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2008

1st quarter

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31 Mar. 2008	St John Tradewinds (USVI) - Waveplace Finishes Virgin Islands XO Pilot
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

2007

4th quarter

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24 Dec. 2007	CNN / AP Story – Little laptop a hit in rural Peru
17 Dec. 2007	U.S. Embassy Iraq – Iraqi schoolchildren get computers with U.S. help
11 Dec. 2007	BBC – Give me rice, but give me a laptop too
01 Dec. 2007	Boston Globe – One Laptop per Child orders surge
28 Nov. 2007	BBC – Glimpsing Nigeria’s digital lifeline
	PC Magazine – XO Review
26 Nov. 2007	Xconomy.com – The little laptop that could
24 Nov. 2007	Wall Street Journal – ??
19 Nov. 2007	TIME – 2007 Best Inventions of the Year
16 Nov. 2007	Laptop Magazine – Sali’s Journal, Part II
12 Nov. 2007	Laptop Magazine – Sali’s Journal
	Laptop Magazine – We Gave 1, Got 1 to Africa
07 Nov. 2007	BBC – Mass production begins
31 Oct. 2007	TIME – Bringing cheap computers to the world
30 Oct. 2007	Catholic News Service – Some church officials keen about One Laptop per Child
06 Oct. 2007	Linux.com - Uruguay Poised to Make First Governmental OLPC Purchase
05 Oct. 2007	Fortune / CNNMoney.com – Give One Get One
04 Oct. 2007	New York Times – David Pogue Review
01 Oct. 2007	Newsweek – Give One Get One

3rd quarter

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24 Sep. 2007	New York Times – Steve Lohr – Give One Get One
	ABC World News Tonight – Give One Get One
	ABC Good Morning America – Give One Get One
	Boston Globe – Give One Get One launch
18 Sep. 2007	Laptop Magazine – XO Review
12 Sep. 2007	Laptop Magazine – My 8-Year Old Reviews the OLPC XO
Sep. 2007	Technology Review – Krstić wins TR35
27 Jul. 2007	The Economist – A computer in every post
23 Jul. 2007	Business Wire – One Laptop per Child Announces Final Beta Version of its Revolutionary XO Laptop
9 Jul. 2007	Arkansas Democrat-Gazette – Project gears laptops for Third World use

2nd quarter

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9 Jun. 2007	The Boston Globe - Let the Games Begin
31 May 2007	The Guardian - Which Laptop per Child?
19 May 2007	Miami Herald - Cheap laptops bring equality to Villa Cardal
	The Mercury News - Laptops and Lessons Reach Latin America
18 May 2007	FoxNews.com - Uruguay Children Try Low-Cost Laptops
	LR121 - Los 160 alumnos de la escuela de Cardal ya tienen sus computadoras personales (Link to original article)
8 May 2007	New York Times - Nicholas Negroponte's Letter to the Editor
7 May 2007	Living in Peru.com - Peru's Schoolchildren to get Laptops for $100
5 May 2007	CBS News — 60 Minutes, What if Every Child had a Laptop
27 Apr. 2007	Fortune - Does Intel fear $100 laptops?
24 Apr. 2007	Laptop Magazine - Can the $100 Laptop Change the World?
12 Apr. 2007	EYF Times - Meet the Scientist: Nicholas Negroponte
11 Apr. 2007	CNET News — Photos: Nigerian students power up their laptops

1st quarter

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29 Mar. 2007	ComputerWorld — OLPC eyes experimental battery for $100 laptop
16 Mar. 2007	The Santiago Times — Cheap Laptop Makes Commercial World Premiere in Chile
13 Mar. 2007	Bostonist — Pour Some Sugar on OLPC
12 Mar. 2007	BusinessWeek — Meet Sugar...The face of the $100 laptop and a quantum leap in design
7 Mar. 2007	The China Post — Parts makers surge on US $100 Laptops
	ZDNet — A laptop to change the world
	Herald Tribune — Around the Markets: Taiwanese parts markers surge on $100 laptop giveaway
6 Mar. 2007	Gamasutra — SJ Klein Asks For Serious OLPC Content
1 Mar. 2007	BusinessWeek.com — The Face of the $100 Laptop
Mar. 2007	Linternaute: High-tech — Un ordinateur à 100 dollars
28 Feb. 2007	eLearn Magazine — Can the "$100 Laptop" Change the World?
27 Feb. 2007	CNET — Two visions for delivering PCs to emerging nations
13 Feb. 2007	Chip Online — Primele 2.500 de laptop-uri de 150 de dolari vor fi livrate în februarie
13 Feb. 2007	Newsweek International — Interview: The People's Laptop
12 Feb. 2007	Silicon.com — Thousands of $100 laptops to within a month
8 Feb. 2007	MIT: Technology Review — Technology Review: Security Model Released for the $100 Laptop
Feb. 2007	Domus — Un computer vi salverà: A computer will save you
Feb. 2007	IEEE Spectrum — Mary Lou Jepsen: Laptops for All
7 Feb. 2007	WIRED — High Security for the $100 Laptop
29 Jan. 2007	Christian Science Monitor — A closer look at what '$100 laptop' will be
9 Jan. 2007	Edut Pia — Computers for Peace
3 Jan. 2007	EDTECH.com — The $150 Notebook
3 Jan. 2007	networkworld.com — OLPC Aims for Mass Production in Third Quarter
3 Jan. 2007	IDG.net — One Laptop per Child Sweetens Hardware with 'Sugar' UI
3 Jan. 2007	YAHOO! Finance — OLPC Announces First-of-Its Kind User Interface for XO Laptop Computer

2006

4th quarter

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30 Dec. 2006	Veja News — 10 Innovations that are here to stay: Hundred Dollar Computer
24 Dec. 2006	Wall Street Journal — No Estamos Tratando de Desbancar a la Industria de la Computacion
20 Dec. 2006	CNNMoney — 15 surprises ahead in 2007
7 Dec. 2006	Silicon.com — Q&A, Nicholas Negroponte, founder, One Laptop per Child
28 Nov. 2006	BBC News — $100 laptop set for launch
27 Nov. 2006	Pagina/12 — Pagina/12
21 Nov. 2006	Official Release — First 1,000 XO-Laptops Roll off the Assembly Line in Shanghai
19 Nov. 2006	Jamaica Gleaner — Technology - a tool for transformation
19 Nov. 2006	International Herald Tribune — OLPC: Computer designed for those who can least afford them
11 Nov. 2006	The New York Times — For $150, Third-World Laptop Stirs a Big Debate
Nov./Dec. 2006	Technology Review — Will This Save the World? The $100 Laptop Part III
Nov./Dec. 2006	Technology Review — Will This Save the World? The $100 Laptop Part II
Nov./Dec. 2006	Technology Review — Will This Save the World? The $100 Laptop Part I
8 Nov. 2006	Popular Science — Best of What's New 2006: One Laptop per Child XO- Better Screen, Better World
6 Nov. 2006	ZDNet — Why Every Child Deserves a Laptop- Matthew Szulik, CEO, Red Hat
27 Oct. 2006	LinuxWorld — Children's Laptop Inspires Open Source Projects
24 Oct. 2006	Fortune — This PC wants to save the world
12 Oct. 2006	Bostonist — One Laptop per Child for Libya
11 Oct. 2006	The New York Times — US Group Reaches Deal to Provide Laptops to All Libyan Schoolchildren
3 Oct. 2006	GulfNews.com — College gets look at $100 Children's Laptop Computer

3rd quarter

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25 Sep. 2006	vnunet.com — OLPC offered free satellite connections
14 Sep. 2006	Vanguard — Children are Global in Nature--Negroponte
	Vanguard — Keyboard In Three Nigerian Languages Ready-Obasanjo
08 Sep. 2006	Technology Review — Hack: The Hundred Dollar Laptop
06 Sep. 2006	nacion.com — Computadoras de $100 estarán listas en el 2007
Aug. 2006	Wired — The Laptop Crusade
28 Aug. 2006	PCINpact.com — L'OLPC à 100 $ est finalisé un engin hors du commun
21 Aug. 2006	EWeek.com — Knocking Down Barriers to the $100 Laptop
31 Jul. 2006	NPR — Affordable Laptop Computer Project Moves Forward
07 Jul. 2006	San Diego Union-Tribune — U.S. and international educators show great interest in prototype
Jul. 2006	SPIE Professional — $100 laptop nears launch

2nd quarter

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21 Jun. 2006	BusinessWeek online — For Brazil's Poor, a Digital Deliverance?
24 May 2006	CNET News.com — $100 laptop gets working prototype
07 Apr. 2006	rediff.com — Our $100 laptops will run on human power
02 Apr. 2006	O Estado de S.Paulo — Fazer a diferença

1st quarter

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28 Mar. 2006	FT.com — Waking up to a laptop revolution
26 Mar. 2006	La Croix — Le défi de l’ordinateur à 100 dollars
24 Mar. 2006	Diário do Comércio — Um Laptop por Crianca
22 Mar. 2006	Times Online — Getting the world's poor logged on
16 Feb. 2006	MITIR — Podcast of Walter Bender's MURJ lecture on One Laptop per Child
15 Feb. 2006	CNET — PCs for the poor: Which design will win?
10 Feb. 2006	CNET — Perspective: Will the $100 PC fly?
	UPI — One Laptop Project reaches critical stages
	USA Today — Gates sees cellphones as way to help Third World
	Macworld — Red Hat officially commits to MIT's $100 laptop

2005

4th quarter

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20 Dec. 2005	BusinessWeek online — Quanta faces challenges in making "millions and millions" of $100 laptops.
19 Dec. 2005	Forbes.com — China to decide by March whether to join OneLaptopPerChild project.
14 Dec. 2005	UPI — Nortel to take part in One Laptop Per Child endeavor
14 Dec. 2005	Chicago Tribune — Laptops in mud huts
01 Dec. 2005	RFDESIGN — $100 Laptops Feature Novel Peer-to-Peer Wireless Connectivity
?  Dec. 2005	Red Hat Magazine — Making One Laptop per Child a reality w/RedHat
30 Nov. 2005	FT.com — Five companies in Asia making bids to manufacture $100 laptop.
25 Nov. 2005	People's Daily Online — Nigerian president says government has budgeted for a million $100 laptops.
17 Nov. 2005	BBC News — UN Debut for $100 Laptop for Poor
	Seattle Times — $100 Laptops Aim to Bring Children the World
	TechWhack — MIT Unveils their USD 100 Laptop
	ZDNet — '$100 Laptops' Here by Next Year
	ABC — $100 Laptop Bridges Digital Divide
	Financial Express — Laptop @$100!
	Financial Times — Low-cost laptop targets global digital divide
16 Nov. 2005	The Washington Post — MIT is Crafting a Cheap-- But Invaluable--Laptops; Kids in Poor Nations Would Benefit
16 Nov. 2005	MIT News Office — Annan to Present Prototype $100 Laptop at World Summit on Information Society
	CNET — $100 Laptop Takes World Stage
	CNET — $100 Laptop Expected in Late 2006
	Christian Science Monitor — A Low-Cost Laptop for Every Child
14 Nov. 2005	WSJ — The $100 Laptop Moves Closer to Reality
13 Nov. 2005	The Inquirer — Hubris over $100 Laptop idea
13 Oct. 2005	Technology Review — The Hundred Dollar Man: Technology Review's editor in chief, Jason Pontin, talk with Nicholas Negroponte about the Hundred Dollar Computer.

3rd quarter

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29 Sep. 2005	I4U News — Sub-$100 Laptop design unveiled
28 Sep. 2005	Boston Globe — Prototypes of $100 laptop with hand crank planned by early next year.
	MIT World — NN at Technology Review
27 Sep. 2005	Datamation — Low cost PCs for the Enterprise
06 Jun. 2005	estadao.com.br — Cada criança na escola com um laptop a tiracolo

2nd quarter

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none registered

1st quarter

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31 Jan. 2005

The New York Times — At Davos, the Johnny Appleseed of the digital era shares his ambition to propagate a $100 laptop in developing countries