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This is hilarious...the Indian government has decided that the folks at MIT who are supposed to be innovating and helping with the digital divide in countries like India, are just not good enough at it. So,... US warns China over weapon links in Iran, Iraq, Afghanistan
"The United States has warned Beijing over reported use of Chinese weapons by insurgents in Iraq and Afghanistan as well as the Asian giant's continued sale of arms to Iran, Deputy Secretary of State John Negroponte said Thursday.He said he conveyed the concerns personally to...'$100 Laptop' Project Teams With Microsoft
The One Laptop Per Child project has undergone all kinds of trials and tribulations, both in terms of its price and functionality, and its public perception.OLPC has long been wary of trying to integrate a Microsoft... EU ready for Cuba ties after Castro exit
"The European Union has said it is ready to seek ways to re-launch ties with Cuba following the announcement that President Fidel Castro will not return to power.
Some of the 27 EU states, led by Spain which normalised its relations with Havana last year, are in favour... 'One Laptop per Child' Developer To Create $75 Version
Not to be undersold, Mary Lou Jepsen, the former CTO of the One Laptop per Child project (which intended to make a $100 laptop available to children in the developing world) is starting up a new company, Pixel Qi,... Intel Won't Give Laptops to Children
Will the One Laptop Per Child dream ever be fully-realized?"Intel Corp (INTC.O: Quote, Profile , Research) said on Thursday it will drop out of the One Laptop Per Child project and resign from the board after the...Daughter of the West
" * LRB * 13 December 2007 * Tariq Ali more detail icon * printer icon print layout * mail icon tell a friend Daughter of the West Tariq Ali Arranged marriages can be a messy business. Designed principally as a means of accumulating wealth, circumventing...Uruguay buys first $100 laptops
"The first official order for the so-called "$100 laptop" has been placed by the government of Uruguay. The South American country has bought 100,000 of the machines for schoolchildren aged six to 12. A further 300,000 may be purchased to provide a machine for every child in...Canadian minister gets shirty at Asia summit
At least he didn't wear a fishing vest as his boss, Prime Minister Stephen Harper, did.Canada's deputy foreign minister was guilty of a diplomatic fashion crime when he showed up at a state dinner in the Philippines presidential palace wearing something looking like a cross...Iran-Contra-Drugs revisited
Remembering a scandal too abhorrent to be forgotten, especially in these troubling times From our younger days: remember when we were kids, and saw Ollie North swearing oath on TV with his smart olive uniform, and all the jokes about shredding documents...Cheap Laptops for a Third World
Opinion Barry Artiste, Now Public Contributor Years past the words "A Chicken in every Pot" got Politicians elected by a starving populace in the depression's dirty 30's. Today Corporate America's words "A...9/11 Families Hand-Deliver Petition to Congress
"September 11th Advocates Regarding Declassification and Release of Documents June 18, 2007 The Public's Right to Know - Declassification and Release of Documents petition (http://www.petitiononline.com/july10/petition.html ) surpassed 15,000 signatures. As promised, we have... The Militarisation of the United States
"Under the guise of the war on terror the Bush administration has managed to set in motion the process of militarizing the United States by completely undermining the United States Constitution, dividing the nation,... One Laptop Per Child project already in Nigeria
One Laptop Per Child project has begun in Nigeria. My heart goes out to Khaled Hassounah, director of Nicholas Negroponte's One Laptop Per Child (OLPC) program in Africa and the Middle East and everyone who...Feeding education to hungry children worldwide
"Nicholas Negroponte, founder of the non-profit group One Laptop Per Child (OLPC), wants to stop the spread of poverty throughout the world. But instead of filling the void of third-world economic backpedaling,...
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