http://www.macnn.com/ MacNN is the leading source for news about Apple and the Mac industry. It offers news, reviews, discussion, tips, troubleshooting, links, and reviews every day. The best place for Mac News. Period. en-us http://images.macnn.com/images/macnn-logo-bw.gif http://www.macnn.com/ http://www.macnn.com/articles/08/11/17/olpc.give.1.get.1.program/ <img align='left' src='http://images.macnn.com/esta/content/0801/olpc-handson.jpg' border='0' width='176' height='120' />As promised back in September, One Laptop Per Child (OLPC) on Monday announced it will once again launch its Give 1 Get 1 program that aims to put a simple, Internet-connected laptop to children in developing countries to help in their education. Anyone can participate in the program by buying two XO laptops for $399, one for themselves and another for a child in a poor country. The other option i... http://www.macnn.com/articles/08/11/17/olpc.give.1.get.1.program/ Mon, 17 Nov 2008 14:00:00 GMT http://www.macnn.com/articles/08/10/24/kid.picks.linux.xo.laptop/ <img align='left' src='http://images.macnn.com/esta/content/0801/olpc-handson.jpg' border='0' width='176' height='120' />A recently performed informal experiment saw an eight-year-old American student pick the Linux version of the XO laptop over the Windows XP version. The eight-year-old, representative of the target audience for the educational notebook, spent an afternoon exploring each notebook, finally picking the Linux version mostly because it had more software that was not yet explored. Each iteration had its... http://www.macnn.com/articles/08/10/24/kid.picks.linux.xo.laptop/ Fri, 24 Oct 2008 20:05:00 GMT http://www.macnn.com/articles/08/09/08/olpc.give.1.get.1.program/ <img align='left' src='http://images.macnn.com/esta/content/0711/olpc-green.jpg' border='0' width='176' height='120' />A second run of the One Laptop Per Child project's Give 1 Get 1 program will begin on November 17th, writes Laptop Magazine. The founder of OLPC, Nicholas Negroponte, has announced that beginning on that date, shoppers at Amazon.com will be able to pick up an XO notebook of their own for $399, with a second system being sent to one of the poor countries it was designed for. The first 100,000 to ... http://www.macnn.com/articles/08/09/08/olpc.give.1.get.1.program/ Mon, 08 Sep 2008 16:55:00 GMT http://www.macnn.com/articles/08/09/04/amazon.to.sell.olpc.laptop/ <img align='left' src='http://images.macnn.com/esta/content/0801/olpc-handson.jpg' border='0' width='176' height='120' />With Microsoft having finished a version of its Windows XP operating system for the One Laptop Per Child notebook in July, the computer should be nearing its launch date, and a Thursday... http://www.macnn.com/articles/08/09/04/amazon.to.sell.olpc.laptop/ Thu, 04 Sep 2008 16:45:00 GMT http://www.macnn.com/articles/08/03/21/olpc.project.turmoil/ <img align='left' src='http://images.macnn.com/esta/content/0711/olpc-green.jpg' border='0' width='176' height='120' />The One Laptop Per Child project is undergoing serious internal problems, InfoWorld reports. The non-profit group is said to be in the middle of a massive restructuring effort, prompted by an organization described by chairman Nicholas Negroponte as "almost like a terrorist group, doing almost impossible things." OLPC is now hunting for a new CEO, and its director of Security Architecture, Ivan ... http://www.macnn.com/articles/08/03/21/olpc.project.turmoil/ Fri, 21 Mar 2008 17:10:00 GMT