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Nicholas Negroponte presenta la segunda generación del OLPC
2008-05-22 15:53:00 Nicholas Negroponte ha participado esta semana en un ciclo de conferencias que se ha celebrado en Cambridge, Massachusetts, para presentar la segunda generación del "portátil de los 100 dólares", que recibirá el nombre de XO2.Esta nueva versión, que llegará a los mercados el próximo año, es sensiblemente más pequeña que la anterior, consume menos energía, hace gala de un renovado diseño, no dispone de teclado y cuenta con 2 pantallas táctiles que permitirán la utilización de este portátil en posición vertical como si de un libro interactivo se tratara.Los impulsores del proyecto, con Negroponte a la cabeza, esperan que la llegada de esta segunda generación, la presumible bajada de las pantallas LCD y el acuerdo que han suscrito con Microsoft para poder instalar Windows en estos portátiles sirvan para impulsar las ventas de un producto que hasta el momento no ha alcanzado las cotas de popularidad esperadas. Y es que apenas si se han vendido 600.000 unidades. Muy poco si tenemos en ...
OLCP XO laptop will officially have Windows XP
2008-05-16 19:59:00 After much speculation and concern Microsoft has put out official word that the OLPC XO laptop will be made available with the Windows XP operation system. Nicholas Negroponte has been trying to work with Bill Gates and Microsoft for years to get the Windows OS for the laptop, but Microsoft had been reluctant due to ...
By: SlipperyBrick
China should open dialogue with Dalai Lama says John Negroponte
2008-04-24 15:58:00 Dharamshala: US Deputy Secretary of State John Negroponte during a testimony at a Senate hearing on Wednesday said that the China should open dialogue with His Holiness the Dalai Lama, saying stability in Tibet is not possible without such a dialogue. Speaking at a Senate Foreign Relations subcommittee hearing, Negroponte said China would not achieve the ...
NEGROPONTE TALKS ABOUT CLASSMATE 2, OTHER LOW-COST LAPTOPS
2008-04-08 21:42:00 Filed under: LaptopsAs should be clear by now, OLPC's Nicholas Negroponte is never one to shy away from discussing the competition (among other things), and he's now made some of his opinions on Intel's new Classmate 2 laptop (a.k.a. Netbook) and other low-cost laptops known in a brief interview with Laptop Magazine. On the updated Classmate, Nick Neg was able to bring himself to say that Intel "made many steps forward" and says that he's glad they adopted mesh networking, but he adds that the display is "still really very weak" and that "480 lines does not work" (no complaints from us there). He also doesn't mince words about Intel entering the domestic laptop market with the Netbook, saying that he's "astonished" that it's doing so and he "cannot imagine that Dell, HP, Lenovo and others will keep any allegiance to a supplier that competes with them." Nick Neg further adds that it's "fine" that others are entering the low-cost, educational laptop space, and that "kids will ...
OLPC: Negroponte wants ?zero dollar laptop? for children
2008-03-11 01:17:00 $100 for a laptop for a child in the poorest countries is still too much for Nicholas Negroponte. The founder of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology Media Lab, and founder and current chairman. of the One Laptop per Child project (OLPC) wants to give portable computers to all the children in developing countries. If possible, free of charge, he said to German Frankfurter Rundschau newspaper. "$100 is prohibitive. Our computers should and will be zero dollar laptops. There are many ways of achieving this, and we will endeavour to do just that."
By: Server Tales
Negroponte says role at OLPC not changing, Windows coming soon
2008-03-10 21:51:00 Filed under: LaptopsIt's just been a few short days since Nicholas Negroponte seemed to make it clear that his role at OLPC would soon be changing, but it now seems like that may not be the case, with Nick Neg telling Laptop Magazine that his role will "not be changing drastically" once a new CEO is put in place. He also went on to say that "replacement" is not the right word, and that he had never held the CEO title nor used it, adding that he'll now go under the title of "Chairman and Foreign Minister." With that out of the way, Negroponte also dropped word that "a Windows operating system is in the process of being fine-tuned on the XO as we speak," and that it "should be available on the XO in less than 60 days," which is about the firmest word of a release date we've heard so far. Read | Permalink | Email this | Comments
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?It hasn?t been used for years?? - Negroponte On Torture
2008-01-30 00:22:00 Oh really, John? Negroponte, who currently serves as deputy secretary of state, told the National Journal that the country has made improvements and that it has been years since interrogators used the simulated drowning technique, often described as torture. “We’ve taken steps to address the issue of interrogations, for instance, and waterboarding has not been used in ...
Intel Leaving One Laptop Per Child
2008-01-04 22:57:00 Looks like Intel is pulling out of the One Laptop Per Child (OLPC) program. The OLPC, a noble endeavor and the brainchild of MIT’s Nicholas Negroponte, promised to provide, just as the name implies, one laptop per child all over the world. Evidently, Mr. Negroponte expected Intel to end its support of non-OLPC ...
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Negroponte Laptop
2007-12-03 05:48:00 If tech luminary Nicholas Negroponte has his way, the pale light from rugged, hand-cranked $100 laptops will illuminate homes in villages and townships throughout the developing world, and give every child on the planet a computer of their own by 2010.The MIT Media Lab and Wired magazine founder stood shoulder to shoulder with U.N. Secretary-General Kofi Annan to unveil the first working prototype of the "$100 laptop" -- currently more like $110 -- at the U.N. World Summit on the Information Society here Wednesday. The Linux-based machine instantly became the hit of the show, and Thursday saw diplomats and dignitaries, reporters and TV cameras perpetually crowded around the booth of One Laptop Per Child -- Negroponte's nonprofit -- craning for a glimpse of the toy-like tote. With its cheery green coloring and Tonka-tough shell, the laptop certainly looks cool. It boasts a 7-inch screen that swivels like a tablet PC, and an electricity-generating crank that provides 40 minutes of po...
John D. Negroponte Remarks on Pakistan VIDEO PODCAST
2007-11-22 02:27:00 Remarks on Pakistan, John D. Negroponte, FULL STREAMING VIDEO, Deputy Secretary of State, Islamabad, Pakistan PODCAST OF THIS ARTICLEPresident Musharraf has been and continues to be a strong voice against extremism. We value our partnership with the government of Pakistan under the leadership of President Musharraf. We welcome President Musharraf's announcement that elections will take place in January, a commitment he repeated to me yesterday in categorical terms. He also repeated his commitment to retire from his army post before commencing his second presidential term and we urge him to do so as soon as possible.Unfortunately the recent political actions against protesters, suppression of the media and the arrests of political and human rights leaders, runs directly counter to the reforms that have been undertaken in recent years. Their continuation undermines the progress that Pakistan has made. I urged the government of Pakistan to stop such actions, to lift the state of emerg...
Nicholas Negroponte a Reggio Emilia
2007-10-26 12:55:00 Breve e tardivo post per ricordare a tutti che sabato 27 Ottobre, presso l’aula magna “Manodori” dell‘Università di Reggio Emilia (Via Allegri 9 Reggio Emilia) si terrà un incontro con Nicholas Negroponte, fondatore del MediaLab del Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) di Boston e Presidente della fondazione One Laptop per Child. Il tema della conferenza ...
Negroponte saca su portátil de bajo coste solo por 15 dÃas
2007-09-25 12:53:00 La Fundación One Laptop per Child de Nicolás Negroponte pondrá a la venta el portátil XO, con el que pretende superar la brecha digital, entregando ordenadores de bajo coste en su campaña Give 1 Get 1, que comienza el 12 de noviembre y en el que pondrá a la venta portátiles a 399$ (unos 283€). A ...
¿Qué fue lo que dijo Negroponte?
2007-04-30 18:35:00 Se ha armado mucho ruido con esto de que el OLPC correrá Windows. Eso no es como se está comentando, y en realidad es una distorsión a lo que dijo Negroponte. Pero afortunadamente existe una transcripcion de la entrevista de la cual se sacó la información original. ... Visita La Naturaleza del Software para leer más...
Negroponte calls for Darfur action
2007-04-17 19:01:00 KHARTOUM, Sudan, April 17: The Sudanese government is engaged "in a deliberate campaign of intimidation" against aid workers, U.S. Deputy Secretary of State John Negroponte said Tuesday.
By: newkerala.com
Hats off to Nicholas Negroponte and his $100 laptop
2007-03-07 13:56:04 Nicholas Negroponte is the founder and chairman of One Laptop per Child (OLPC) http://www.laptop.org established to provide children around the world with new opportunities to explore, experiment and express themselves. OLPC was founded by Nicholas Negroponte with a core of Media Lab veterans, but quickly expanded to include a wide range of exceptionally talented and dedicated people from academia as well as industry, the arts, business, and the open-source community.The scheme is hoping to put low-cost computers into the hands of people in developing countries. Ultimately the project's backers hope the machines could sell for as little as $100 (£55). Test machines are expected to reach children in February as the project builds towards a more formal launch.Ask any primary school head in any corner of the world and they will probably tell you that?s a good idea. Like Nicholas, I think the idea that school children are still being encouraged to learn through Microsoft products is ...
By: Agilization
Senate to Negroponte: stop stonewalling.
2006-08-06 19:27:11 [From Think Progress] Two weeks ago, Harper’s reported that National Intelligence Director John Negroponte was stonewalling the creation of a new National Intelligence Estimate on Iraq because he knew the findings would be even more pessimistic than the 2004 version. Today, the Senate today passed an amendment, proposed by Sen. Edward Kennedy (D-MA), that requires Negroponte [...]
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