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1. Antonio Battro, David Cavallo, and Nicholas spent two days in Argentina working closely with education minister Daniel Filmus, and Alejandro Piscitelli and Laura Serra of educ.ar, the independent government organization coordinating OLPC activities.

2. Nicholas and David spent Friday in São Paulo, to meet with President Lula. Rodrigo Mesquita, to whom we owe our presence in Brazil, organized and attended the meeting. Lula publicly reaffirmed Brazil’s commitment to one laptop per child. He expressed a deep connection to those in Brazil that lack opportunity, his belief in the children, and his faith in the importance of connected laptops available to all.

3. Audrey Choi has joined OLPC to work with Nicholas on various international development issues. Audrey is based in New York City and will work closely with the UN and UN Ambassadors on “country twinning”, among other things.

4. Display: Fitness-of-use testing was conducted this week. We are studying the acceptance criteria and exploring what cost savings can be achieved by so doing.

5. Early estimates on UV lifetime of the LCD are encouraging and we are now more confident that our target of 22K-hour lifetime can be achieved even under harsh conditions, such as the Libyan desert.

6. With B1 machines in hand, the software team has begun a regimen of measuring subsystem performance and exercising aspects of the user interface. We are learning a great deal: this will be reflected in new system images in the coming weeks.

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MILESTONES

10 Nov. 2006	First B1 boards are built
Oct. 2006	B-test boards become available
Aug. 2006	Working prototype of the dual-mode display
06 Jun. 2006	First video with working prototype [1]
May 2006	A-test boards become available
28 Jan. 2006	World Economic Forum, Switzerland UNDP and OLPC Sign Partnership Agreement news release
13 Dec. 2005	Quanta Computer Inc. to Manufacture Laptop (html)(pdf)
16 Nov. 2005	WSIS, Tunisia Prototype Unveiled by UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan Photos: (Image 1) (Image 2) (Image 3) Webcast: (Arabic) (English) (French) (original) Webcast provided by the ITU and UN Webcast Services with the support of RealNetworks Ltd. RealPlayer is required to view the webcast (available at no cost).
Jan. 2005	Laptop intiative officially announced at World Economic Forum, Davos, Switzerland

PRESS

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\|One Laptop per Child: Computer designed for those who can least afford them
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.co.uk \| 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	LA Times \| Upward Mobility in a Laptop
24 Oct. 2006	Fortune \| This PC wants to save the world
12 Oct. 2006	Bostonist \| One Laptop per Child for Libya
11 Oct. 2006	New York Times \| U.S. Group Reaches Deal to Provide Laptops to All Libyan Schoolchildren
3 Oct. 2006	GulfNews.com \| College gets look at $100 Children's Laptop Computer
25 Sep. 2006	vnunet.com \| OLPC offered free satellite connections
14 Sep. 2006	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 a 100 $ est finalise: 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
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 $100 laptops will run on human power
02 Apr. 2006	O Estado de S.Paulo \| Fazer a diferença
28 Mar. 2006	FT.com \| Waking up to a laptop revolution
24 Mar. 2006	Diário do Comércio \| Um Laptop por Crianca
22 Mar. 2006	Times Online \| Getting the world's poor logged on
09 Mar. 2006	Correio Popular \| País disputa fabricação de laptop de US$ 100
	Folha de S. Paulo \| Governo quer comprar 1 milhão de laptops
	Info Exame On Line \| Governo quer um milhão de laptops de US$ 100
08 Mar. 2006	IDG Now \| Faculdade abre programa de inclusão digital para alunos
	Folha de S. Paulo \| Governo negocia fabricação do laptop de US$ 100 no Brasil
	Agência Globo \| Governo estuda possibilidade de produção de computador de US$ 100 no país
	Teletime News \| DVB detalha contrapartidas oferecidas ao Brasil
05 Mar. 2006	ACM/CIE \| Interview with Nicholas Negroponte on the $100 laptop
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?
09 Feb. 2006	NYTimes \| A Plug for the Unplugged $100 Laptop Computer for Developing Nations
	UPI \| One Laptop Project reaches critical stages
31 Jan. 2006	Slashdot \| Microsoft OS Smart Phone for Developing Nations
	USA Today \| Gates sees cellphones as way to help Third World
	Macworld \| Red Hat officially commits to MIT's $100 laptop
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 OneLaptopPerChild endeavor.
13 Dec. 2005	Red Herring \| Quanta to manufacture laptops; expects deliveries in 2006 4th quarter.
11 Dec. 2005	NYTimes \| NY Times: 5th Annual Year in Ideas $100 Laptop
01 Dec. 2005	RFDESIGN \| $100 Laptops Feature Novel Peer-to-Peer Wireless Connectivity
30 Nov. 2005	FT.com \| Five companies in Asia making bids to manufacture $100 laptop.
28 Nov. 2005	Fortune Magazine \| THE DIGITAL DIVIDE: I'd Like to Teach the World to Type
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!
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
	New York Times \| Google Earmarks $265million for Charity and Social Causes
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.
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

Video

(Misc. videos of the laptop can be found.)

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

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\|One Laptop per Child: Computer designed for those who can least afford them
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.co.uk \| 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	LA Times \| Upward Mobility in a Laptop
24 Oct. 2006	Fortune \| This PC wants to save the world
12 Oct. 2006	Bostonist \| One Laptop per Child for Libya
11 Oct. 2006	New York Times \| U.S. Group Reaches Deal to Provide Laptops to All Libyan Schoolchildren
3 Oct. 2006	GulfNews.com \| College gets look at $100 Children's Laptop Computer
25 Sep. 2006	vnunet.com \| OLPC offered free satellite connections
14 Sep. 2006	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 a 100 $ est finalise: 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
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 $100 laptops will run on human power
02 Apr. 2006	O Estado de S.Paulo \| Fazer a diferença
28 Mar. 2006	FT.com \| Waking up to a laptop revolution
24 Mar. 2006	Diário do Comércio \| Um Laptop por Crianca
22 Mar. 2006	Times Online \| Getting the world's poor logged on
09 Mar. 2006	Correio Popular \| País disputa fabricação de laptop de US$ 100
	Folha de S. Paulo \| Governo quer comprar 1 milhão de laptops
	Info Exame On Line \| Governo quer um milhão de laptops de US$ 100
08 Mar. 2006	IDG Now \| Faculdade abre programa de inclusão digital para alunos
	Folha de S. Paulo \| Governo negocia fabricação do laptop de US$ 100 no Brasil
	Agência Globo \| Governo estuda possibilidade de produção de computador de US$ 100 no país
	Teletime News \| DVB detalha contrapartidas oferecidas ao Brasil
05 Mar. 2006	ACM/CIE \| Interview with Nicholas Negroponte on the $100 laptop
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?
09 Feb. 2006	NYTimes \| A Plug for the Unplugged $100 Laptop Computer for Developing Nations
	UPI \| One Laptop Project reaches critical stages
31 Jan. 2006	Slashdot \| Microsoft OS Smart Phone for Developing Nations
	USA Today \| Gates sees cellphones as way to help Third World
	Macworld \| Red Hat officially commits to MIT's $100 laptop
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 OneLaptopPerChild endeavor.
13 Dec. 2005	Red Herring \| Quanta to manufacture laptops; expects deliveries in 2006 4th quarter.
11 Dec. 2005	NYTimes \| NY Times: 5th Annual Year in Ideas $100 Laptop
01 Dec. 2005	RFDESIGN \| $100 Laptops Feature Novel Peer-to-Peer Wireless Connectivity
30 Nov. 2005	FT.com \| Five companies in Asia making bids to manufacture $100 laptop.
28 Nov. 2005	Fortune Magazine \| THE DIGITAL DIVIDE: I'd Like to Teach the World to Type
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!
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
	New York Times \| Google Earmarks $265million for Charity and Social Causes
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.
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

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