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2008

4th quarter

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13 Nov. 2008	The Editors Weblog - The future of e-readers Part 1: The technology bottleneck
13 Nov. 2008	ZDNet Education Blog - More XP OLPCs?
12 Nov. 2008	BetaNews - Qualcomm gives the first hints of a market battle with OLPC
11 Nov. 2008	GregDek's Blog - OLPC and Windows
31 Oct. 2008	LinuxDevices - An OLPC dilemma: Linux or Windows?
28 Oct. 2008	This Day Online (Nigeria) - Sokoto Implements ‘One Laptop Per Child’ Programme (summary only, login required)
25 Oct. 2008	Yemen Observer - OLPC distributes laptops to children in two schools in Sana’a
24 Oct. 2008	ZDNet - OLPC meets XP: Does charm matter?
21 Oct. 2008	India Times - We feel very optimistic but are cautious as well: Intel

3rd quarter

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15 Sep. 2008	The New Times (Kigali) - Rwanda: OLPC Project - Country Sets the Literacy Pace
15 Sep. 2008	PC World - Peru to Be First With New OLPC Laptop With Windows
15 Sep. 2008	CNet - Peru to try out Windows on XO laptops
9 Sep. 2008	ComputerWorld UK - Give One, Get One: I Still Don't Get It
9 Sep. 2008	IDG News Service - Rwanda Begins Distributing XO Laptops
7 Sep. 2008	The New Times (Kigali) - Rwanda: OLPC Launched
6 Sep. 2008	Cook Islands Herald - Outer Island children to benefit from laptop project
5 Sep. 2008	Boston Globe - Amazon to sell laptops from foundation
5 Sep. 2008	T.H.E. Journal - Dailymotion Partners with One Laptop per Child To Bring Video to XO Laptop
5 Sep. 2008	PC World - OLPC Seeks ITU's Help to Promote Laptops
4 Sep. 2008	Ars Technica - OLPC learns from G1G1 distribution woes: Amazon to sell XOs
4 Sep. 2008	Slashdot - Sub-$100 Laptops Have Finally Arrived
4 Sep. 2008	IT World - OLPC: Dual boot Linux, Windows XO laptop coming soon
4 Sep. 2008	IT World - OLPC to launch touchscreen XO-2 laptop in Q1 2010
4 Sep. 2008	Computerworld - Amazon to sell OLPC XO laptops in November
1 Sep. 2008	IndUS Business Journal - One Laptop Per Child dream perseveres
28 Aug. 2008	Gizmodo - OLPC Origin: Bittersweet Success and Future of the XO Laptop
27 Aug. 2008	Gizmodo - OLPC Origins: US and Taiwan's Hardware Lovechild
27 Aug. 2008	[US] National Public Radio - 'One Laptop' Falls Short Of Education Goals
26 Aug. 2008	Gizmodo - Secret Origin of the OLPC: Genius, Hubris and the Birth of the Netbook
26 Aug. 2008	Laptopmag - Teachers in Mali learn to use the XO
23 Aug. 2008	[Emirates] Business 24/7 - PC companies bring laptops to the masses
22 Aug. 2008	The Register - OLPC kits out entire nation's kids with laptops
22 Aug. 2008	P2Pnet - Niue: One Laptop Per Child for every kid!
10 Aug. 2008	[UK] Sunday Times - Why Microsoft and Intel tried to kill the XO $100 laptop
6 Aug. 2008	Laptopmag.com - Exclusive Hands-On With OLPC’s XO Running Windows XP Microsoft's response to the Laptopmag.com article
31 Jul. 2008	Naples Daily News (Florida) - Waveplace XO pilot in Immokalee ... may article, june article, july article
3 Jul. 2008	Computerworld - OLPC tries to bridge gap with developer community

2nd quarter

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29 Jun. 2008	Sudan Tribune - Ethiopia: OLPC donates 5,000 laptops worth 940,000 USD
27 Jun. 2008	ChannelWeb - Five Reasons The Intel-Microsoft Duopoly Is Dead (#5: OLPC-apalooza)
25 Jun. 2008	NPR - Two-part story on Waveplace XO pilot in Immokalee, Florida
23 Jun. 2008	AdWeek - One Laptop per Child Beats the Odds
23 Jun. 2008	Gizmodo - First Footage: Same OLPC XO Boots Both Sugar and Windows XP
20 Jun. 2008	WGCU Florida Radio - Report on start of Waveplace XO pilot in Immokalee, Florida
20 Jun. 2008	Gizmodo - Photos: Red OLPC Limited Edition
19 Jun. 2008	CNet - Intel's Classmate PC adds some Sugar
17 Jun. 2008	Datamation IT Management – If Business Succeeds with GNU/Linux, Why Not OLPC?
17 Jun. 2008	Wired gadgets blog – Sixty-Six OLPC XO Laptops Stolen in Peruvian Town
11 Jun. 2008	Wall St. Journal – Can OLPC's Software Teach The World to Play Music?
6 Jun. 2008	Business Week – OLPC: The Educational Philosophy Controversy
5 Jun. 2008	Business Week – One Laptop Meets Big Business
2 Jun. 2008	EE Times – $100 BOM eludes original OLPC laptop
26 May 2008	CNet Crave blog – One New Laptop Per Child
26 May 2008	Ars Technica – OLPC software maker splits from X0 hardware, goes solo
22 May 2008	Heise Online – One Laptop per Child project presents "XO-2"
21 May 2008	Boston Globe – One Laptop plans to ditch the keyboard
20 May 2008	Ars Technica – OLPC 2.0 coming; will project survive to see its launch?
20 May 2008	InfoSync – OLPC XO 2.0, XO 1.5 laptops unveiled
20 May 2008	Gizmodo – OLPC XO Laptop 2.0 Has Dual Touchscreens, Looks Amazing and Future-y
20 May 2008	Xconomy – Negroponte Unveils 2nd Generation OLPC Laptop: It’s an E-Book
20 May 2008	PC World staff blog – OLPC Announces Next-Gen XO-2 $75 Laptop
20 May 2008	Laptop Mag – First Look: OLPC XO Generation 2.0
19 May 2008	International Herald Tribune – Imperfect, Idealistic - and Changing Lives
15 May 2008	Laptop Mag – As Promised, OLPC’s XO Gets Windows XP
3 May 2008	Engadget – OLPC reshuffles, gets new president and COO
3 May 2008	Uruguay school #37 6th grade class blog (Spanish) – Analyzing the use of laptops in the first month of class (transl. to English)
2 May 2008	Slashdot – New President for OLPC Organization
2 May 2008	MIT Technology Review – $100 Laptop Program's New President
2 May 2008	OLPC press release – One Laptop per Child Appoints Chuck Kane as President and Chief Operation Officer
2 May 2008	EDN – Intel Atom supply squeezed
25 Apr. 2008	Daily Tech – XO Notebook Faces Challenges in Very Poor Peruvian Villages
24 Apr. 2008	Xconomy – One Laptop Per Child Foundation No Longer a Disruptive Force, Bender Fears; Q&A on His Plans for “Sugar” Interface
23 Apr. 2008	Computerworld blog roundup – The OLPC resignations continue (and AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA)
22 Apr. 2008	ZDnet Education – Trouble at OLPC? That’s OK, they started the revolution
22 Apr. 2008	Ars Technica – Exodus of key figures from OLPC a troubling sign for project
21 Apr. 2008	P2Pnet – OLPC: ‘I often treat it like a book’
11 Apr. 2008	Mass. High Tech – OLPC adds Mexican ex-official Castañeda to board
3 Apr. 2008	Forbes – Intel Vs. The XO
	ZDnet – Intel’s second generation Classmates land; Does OLPC need to play catch-up?
	Ars Technica – Microsoft extends XP Home 2 years—for budget laptops only
2 Apr. 2008	ZDnet – 2nd-generation Intel Classmates reviewed
1 Apr. 2008	InfoWorld – OLPC offshoring trend heats up
1 Apr. 2008	Taiwan Review - Small Laptop, Big Splash

Press releases

These releases came through the Racepoint Group, OLPC's pro bono PR firm.

• 2008-08-06 : One Laptop per Child expands its presence in Asia with project leads in India and China
• 2008-05-20 : One Laptop per Child frames the next generation of the revolutionary XO laptop, with a lighter dual-touchscreen design.
• 2008-05-15 : Microsoft Windows XP is now available on the XO laptop
• 2008-05-03 : One Laptop per Child appoints Charles Kane as President and Chief Operating Officer
• 2008-01-07 : One Laptop per Child Giving Campaign Raises $35 Million in 2007
• 2007-12-12 : The Kite Runner Inspires Gift Through One Laptop
• 2007-12-05 : Peru launches OLPC with 40,000 laptops, starting with one-classroom schools across the country.
• 2007-12-04 : Birmingham, Alabama commits to One Laptop per Child, with a pilot of 15,000 laptops across the city.
• 2007-11-24 : The Holiday Season Starts with Giving One Laptop
• 2007-10-29 : OLPC wins a bid to provide 100,000 laptops to children in Uruguay, to be overseen by the Uruguayan CEIBAL project
• 2007-10-22 : One Laptop per Child creates the world's "greenest" laptop computer
• 2007-06-11 : Mass Production of XO's begins! at Quanta's Chinese facilities.
• 2007-01-03 : OLPC Announces First-of-Its-Kind User Interface for XO Laptop Computer