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=LAPTOP NEWS 2007-04-07=
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1. OLPC “Game Jam”—a game design and programming event designed to encourage development of open-source games for the OLPC platform (the XO)—is being held at Olin College next weekend. A group of game developers will get together over a three-day period to make as many innovative games as possible for the laptop. “Our goal is not just some great games and experimentation for the XO but also to bring the unique constraints and output of this project to next year's GDC Experimental Gameplay Workshop.” Code will be released on SourceForge under the GNU General Public License so everyone can freely experiment with the source and games.
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To contribute a story or news idea, see the '''[[OLPC:Newsroom|OLPC newsroom]]'''.
2. Mechanicals/ID: The XO mechanical design is finally complete. The last major item—the insert molded rubber/plastic bunny ears—was approved on April 4th. The core team responsible for this milestone: Frank Lee and Victor Chau of Quanta, Yves Behar and Bret Recor of Fuse, Jacques Gagne of Gecko, and Mary Lou Jepsen of OLPC. This is the culmination of nearly two years of efforts on the ID and mechanicals. It bears mention that many contributed to the ID/ME over this time on the laptop, and in addition to the above, we would especially like to acknowledge the following who at various times shouldered large parts of this effort:
Quanta: Ben Chuang, Johnson Huang, Sam Chang, Alex Chu, and Roger Huang
Fuse Project: Mitch Pergola and Martin Schnitzer
Design Continuum: Kenneth Jewell and Kevin Young
MIT Media Lab: Ted Selker
ChiLin: Albert Hsu, HT Chen and Scott Soong
OLPC: Nicholas Negroponte, Rebecca Allen, Mark Foster, Walter Bender, and Michail Bletsas


For coverage of recent OLPC updates, see our [[twitter]] feed and [http://blog.laptop.org OLPC blog].
3. System software: Build 385 and firmware Q2B87 form a new stable build. We do not anticipate another stable build for approximately 3–5 weeks, as we work on suspend and resume, power management, and the Geode LX bringup. Please update your systems to this build. Key changes and improvements include:
* a fix for a number of crashes in Sugar, which have been seen occasionally became much more common in Build 368 was finally traced to a bug in the fontconfig library;
* updated library content;
* improved UI for selecting networks, and further bug fixes in the network driver;
* fix for LiFePo battery problems (This is the last known battery problem.);
* memory of the WEP wireless key should be much improved;
* updated TamTam bundle (save and restore work properly);
* a new, improved calculator program from Reinier Heeres;
* a temporary workaround for a presence-service problem is in place; and
* sufficient aliases for old X11 core fonts that most applications not yet updated to the current X client-side font model should work (specifically, this fixes a crash in the Adobe Flash 9 plug-in for Linux).


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.
We will have a automated backup script before the next stable build for backup of laptop contents to the school server; this is simply using the "rsync" command which is already included in current builds.


== Upcoming pieces ==
4. Firmware: Mitch Bradley completed preparations to cut over to
; Claudia
fastboot/suspend/resume firmware. The Q2Cxx series will include these new features:
: Learning Chat piece: 278 words, ready now. [[File:Learning Chat.docx]]
* suspend/resume support;
: 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.
* memtest86 built in to firmware;
: This can become a 4-part series.
* keyboard diagnostic that displays key presses graphically;
; Antonio: Homo docens: 500+ words, Antonio approved my edits. [[File:Homo docens JLedits.docx]]
* explicit probe-usb no longer needed: attempts to open the USB node automatically handle connection-status changes;
: 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.
* new boot flash layout per Quanta's request, plus tools to inspect manufacturing data and save it to a disk file; and
: Ask for a new piece on the epidemiology of learning
* faster boot time.
; 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 ==
Lilian Walters released to Mitch the keyboard self-test code and the auto reprobe for USB. Richard Smith released q2b86 and q2b87 with new EC bits that fix outstanding LiFe battery problems.


'''[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.
5. Power management: As mentioned above, we are cutting over to the “C” series of firmware releases as we develop our suspend/resume work. Richard worked on resume SD bug with Pierre Ossman. It seems that after a resume, the clock on the SD is not coming back up right. It starts but then goes away. Richard is still trying to hunt this down. Only SD is not resuming properly now. The resume time without SD is down to 0.23 seconds!


Archives: [[OLPC:News/Archive 1|2005-2006]]
6. Kernel: Andres Salomon did the regular Linux tree merge, merged the libertas wireless driver into the stable tree, and worked on the open firmware (OFW) device-tree kernel patch. The device-tree implementation is going to require a lot of tender-loving-care to get it upstream, unfortunately. Dave Woodhouse diagnosed a latent bug in the JFFS2 file system caused by pretty pathological logging behavior; it will require some work to fix. Jordan Crouse worked on the Geode LX frame buffer driver (lxfb).
| [[OLPC:News/Archive 2|2007]]
| [[OLPC:News/Archive 3|2008]]
| [[OLPC:News/Archive 4|2009-10]]


=== Translations ===
7. User environment: Jim Gettys figured out how the old core X font system worked, to enable applications using the obsolete X core font system (e.g., Adobe's Flash 9 plugin) to work properly on our system. Chris Ball tested fontconfig-2.4.2, which Jim correctly predicted as the fix to Sugar crashes that had become very common in Build 368. We had been about to revert the branch prediction firmware workaround instead. Both Chris Ball and Chris Blizzard have confirmed that the crash disappears as of Build 380. Chris also tracked down the Unicode scripts as the cause of our console font becoming tiny. John Palmieri came up with a fix, which is in the latest 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]] ==
8. School server: John Watlington reports that we have a school server up and running as a mesh portal in Cambridge. Up to three mesh networks are supported, with routing supplied between each other and the Internet.
For a history of videos about OLPC and the XO, see [http://olpc.tv olpc.tv] and [[OLPC:Videos]].


== Sugar news ==
Laptop News is archived at [http://laptop.media.mit.edu/laptopnews.nsf/latest/news Laptop News].
Walter continues to post summaries of Sugar development '''[http://walterbender.org/?cat=3 on his blog]'''.


== Press ==
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].
For an archive of OLPC media coverage, see the [[OLPC:Press/2005-2008|2005-2008 press archives]].


== Past announcements ==
Press requests: please send email to press@racepointgroup.com
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
=MILESTONES=
* 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]]
|align="right" valign="top"|Feb.&nbsp;2007
* 2008-01-07 : [[Media:G1G1-results.doc|One Laptop per Child Giving Campaign Raises $35 Million]] in 2007
|B2-test machines become available and are shipped to developers and the launch countries.
* 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]


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


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|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.


[[Category:OLPC]]
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|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=

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|align="right"|3&nbsp;Jan.&nbsp;2007
|| EDTECH.com| [[Media:EDTECH Focus On K-12 - The $150 Notebook.pdf| The $150 Notebook]]
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|align="right"|3&nbsp;Jan.&nbsp;2007
|| networkworld.com| [[Media:Networkworld.com news 2007 010307-olpc-aims-for-ma...pdf| OLPC Aims for Mass Production in Third Quarter]]
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|align="right"|3&nbsp;Jan.&nbsp;2007
|| IDG.net| [[Media:Computerworld.comOne Laptop Per Child sweetens hardware with 'Sugar' UI.pdf| One Laptop per Child Sweetens Hardware with 'Sugar' UI]]
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|align="right"|3&nbsp;Jan.&nbsp;2007
|| YAHOO! Finance| [[Media:Yahoo.com OLPC Announces First-of-Its-Kind User Interface for XO Laptop...pdf| OLPC Announces First-of-Its Kind User Interface for XO Laptop Computer]]
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|align="right"|2&nbsp;Jan.&nbsp;2007
|| Bicyclemark's Communique (podcast)| [[Media:Bicyclemark’s Communique » bm176 One Laptop per Child.pdf| (@23C3)Podcast:OLPC]]
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|align="right"|27&nbsp;Nov.&nbsp;2006
||Pagina/12|[[Media:Página 12 Web Sociedad “La manera más económica para me...pdf| Pagina/12]]
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|align="right"|21&nbsp;Nov.&nbsp;2006
|| Official Release| [[Media:First 1,000 XO Laptops Roll Off the Assembly Line in Shanghai...pdf| First 1,000 XO-Laptops Roll off the Assembly Line in Shanghai]]
|-
|align="right"|19&nbsp;Nov.&nbsp;2006
||Jamaica Gleaner| [[Media:Jamaica Gleaner News - Technology - a tool for transformation...pdf| Technology - a tool for transformation]]
|-
|align="right"|19&nbsp;Nov.&nbsp;2006
|| International Herald Tribune|[[Media:Herald Tribune One Laptop per Child Computer designed for those who can lea...pdf| OLPC: Computer designed for those who can least afford them]]
|-
|align="right"|Nov./Dec.&nbsp;2006
|| Technology Review| [[Media:Technology Review Part III Philanthropy's New Prototype.pdf| Will This Save the World? The $100 Laptop Part III]]
|-
|align="right"|Nov./Dec.&nbsp;2006
|| Technology Review| [[Media:Technology Review Part II Philanthropy's New Prototype.pdf| Will This Save the World? The $100 Laptop Part II]]
|-
|align="right"|Nov./Dec.&nbsp;2006
|| Technology Review| [[Media:Technology Review Part I Philanthropy's New Prototype.pdf| Will This Save the World? The $100 Laptop Part I]]
|-
|align="right"|8&nbsp;Nov.&nbsp;2006
||Popular Science| [[Media:PopSci's Best of What's New 2006.pdf| Best of What's New 2006: One Laptop per Child XO- Better Screen, Better World]]
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|align="right"|6&nbsp;Nov.&nbsp;2006
||ZDNet.co.uk | [[Media:Why every child deserves a laptop - ZDNet UK.pdf| Why Every Child Deserves a Laptop- Matthew Szulik, CEO, Red Hat]]
|-
|align="right"|27&nbsp;Oct.&nbsp;2006
||LinuxWorld | [[Media:Linux World Doing it for the kids, man Children's laptop inspires open s...pdf| Children's Laptop Inspires Open Source Projects]]
|-
|align="right"|24&nbsp;Oct.&nbsp;2006
||Fortune |[[Media:CNNMoney.com Intel doubts Nicholas Negroponte's $100 laptop - October 30, ...pdf| This PC wants to save the world]]
|-
|align="right"|12&nbsp;Oct.&nbsp;2006
||Bostonist | [[Media:Bostonist One Laptop Per Child for Libya.pdf| One Laptop per Child for Libya]]
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|align="right"|3&nbsp;Oct.&nbsp;2006
||GulfNews.com | [[Media:Gulfnews College gets look at $100 children's laptop computer.pdf| College gets look at $100 Children's Laptop Computer]]
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|align="right"|25&nbsp;Sep.&nbsp;2006
||vnunet.com | [[Media:OLPC offered free satellite connections - vnunet.pdf| OLPC offered free satellite connections]]
|-
|align="right"|14&nbsp;Sep.&nbsp;2006
||Vanguard | [[Media:Vanguard - Technology Keyboard In Three Nigerian Languages ...pdf| Keyboard In Three Nigerian Languages Ready-Obasanjo]]
|-
|align="right"|08&nbsp;Sep.&nbsp;2006
||Technology Review | [[Media:Technology Review Hack The Hundred-Dollar Laptop.pdf| Hack: The Hundred Dollar Laptop]]
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|align="right"|06&nbsp;Sep.&nbsp;2006
||nacion.com | [[Media:Nacion.pdf| Computadoras de $100 estarán listas en el 2007]]
|-
|align="right"|&nbsp;Aug.&nbsp;2006
||Wired | [[Media:Wired 14.pdf| The Laptop Crusade]]
|-
|align="right"|28&nbsp;Aug.&nbsp;2006
||PCINpact.com | [[Media:L'OLPC à 100 $ est finalisé un engin hors du commun - PC IN...pdf| L'OLPC à 100 $ est finalisé un engin hors du commun]]
|-
|align="right"|21&nbsp;Aug.&nbsp;2006
||EWeek.com | [[Media:Knocking Down the Barriers to the $100 Laptop.pdf| Knocking Down Barriers to the $100 Laptop]]
|-
|align="right"|31&nbsp;Jul.&nbsp;2006
||NPR | [[Media:NPR Affordable Laptop Computer Project Moves Forward.pdf| Affordable Laptop Computer Project Moves Forward]]
|-
|align="right"|07&nbsp;Jul.&nbsp;2006
||San Diego Union-Tribune | [[Media:SignOnSanDiego.pdf| U.S. and international educators show great interest in prototype]]
|-
|align="right"|Jul.&nbsp;2006
||SPIE Professional | [[Media:The non-profit One Laptop per Child with Nicholas Negroponte ...pdf| $100 laptop nears launch]]
|-
|align="right"|21&nbsp;Jun.&nbsp;2006
||BusinessWeek online | [[Media:For Brazil's Poor, a Digital Deliverance .pdf| For Brazil's Poor, a Digital Deliverance?]]
|-
|align="right"|24&nbsp;May&nbsp;2006
||CNET News.com | [[Media:$100 laptop gets working prototype Tech News on ZDNet.pdf| $100 laptop gets working prototype]]
|-
|align="right"|07&nbsp;Apr.&nbsp;2006
||rediff.com | [[Media:'Our $100 laptops will run on human power'.pdf| Our $100 laptops will run on human power]]
|-
|align="right"|02&nbsp;Apr.&nbsp;2006
||O Estado de S.Paulo | [[Media:Fazer a diferença TXT Estado.pdf| Fazer a diferença]]
|-
|align="right"|28&nbsp;Mar.&nbsp;2006
||FT.com | [[Media:FT2.pdf| Waking up to a laptop revolution]]
|-
|align="right"|24&nbsp;Mar.&nbsp;2006
||Diário do Comércio | [[Media:Diário do Comércio.pdf| Um Laptop por Crianca]]
|-
|align="right"|22&nbsp;Mar.&nbsp;2006
||Times Online | [[Media:Getting the world's poor logged on-Business-Markets-China-Tim...pdf| Getting the world's poor logged on]]
|-
|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 | [[Media:PCs for the poor Which design will win CNET News.pdf| PCs for the poor: Which design will win?]]
|-
|align="right"|10&nbsp;Feb.&nbsp;2006
||CNET | [[Media:Will the $100 PC fly Perspectives CNET News.pdf| Perspective: Will the $100 PC fly?]]
|-
|&nbsp;
||UPI | [[Media:United Press International - NewsTrack - One Laptop Project r...pdf| One Laptop Project reaches critical stages]]
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|&nbsp;
||USA Today | [[Media:USATODAY.pdf| Gates sees cellphones as way to help Third World]]
|-
|&nbsp;
||Macworld | [[Media:Macworld News Red Hat officially commits to MIT's $100 laptop.pdf| Red Hat officially commits to MIT's $100 laptop]]
|-
|align="right"|20&nbsp;Dec.&nbsp;2005
||BusinessWeek online | [[Media:Quanta's $100 Laptop Challenge.pdf| Quanta faces challenges in making "millions and millions" of $100 laptops.]]
|-
|align="right"|19&nbsp;Dec.&nbsp;2005
||Forbes.com | [[Media:China to decide by March on 100-usd laptop program - Forbes.pdf| China to decide by March whether to join OneLaptopPerChild project.]]
|-
|align="right"|14&nbsp;Dec.&nbsp;2005
||UPI | [[Media:United Press International - NewsTrack - One Laptop Project r...pdf| Nortel to take part in One Laptop Per Child endeavor]]
|-
|align="right"|01&nbsp;Dec.&nbsp;2005
||RFDESIGN | [[Media:$100 laptops MIT Media Laboratory $100 Computers - student ...pdf| $100 Laptops Feature Novel Peer-to-Peer Wireless Connectivity]]
|-
|align="right"|30&nbsp;Nov.&nbsp;2005
||FT.com | [[Media:FT.com Companies IT - Five Asian companies bid for ‘$100 ...pdf| Five companies in Asia making bids to manufacture $100 laptop.]]
|-
|align="right"|25&nbsp;Nov.&nbsp;2005
||People's Daily Online | [[Media:People's Daily Online -- Nigerian president lauds 100-dollar ...pdf| Nigerian president says government has budgeted for a million $100 laptops.]]
|-
|align="right"|17&nbsp;Nov.&nbsp;2005
||BBC News | [[Media:BBC NEWS Technology UN debut for $100 laptop for poor.pdf| UN Debut for $100 Laptop for Poor]]
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|&nbsp;
||Seattle Times | [[Media:The Seattle Times Business & Technology $100 laptops aim to...pdf| $100 Laptops Aim to Bring Children the World]]
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|&nbsp;
||TechWhack | [[Media:MIT unveils their USD 100 Laptop.pdf| MIT Unveils their USD 100 Laptop]]
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||ZDNet | [[Media:'$100 laptops' here by next year - ZDNet UK.pdf| '$100 Laptops' Here by Next Year]]
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||ABC | [[Media:News in Science - $100 laptop bridges digital divide - 17 11 ...pdf| $100 Laptop Bridges Digital Divide]]
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||Financial Express | [[Media:Laptop @$100!.pdf| Laptop @$100!]]
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|align="right"|16&nbsp;Nov.&nbsp;2005
||MIT News Office | [[Media:Annan presents prototype $100 laptop at World Summit on Infor...pdf| Annan to Present Prototype $100 Laptop at World Summit on Information Society]]
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|&nbsp;
||CNET | [[Media:Photos $100 laptop takes world stage CNET News.pdf| $100 Laptop Takes World Stage]]
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||CNET | [[Media:$100 laptop expected in late 2006 CNET News.pdf| $100 Laptop Expected in Late 2006]]
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|&nbsp;
||Christian Science Monitor | [[Media:A low-cost laptop for every child csmonitor.pdf| A Low-Cost Laptop for Every Child]]
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|align="right"|14&nbsp;Nov.&nbsp;2005
||WSJ | [[Media:The $100 Laptop Moves Closer to Reality - WSJ.pdf| The $100 Laptop Moves Closer to Reality]]
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|align="right"|13&nbsp;Nov.&nbsp;2005
||The Inquirer | [[Media:MIT suffers hubris over $100 PC idea.pdf| Hubris over $100 Laptop idea]]
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|align="right"|13&nbsp;Oct.&nbsp;2005
||Technology Review | [[Media:Technology Review The Hundred Dollar Man.pdf| 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 | [[Media:I4U News - Sub-$100 Laptop Design Revealed by MIT's Negroponte.pdf| Sub-$100 Laptop design unveiled]]
|-
|align="right"|28&nbsp;Sep.&nbsp;2005
||Boston Globe | [[Media:For each poor child in world a laptop - The Boston Globe.pdf| Prototypes of $100 laptop with hand crank planned by early next year.]]
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|&nbsp;
||MIT World | [[Media:MIT World » The Hundred Dollar Laptop-Computing for Develop...pdf| NN at Technology Review]]
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|align="right"|27&nbsp;Sep.&nbsp;2005
||Datamation | [[Media:Low-Cost PCs for the Enterprise.pdf| Low cost PCs for the Enterprise]]
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|align="right"|06&nbsp;Jun.&nbsp;2005
||estadao.com.br | [[Media:Link - Sua vida digital.pdf| Cada criança na escola com um laptop a tiracolo]]

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=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.
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|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.
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|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.
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|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.
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=[[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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OLPC videos

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