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2008

2nd quarter

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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

1st quarter

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31 Mar. 2008	Fake Steve Jobs – Kids: OLPC Sux, Wah!
31 Mar. 2008	Wall Street Journal – What Do Kids Want?
27 Mar. 2008	TR – Laptop Training Begins in Peru
25 Mar. 2008	NPR – Teens Bring Laptops to South African Children
24 Mar. 2008	linux.com – Exploring Etoys on the OLPC XO
21 Mar. 2008	VOA – Experts: Free Open Source Software Could Help African Development
20 Mar. 2008	myjournalcourier – ISD students get free computers
19 Mar. 2008	Artinfo – Progressive Children's Laptop Wins Brit Insurance Design Award
10 Mar. 2008	Laptopmag.com – Negroponte Not Seeking Replacement, OLPC XO to Run Windows in 60 Days or Less
9 Mar. 2008	Miami Herald – A dream no more: laptops for the poor
7 Mar. 2008	Linux Insider – Third World Laptops Headed for Alabama
7 Mar. 2008	Linux Insider – Negroponte Goes Fishing for an OLPC Chief
6 Mar. 2008	Gizmodo – OLPC Founder Negroponte Is Getting the Hell Out of Dodge
5 Mar. 2008	Technology Review – Walter Bender, One Laptop per Child's president for software and content, explains why the program's strategy has changed. (to skip registration, login as bugmenot with password bugmenot)
5 Mar. 2008	The Secret Diary of Steve Jobs – When the going gets tough ...
5 Mar. 2008	Business Week – Negroponte Seeks a Laptop CEO
12 Feb. 2008	The Sydney Morning Herald – Farmer gives low-cost laptop a proper field test
03 Feb. 2008	Associated Press – Cheapo laptops don't quite cut it
02 Feb. 2008	Boston Globe – Slow shipments irk buyers of One Laptop Per Child devices
02 Feb. 2008	The Economic Times (of India) - One-laptop project to debut in Maharashtra
01 Feb. 2008	Caribbean Net News - Suriname implements 'One Laptop Per Child' project
01 Feb. 2008	Xconomy – The XO Laptop: It’s the Software, Stupid
31 Jan. 2008	India Interacts – Underwriters Laboratories provides guidance and expertise to One Laptop per Child team
28 Jan. 2008	The Republican – Green Machine needs a friend
28 Jan. 2008	Xconomy – Nicholas Negroponte: The Interview
27 Jan. 2008	NY Times Magazine – Childrens' Crusade
26 Jan. 2008	Financial Post – Tiny, green and cute as a button
25 Jan. 2008	Xcomomy – "School Is Boring": Nicholas Negroponte on Education, the XO Laptop, and Life After Intel
	AP – Review: Low-Cost Laptops for Third-World
24 Jan. 2008	PC World – Big Delays for Small Laptops: OLPC Recipients Irate
23 Jan. 2008	LinuxWorld Australia - OLPC: Give one, get none
21 Jan. 2008	St John Tradewinds (USVI) - Waveplace Launches OLPC Pilot
17 Jan. 2008	The Register – The OLPC XO laptop - hands on review
11 Jan. 2008	Wall Street Journal – Letter to the Editor
	ABC News – Laptop Program to Intel: Good Riddance
	ZDnet UK – Microsoft quashes rumours of dual-boot XO laptop
10 Jan. 2008	Wallpaper - XO is nominated as on of Wallpaper's Most Life Enhancing Technology items
06 Jan. 2008	PC World – OLPC Considering 'Give One, Get One' Offer in Europe
05 Jan. 2008	New York Times – on Intel
04 Jan. 2008	The Economist – One clunky laptop per child and the OLPC response
	Fortune / CNNMoney.com – Exclusive interview with Nicholas Negroponte
	Wall Street Journal – OLPC faults Intel
	Newsweek – commentary on Intel

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