OLPC in the News
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August 2006
- eweek: Interview with Mary Lou Jepsen, higher resolution, 7th the power consumption, 3rd the price of a traditionnal LCD. Pictures of the new screen prototype
- zdnet: Trials to begin within weeks, "Trials start everywhere at the same time," in Nigeria in September and Thailand in October, the "B-Machines", should be produced in November, he added. These devices will be "tested to destruction".
July 2006
- "infoworld.com" Nigeria buys... reports, Nigeria buys into $100 laptop concept.
- This was a premature announcement. Walter 16:07, 31 July 2006 (EDT)
- Wired.com: The Laptop Crusade, about the evolution of the Laptops design.
- Technology Review has an article on the power sources for the laptop, mentioning the pull-string power source. 2006-07-25
May 2006
- "Der Standard" reports about hardware details [1] (german), 2006-05-31
- "Der Standard" shows pictures of the orange maschine [2] (german), 2006-05-24
- A press release from the Unicode Consortium issued on 2006-05-08: http://www.unicode.org/press/pr-iuc30-3.html
April 2006
- DesktopLinux.com article on PuppyLinux and OLPC, 2006-Apr-07
