OLPC:News/demo

Donations from Give One Get One last year made tremendous changes to some of the neediest places in the world. (blog, release x 7c)
Ghanaian President Kufuor and The Ghana Laptop per Child Foundation finalize deal for 10,000 laptops (blog, photos)
Amazon signs on to process G1G1 donations in 2008 (blog, annc)
Nicholas presented OLPC's future vision to the UN General Assembly in New York (blog, Sep 26)
Uruguay delivers its 100,000th XO, almost all of them with access to the internet. (blog, en/es)

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The 8.2 release of Sugar on the XO wins on usability, is set for G1G1 (blog, notes, screenshots link)
C|Net's Ina Fried reviews Sugar v Windows on the XO (ON, [cnet])
Laptops trek out into the Gobi desert, to places with no infrastructure
OLPC unveils models of its next generation model (blog, event)
The XO joins the ranks of the world's greenest laptops, in recyclability and power consumption. ([1] )

G1G1 2008 is around the corner. Help spread the word in your community! (blog)
Host an upgrade party! (blog, DC party)
OLPC Australia Open Day introduces OLPC to Canberra, October 26 (blog, invite)
OLPC teenagers set up community repair centers in DC, Chicago. (blog, links)
Community tech writers launch a week-long Sugar book sprint, producing a beautiful updated manual. (blog, Lulu link)

Colombia prepares to embrace OLPC, rolling out initial purchases and gearing up for their future deployments (blog, photos)
Rwandan president Paul Kagame commits to OLPC saturation within three years, sets the pace for literacy in Rwanda. (blog, annc)
Children and teachers are introduced to XOs in rural Mongolia.
Bastien Guerry works with students on software and localization in Haiti.
New York City explores using XOs in their classrooms (photos)
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