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One Laptop Project faces economic reality

Business, Economics and Jobs

Financial woes have forced the ‘One Laptop Per Child’ project to ‘refocus its mission.’

Nicholas Negroponte and One Laptop Per Child

Business, Economics and Jobs

Bringing technology to the developing world

Business, Economics and Jobs
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Take Two Tablets; Call Me on September 9th

Business, Economics and Jobs
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Tiny Giants: Netbooks and Personal Computing

Development & Education
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Bringing technology to developing world

Environment

Cyrus Farivar reports for The World on a San Francisco start-up that’s taking an innovative approach to bringing computers and Internet access to the developing world.

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One Laptop update

Environment

Cyrus Farivar has an update on the “One Laptop Per Child” program initiative: it has fallen short of its goal and a there is a split among the program’s partners.

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