives: [[OLPC:News/Archive 1|2005-2006]]
8. Firmware: Richard Smith released Q2B73, which includes improved battery-charging embedded contoller (EC) code from Quanta and many Open Firmware (OFW) improvements. Since Mitch Bradley was in Cambridge all week, he and Richard spent much time working on firmware improvements; notably some OFW code that lets us look at all the public EC battery RAM variables. (See http://wiki.laptop.org/go/OLPC_Firmware_Q2B73)
| [[OLPC:News/Archive 2|2007]]
| [[OLPC:News/Archive 3|2008]]
| [[OLPC:News/Archive 4|2009-10]]


=== Translations ===
Mitch found the residual MSR problems with the fast-boot startup. The EHCI (enhanced host-controller interface) works, B2 works, and DCON (display controller) works: all systems go for resume from RAM testing. Mitch also found and fixed a DMA boundary-crossing problem in the OFW SD driver. The same problem also exists in the Linux SD driver. Andres Salomon is fixing it there. Lilian Walter continues work on the WPA/WPA2 (Wi-Fi protected access) supplicant functionality; the firmware wireless driver is ready for preliminary integration, but it has not yet appeared in a firmware build.
Sporadic translations of news archives from 2008 and earlier can be found here:
: [[OLPC:News/lang-de|German]] | [[OLPC:News/lang-es|Spanish]] | [[OLPC:News/lang-ja|Japanese]] | [[OLPC:News/lang-ko|Korean]]


== [[OLPC:Videos|OLPC videos]] ==
10. Kernel and base system work: Andres also worked this week with Mitch and Jordan Crouse debugging kernel support for the virtual socket architecture (VSA)-less firmware. Andres also merged Marcelo's cleaned-up libertas driver into an experimental kernel. Linus Torvalds has merged dynticks into the kernel, so Andres started merging in 2.6.20-rc1.
For a history of videos about OLPC and the XO, see [http://olpc.tv olpc.tv] and [[OLPC:Videos]].


== Sugar news ==
11. Python: Chris Blizzard, John, and Marco exploring a non-fPIC Python 2.5 to use in our build; the current plan is to wait for a new stable image next week, and then move to the Fedora 7 versions of the Python tools, compiled with our compiler flags, but Fedora's source code. This would mean we do not have to maintain a set of Python sources ourselves. We expect that Python 2.5, compiled with correct compiler flags, will speed up our application startup time, perhaps by as much as a factor or two.
Walter continues to post summaries of Sugar development '''[http://walterbender.org/?cat=3 on his blog]'''.


== Press ==
12. Media: Erik Blankinship reports that he has the mplayer plugin working in the XO browser playing back ogg-theora successfully.
For an archive of OLPC media coverage, see the [[OLPC:Press/2005-2008|2005-2008 press archives]].


== Past announcements ==
13. Keyboard: Walter Bender has been working with Ted Selker, Bret Recor, and Eben Eliason on some fine-tuning of the keyboard for B3. We are exploring enlarged keycaps, tapering of the keycaps, and some slight modifications of the keycap legends. Eben and Bret have also reworked the graphics for the game-controller buttons.
Developed through 2011 by the Racepoint Group, OLPC's ''pro bono'' PR firm.


* 2008-08-06 : [[Media:OLPC-Asia.doc|One Laptop per Child expands its presence in Asia]] with project leads in India and China
Laptop News is archived at [http://laptop.media.mit.edu/laptopnews.nsf/latest/news Laptop News].
* 2008-05-20 : [[Media:XO-2-preview.doc|One Laptop per Child frames the next generation of the revolutionary XO laptop]], with a lighter dual-touchscreen design.
* 2008-05-15 : [[Media:XP-on-XO.doc|Microsoft Windows XP is now available on the XO laptop]]
* 2008-05-03 : [[Media:Kane-appointment.doc|One Laptop per Child appoints Charles Kane as President and Chief Operating Officer]]
* 2008-01-07 : [[Media:G1G1-results.doc|One Laptop per Child Giving Campaign Raises $35 Million]] in 2007
* 2007-12-12 : [http://www.smartbrief.com/news/aaaa/industryPR-detail.jsp?id=2FDAB6BE-AE3B-482F-A7B0-6570C75397E4 ''The Kite Runner'' Inspires Gift Through One Laptop]
* 2007-12-05 : [[Media:Peru-OLPC.doc|Peru launches OLPC with 40,000 laptops]], starting with one-classroom schools across the country.
* 2007-12-04 : [[Media:Birmingham-OLPC.doc|Birmingham, Alabama commits to One Laptop per Child]], with a pilot of 15,000 laptops across the city.
* 2007-11-24 : [http://www.50x15.com/en-us/sol_results_xo.aspx The Holiday Season Starts with Giving One Laptop]
* 2007-10-29 : [[Media:Uruguay-launch.doc|OLPC wins a bid to provide 100,000 laptops to children in Uruguay]], to be overseen by the Uruguayan CEIBAL project
* 2007-10-22 : [http://www.businesswire.com/news/google/20071022005302/en One Laptop per Child creates the world's "greenest" laptop computer]
* 2007-06-11 : [[Media:Mass-production.doc|Mass Production of XO's begins!]] at Quanta's Chinese facilities.
* 2007-01-03 : [http://www.businesswire.com/news/google/20070103005194/en OLPC Announces First-of-Its-Kind User Interface for XO Laptop Computer]


You can subscribe to the OLPC community-news mailing list by visiting the [http://mailman.laptop.org/mailman/listinfo/community-news laptop.org mailman site].


Press requests: please send email to press@laptop.org


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=MILESTONES=
{|
|-
|align="right" valign="top"|Jan.&nbsp;2007
|[[Rwanda]] announced its participation in the project.

|-
|align="right" valign="top"|Dec.&nbsp;2006
|[[OLPC Uruguay|Uruguay]] [http://www.presidencia.gub.uy/_Web/noticias/2006/12/2006121402.htm announced] its participation in the project.

|-
|align="right" valign="top"|Nov.&nbsp;2006
|First B1 machines are built; IDB and OLPC formalize an agreement regarding Latin American and Caribbean education.

|-
|align="right" valign="top"|Oct.&nbsp;2006
|B-test boards become available; [[Libya]] announces plans for one laptop for every child

|-
|align="right" valign="top"|Sep.&nbsp;2006
|UI designs presented; integrated software build released; SES-Astra joins OLPC

|-
|align="right" valign="top"|Aug.&nbsp;2006
|Working prototype of the dual-mode display

|-
|align="right" valign="top"|Jun.&nbsp;2006
|500 developer boards are shipped worldwide; WiFi operational; Csound demonstrated over the mesh network<br/>First video with working prototype [http://www.siliconvalleysleuth.com/2006/06/first_video_of_.html]

|-
|align="right" valign="top"|May&nbsp;2006
|eBay joins OLPC; display specs set; A-test boards become available; $100 Server is announced

|-
|align="right" valign="top"|Apr.&nbsp;2006
|Pre-A test board boots; Squid and FreePlay present first human-power systems

|-
|align="right" valign="top"|Mar.&nbsp;2006
|Yves Behar and FuseProject are selected as industry designers

|-
|align="right" valign="top"|Feb.&nbsp;2006
|Marvell joins OLPC and continues to partner on network hardware

|-
|align="right" valign="top"|Jan.&nbsp;2006
|World Economic Forum, Switzerland<br/>UNDP and OLPC Sign Partnership Agreement<br/>[http://content.undp.org/go/newsroom/january-2006/100-dollar-laptop-20060128.en?categoryID=349422 news release]

|-
|align="right" valign="top"|Dec.&nbsp;2005
|Quanta Computer Inc. to Manufacture Laptop<br/>[http://www.laptop.org/2005-1213-olpc.html (html)][http://www.laptop.org/2005-1213-olpc.pdf (pdf)]

|-
|align="right" valign="top"|Nov.&nbsp;2005
|WSIS, Tunisia<br/>Prototype Unveiled by UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan; Nortel joins OLPC<br/>
Photos: [http://www.itu.int/wsis/plib/detail.asp?y=2005&amp;n=6265 (Image 1)]
[http://www.itu.int/wsis/plib/detail.asp?y=2005&amp;n=6264 (Image 2)] [http://www.itu.int/wsis/plib/detail.asp?y=2005&amp;n=6263 (Image 3)]<br/>
Webcast: [http://196.203.134.60/archives/pc-051116-1900-ar.rm?start=00:01:22 (Arabic)]
[http://196.203.134.60/archives/pc-051116-1900-en.rm?start=00:01:26 (English)]
[http://196.203.134.60/archives/pc-051116-1900-fr.rm?start=00:01:30 (French)]
[http://196.203.134.60/archives/pc-051116-1900-fl.rm?start=00:01:35 (original)]<br/>
<i>Webcast provided by the ITU and UN Webcast Services with the support of RealNetworks Ltd. [http://www.real.com/freeplayer/?rppr=rnwk RealPlayer] is required to view the webcast (available at no cost).</i>

|-
|align="right"|Aug. 2005
|Design Continuum starts design of first laptop

|-
|align="right"|Jul. 2005
|Formal signing of original members of OLPC

|-
|align="right"|Mar. 2005
|Brightstar and Red Hat come on board

|-
|align="right"|Jan. 2005
|Laptop initiative officially announced at World Economic Forum, Davos, Switzerland; AMD, News Corp. and Google agree to join OLPC
|}

=PRESS=
{|
|-
|align="right"|3&nbsp;Jan.&nbsp;2007
|| networkworld.com| [http://www.networkworld.com/news/2007/010307-olpc-aims-for-mass-production.html OLPC Aims for Mass Production in Third Quarter]
|-
|align="right"|3&nbsp;Jan.&nbsp;2007
|| IDG.net| [http://www.computerworld.com/action/article.do?command=viewArticleBasic&articleId=9007078&intsrc=hm_list One Laptop per Child Sweetens Hardware with 'Sugar' UI]
|-
|align="right"|3&nbsp;Jan.&nbsp;2007
|| YAHOO! Finance| [http://biz.yahoo.com/bw/070103/20070103005194.html?.v=1 OLPC Announces First-of-Its Kind User Interface for XO Laptop Computer]
|-
|align="right"|2&nbsp;Jan.&nbsp;2007
|| Bicyclemark's Communique (podcast)| [http://bicyclemark.org/blog/2007/01/bm176-one-laptop-per-child/ One Laptop Per Child (@23C3)]
|-
|align="right"|22&nbsp;Dec.&nbsp;2006
||Financial Times | [https://registration.ft.com/registration/barrier?referer=http://k12os.org/?q=aggregator/sources/8&page=2&location=http%3A//www.ft.com/cms/s/96aac476-94f8-11db-a911-0000779e2340.html Clever Kit to Benefit Developing Countries]
|-
|align="right"|27&nbsp;Nov.&nbsp;2006
|| Pagina/12| [http://www.pagina12.com.ar/diario/sociedad/3-76835-2006-11-27.html La manera más económica para mejorar la educación]
|-
|align="right"|21&nbsp;Nov.&nbsp;2006
|| Official Release|[http://www.redorbit.com/news/technology/739111/first_1000_xo_laptops_roll_off_the_assembly_line_in/index.html?source=r_technology First 1,000 XO-Laptops Roll off the Assembly Line in Shanghai]
|-
|align="right"|19&nbsp;Nov.&nbsp;2006
||Jamaica Gleaner| [http://www.jamaica-gleaner.com/gleaner/20061119/focus/focus4.html Technology - a tool for transformation]
|-
|align="right"|19&nbsp;Nov.&nbsp;2006
|| International Herald Tribune| [http://www.iht.com/articles/2006/11/19/features/design20.php One Laptop per Child: Computer designed for those who can least afford them]
|-
|align="right"|Nov./Dec.&nbsp;2006
|| Technology Review| [http://www.techreview.com/BizTech/17778/ Will This Save the World? The $100 Laptop Part III]
|-
|align="right"|Nov./Dec.&nbsp;2006
|| Technology Review| [http://www.technologyreview.com/BizTech/17777/ Will This Save the World? The $100 Laptop Part II]
|-
|align="right"|Nov./Dec.&nbsp;2006
|| Technology Review| [http://www.technologyreview.com/read_article.aspx?id=17722&ch=biztech Will This Save the World? The $100 Laptop Part I]
|-
|align="right"|8&nbsp;Nov.&nbsp;2006
||Popular Science| [http://www.popsci.com/popsci/flat/bown/2006/product_31.html Best of What's New 2006: One Laptop per Child XO- Better Screen, Better World]
|-
|align="right"|6&nbsp;Nov.&nbsp;2006
||ZDNet.co.uk | [http://opinion.zdnet.co.uk/comment/0,1000002138,39284554,00.htm Why Every Child Deserves a Laptop- Matthew Szulik, CEO, Red Hat]
|-
|align="right"|27&nbsp;Oct.&nbsp;2006
||LinuxWorld | [http://www.linuxworld.com/news/2006/102706-childrens-laptops.html Children's Laptop Inspires Open Source Projects]
|-
|align="right"|24&nbsp;Oct.&nbsp;2006
||LA Times | [http://www.latimes.com/news/opinion/commentary/la-oe-lunenfeld24oct24,0,2221682.story?coll=la-news-comment-opinions Upward Mobility in a Laptop]
|-
|align="right"|24&nbsp;Oct.&nbsp;2006
||Fortune | [http://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/2006/10/30/8391805/index.htm This PC wants to save the world]
|-
|align="right"|12&nbsp;Oct.&nbsp;2006
||Bostonist | [http://www.bostonist.com/archives/2006/10/12/one_laptop_per_child_for_libya.php One Laptop per Child for Libya]
|-
|align="right"|11&nbsp;Oct.&nbsp;2006
||New York Times | [http://www.nytimes.com/2006/10/11/world/africa/11laptop.html U.S. Group Reaches Deal to Provide Laptops to All Libyan Schoolchildren]
|-
|align="right"|3&nbsp;Oct.&nbsp;2006
||GulfNews.com | [http://archive.gulfnews.com/articles/06/10/03/10071979.html College gets look at $100 Children's Laptop Computer]
|-
|align="right"|25&nbsp;Sep.&nbsp;2006
||vnunet.com | [http://www.vnunet.com/vnunet/news/2164876/olpc-receives-free-satellite OLPC offered free satellite connections]
|-
|align="right"|14&nbsp;Sep.&nbsp;2006
||Vanguard | [http://www.vanguardngr.com/articles/2002/features/technology/tec114092006.html Keyboard In Three Nigerian Languages Ready-Obasanjo]
|-
|align="right"|08&nbsp;Sep.&nbsp;2006
||Technology Review | [http://www.technologyreview.com/read_article.aspx?id=17416&ch=infotech Hack: The Hundred Dollar Laptop]
|-
|align="right"|06&nbsp;Sep.&nbsp;2006
||nacion.com | [http://www.nacion.com/ln_ee/2006/septiembre/05/aldea818336.html Computadoras de $100 estarán listas en el 2007]
|-
|align="right"|&nbsp;Aug.&nbsp;2006
||Wired | [http://wired.com/wired/archive/14.08/laptop.html The Laptop Crusade]
|-
|align="right"|28&nbsp;Aug.&nbsp;2006
||PCINpact.com | [http://light.pcinpact.com/actu/news/30979-LOLPC-a-100-est-finalise-un-engin-hors-du-co.htm L'OLPC a 100 $ est finalise: un engin hors du commun]
|-
|align="right"|21&nbsp;Aug.&nbsp;2006
||EWeek.com | [http://www.eweek.com/article2/0,1895,2006350,00.asp Knocking Down Barriers to the $100 Laptop]
|-
|align="right"|31&nbsp;Jul.&nbsp;2006
||NPR | [http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=5593637 Affordable Laptop Computer Project Moves Forward]
|-
|align="right"|07&nbsp;Jul.&nbsp;2006
||San Diego Union-Tribune | [http://www.signonsandiego.com/news/education/20060707-9999-7m7laptops.html U.S. and international educators show great interest in prototype]

|-
|align="right"|Jul.&nbsp;2006
||SPIE Professional | [http://newsroom.spie.org/x3689.xml $100 laptop nears launch]

|-
|align="right"|21&nbsp;Jun.&nbsp;2006
||BusinessWeek online | [http://www.businessweek.com/bwdaily/dnflash/jun2006/nf20060621_8327.htm For Brazil's Poor, a Digital Deliverance?]

|-
|align="right"|24&nbsp;May&nbsp;2006
||CNET News.com | [http://news.zdnet.com/2100-1040_22-6076351.html $100 laptop gets working prototype]

|-
|align="right"|07&nbsp;Apr.&nbsp;2006
||rediff.com | [http://inhome.rediff.com/money/2006/apr/07laptop.htm Our $100 laptops will run on human power]

|-
|align="right"|02&nbsp;Apr.&nbsp;2006
||O Estado de S.Paulo | [http://txt.estado.com.br/editorias/2006/04/02/opi79898.xml Fazer a diferença]

|-
|align="right"|28&nbsp;Mar.&nbsp;2006
||FT.com | [http://news.ft.com/cms/s/cda9ff16-bd97-11da-a998-0000779e2340,dwp_uuid=863bb51c-1f76-11da-853a-00000e2511c8,s01=1.html Waking up to a laptop revolution]

|-
|align="right"|24&nbsp;Mar.&nbsp;2006
||Diário do Comércio | [http://net.dcomercio.com.br/WebSearch/v.asp?TxtId=137775&SessionID=777715923&id=4&q=(Bender) Um Laptop por Crianca]

|-
|align="right"|22&nbsp;Mar.&nbsp;2006
||Times Online | [http://business.timesonline.co.uk/article/0,,13132-2097123,00.html Getting the world's poor logged on]

|-
|align="right"|09&nbsp;Mar.&nbsp;2006
||Correio Popular | [http://www.info4.com.br/gomateria.asp?c=683&amp;a=551&amp;m=576482&amp;l=52455&amp;who=21535 País disputa fabricação de laptop de US$ 100]

|-
|&nbsp;
||Folha de S. Paulo | [http://www.info4.com.br/gomateria.asp?c=683&amp;a=551&amp;m=574713&amp;l=52431&amp;who=21535 Governo quer comprar 1 milhão de laptops ]

|-
|&nbsp;
||Info Exame On Line | [http://www.info4.com.br/gomateria.asp?c=683&amp;a=683&amp;m=10893&amp;l=6490&amp;who=21535 Governo quer um milhão de laptops de US$ 100 ]

|-
|align="right"|08&nbsp;Mar.&nbsp;2006
||IDG Now | [http://www.info4.com.br/gomateria.asp?c=683&amp;a=683&amp;m=10891&amp;l=6489&amp;who=21535 Faculdade abre programa de inclusão digital para alunos ]

|-
|&nbsp;
||Folha de S. Paulo | [http://www.info4.com.br/gomateria.asp?c=683&amp;a=683&amp;m=10885&amp;l=6486&amp;who=21535 Governo negocia fabricação do laptop de US$ 100 no Brasil]

|-
|&nbsp;
||Agência Globo | [http://www.info4.com.br/gomateria.asp?c=683&amp;a=683&amp;m=10887&amp;l=6487&amp;who=21535 Governo estuda possibilidade de produção de computador de US$ 100 no país]

|-
|&nbsp;
||Teletime News | [http://www.info4.com.br/gomateria.asp?c=683&amp;a=683&amp;m=10889&amp;l=6488&amp;who=21535 DVB detalha contrapartidas oferecidas ao Brasil]

|-
|align="right"|05&nbsp;Mar.&nbsp;2006
||ACM/CIE | [http://www.acm.org/pubs/cie/jan2006/clips/nicholas_negroponte.mov Interview with Nicholas Negroponte on the $100 laptop]

|-
|align="right"|16&nbsp;Feb.&nbsp;2006
||MITIR | [http://web.mit.edu/mitir/podcasts/2006-02-21_Bender_OLPC.mp3 Podcast of Walter Bender's MURJ lecture on One Laptop per Child]

|-
|align="right"|15&nbsp;Feb.&nbsp;2006
||CNET | [http://news.com.com/PCs+for+the+poor+Which+design+will+win/2100-1003_3-6040019.html PCs for the poor: Which design will win?]

|-
|align="right"|10&nbsp;Feb.&nbsp;2006
||CNET | [http://news.com.com/A+vaporware+battle+royale/2010-1071_3-6037674.html Perspective: Will the $100 PC fly?]

|-
|align="right"|09&nbsp;Feb.&nbsp;2006
||NYTimes | [http://select.nytimes.com/gst/abstract.html?res=F70E14F83F5A0C7A8CDDAB0894DE404482 A Plug for the Unplugged $100 Laptop Computer for Developing Nations]

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|&nbsp;
||UPI | [http://www.upi.com/Hi-Tech/view.php?StoryID=20060209-124347-1619r One Laptop Project reaches critical stages]

|-
|align="right"|31&nbsp;Jan.&nbsp;2006
||Slashdot | [http://hardware.slashdot.org/hardware/06/01/31/0357225.shtml Microsoft OS Smart Phone for Developing Nations]

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||USA Today | [http://www.usatoday.com/tech/columnist/kevinmaney/2006-01-31-gates_x.htm Gates sees cellphones as way to help Third World]

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|&nbsp;
||Macworld | [http://www.macworld.com/news/2006/01/31/redhat/index.php Red Hat officially commits to MIT's $100 laptop]

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|align="right"|20&nbsp;Dec.&nbsp;2005
||BusinessWeek online | [http://www.businessweek.com/technology/content/dec2005/tc20051220_069981.htm Quanta faces challenges in making "millions and millions" of $100 laptops.]

|-
|align="right"|19&nbsp;Dec.&nbsp;2005
||Forbes.com | [http://www.forbes.com/home/feeds/afx/2005/12/19/afx2400542.html China to decide by March whether to join OneLaptopPerChild project.]

|-
|align="right"|14&nbsp;Dec.&nbsp;2005
||UPI | [http://www.upi.com/Hi-Tech/view.php?StoryID=20051214-042829-9724r Nortel to take part in OneLaptopPerChild endeavor.]

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|align="right"|13&nbsp;Dec.&nbsp;2005
||Red Herring | [http://saiquist.notlong.com Quanta to manufacture laptops; expects deliveries in 2006 4th quarter.]

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|align="right"|11&nbsp;Dec.&nbsp;2005
||NYTimes | [http://www.nytimes.com/2005/12/11/magazine/11ideas_section2-11.html NY Times: 5th Annual Year in Ideas $100 Laptop]

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|align="right"|01&nbsp;Dec.&nbsp;2005
||RFDESIGN | [http://rfdesign.com/news/laptops-wireless-connectivity/ $100 Laptops Feature Novel Peer-to-Peer Wireless Connectivity]

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|align="right"|30&nbsp;Nov.&nbsp;2005
||FT.com | [http://news.ft.com/cms/s/06810fda-61bf-11da-8470-0000779e2340.html Five companies in Asia making bids to manufacture $100 laptop.]

|-
|align="right"|28&nbsp;Nov.&nbsp;2005
||Fortune Magazine | [http://www.fortune.com/fortune/articles/0,15114,1129896,00.html?promoid=cnnmoney THE DIGITAL DIVIDE: I'd Like to Teach the World to Type]

|-
|align="right"|25&nbsp;Nov.&nbsp;2005
||People's Daily Online | [http://english.people.com.cn/200511/25/eng20051125_223849.html Nigerian president says government has budgeted for a million $100 laptops.]

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|align="right"|17&nbsp;Nov.&nbsp;2005
||BBC News | [http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/4445060.stm UN Debut for $100 Laptop for Poor]

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||Seattle Times | [http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/businesstechnology/2002628425_laptop17.html $100 Laptops Aim to Bring Children the World]

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|&nbsp;
||TechWhack | [http://news.techwhack.com/2455/171131-mit-unveils-their-usd-100-laptop/ MIT Unveils their USD 100 Laptop]

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|&nbsp;
||ZDNet | [http://news.zdnet.co.uk/hardware/mobile/0,39020360,39237304,00.htm '$100 Laptops' Here by Next Year]

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|&nbsp;
||ABC | [http://abc.net.au/science/news/stories/s1508732.htm $100 Laptop Bridges Digital Divide]

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|&nbsp;
||Financial Express | [http://www.financialexpress.com/latest_full_story.php?content_id=108887 Laptop @$100!]

|-
|align="right"|16&nbsp;Nov.&nbsp;2005
||MIT News Office | [http://web.mit.edu/newsoffice/2005/laptop-1116.html Annan to Present Prototype $100 Laptop at World Summit on Information Society]

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|&nbsp;
||CNET | [http://news.com.com/2300-1028_3-5956458-1.html?part=rss&amp;tag=5956458&amp;subj=news $100 Laptop Takes World Stage]

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|&nbsp;
||CNET | [http://news.com.com/100+laptop+expected+in+late+2006/2100-1028_3-5956402.html $100 Laptop Expected in Late 2006]

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|&nbsp;
||Christian Science Monitor | [http://www.csmonitor.com/2005/1116/p04s01-ussc.html A Low-Cost Laptop for Every Child]

|-
|align="right"|14&nbsp;Nov.&nbsp;2005
||WSJ | [http://online.wsj.com/public/article/SB113193305149696140-442o71jo_IlBrLpyUeeOdsqDs7E_20061113.html The $100 Laptop Moves Closer to Reality]

|-
|align="right"|13&nbsp;Nov.&nbsp;2005
||The Inquirer | [http://www.theinquirer.net/?article=27646 Hubris over $100 Laptop idea]

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||New York Times | [http://select.nytimes.com/search/restricted/article?res=F20D13F63D5B0C718DDDA90994DD404482 Google Earmarks $265million for Charity and Social Causes]

|-
|align="right"|13&nbsp;Oct.&nbsp;2005
||Technology Review | [http://www.technologyreview.com/articles/05/10/wo/wo_101305negroponte.asp The Hundred Dollar Man: Technology Review's editor in chief, Jason Pontin, talk with Nicholas Negroponte about the Hundred Dollar Computer.]

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|align="right"|29&nbsp;Sep.&nbsp;2005
||I4U News | [http://www.i4u.com/article4295.html Sub-$100 Laptop design unveiled]

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|align="right"|28&nbsp;Sep.&nbsp;2005
||Boston Globe | [http://www.boston.com/business/globe/articles/2005/09/28/for_each_poor_child_in_world_a_laptop/ Prototypes of $100 laptop with hand crank planned by early next year.]

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|&nbsp;
||MIT World | [http://mitworld.mit.edu/video/313/ NN at Technology Review]

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|align="right"|27&nbsp;Sep.&nbsp;2005
||Datamation | [http://itmanagement.earthweb.com/netsys/article.php/3551746 Low cost PCs for the Enterprise]

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|align="right"|06&nbsp;Jun.&nbsp;2005
||estadao.com.br | [http://www.link.estadao.com.br/index.cfm?id_conteudo=3915 Cada criança na escola com um laptop a tiracolo]

|}

=PRESS RELEASES=
{|
|align="right" valign="top"|Jan.&nbsp;2007
|OLPC has [http://home.businesswire.com/portal/site/google/index.jsp?ndmViewId=news_view&newsId=20070112005706&newsLang=en No Plans] to Commercialize XO Computer.
|-
|align="right" valign="top"|Jan.&nbsp;2007
|OLPC [http://biz.yahoo.com/bw/070103/20070103005194.html?.v=1 Announces] First-of-Its-Kind User Interface for XO Laptop Computer.
|-
|align="right" valign="top"|Jan.&nbsp;2007
|Rwanda [http://home.businesswire.com/portal/site/google/index.jsp?ndmViewId=news_view&newsId=20070103005861&newsLang=en Commits] to One Laptop per Child Initiative.
|-
|align="right" valign="top"|Dec.&nbsp;2006
|Low Cost [http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20061231/ap_on_hi_te/hundred_dollar_laptop Laptop] Could Tranform Learning.
|}

=[[Video of the OLPC | Video]]=
(Misc. videos of the laptop can be found.)

http://video.globo.com/Videos/Player/Noticias/0,,GIM607884-7823-CRIANCAS+TESTAM+COMPUTADOR+PORTATIL,00.html | Crianças testam computador portátil/ Students test the laptop, GLOBO- BRASIL

http://stanford-online.stanford.edu/courses/ee380/061004-ee380-300.asx | Mark Foster delivers presentation to Standford University

http://www.technologyreview.com/ | Technology Review Mini-Documentary

http://www.radiofarda.com/Article/2007/01/04/f2_Interview-laptop.html | A Brief Demo

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Upcoming pieces

Claudia
Learning Chat piece: 278 words, ready now. File:Learning Chat.docx
Making Learning Visible: Claudia's (& Walter) original is 25 pages. Submitted to a journal. w/o OLPC Background it is down to 12-15 pages w/ screenshots.
This can become a 4-part series.
Antonio
Homo docens: 500+ words, Antonio approved my edits. File:Homo docens JLedits.docx
Further work: we can definitely ask him to contribute on a quarterly basis but I've found that I have to be very specific as to what I am asking to do and he has to be comfortable that it is consistent with his academic work.
Ask for a new piece on the epidemiology of learning
Rodrigo
Ometepe - A beautiful piece with wonderful images. RAH posted a personal and lengthy version (1500+ words) that he shared with his private distribution list. I made an edited version (1200 words) that could be shared publicly. Must check with RAH on this. File:Ometepe articulo por Rodrigo Arboleda.pdf File:Ometepe by Rodrigo Arboleda (3).pdf
I had hoped that we could do a video series with Rodrigo but the budget hasn't been approved. Giulia - can we get an answer on this?
Rwanda
Rwanda case studies
Ceri Whatley - summary of importance of headmasters - confirm subset to reuse
Social mapping project - 1- or 2-part piece - check w/ Julia
Grandmother project - 2- or 3-part piece - check w/ Julia (and is there more to that awesome series?)
Other Africa
So. Africa case studies
Peru and Uruguay
Oscar B's piece on the IADB study?
You said that Uruguay and Peru produce a ton of content on a continuous basis. I'm struggling a bit with how we can easily get the content and translate it into English. Giulia - could Olga help? I don't want to burden her with more work. Maybe we do this every 2-3 months.
Other LatAm
Colombia: Sandra's quarterly? newsletter and website could feed into this. Plus english translations.
Nicaragua: Regular update, beyond Ometepe?
Paraguay: Contact ParaguayEduca
Mexico: Ask Mariana @ OLPCMexico
OLPC Australia
Great text and videos.
OLPC Europe
Quarterly update from them?
OLPC Oceania
Quarterly updates from Mike Hutak
OLPC Jamaica
Quarterly update from Sameer, good videos.
North America
Miami - David! and a story from Chester
Canada - Jennifer Martino, Q

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