A former executive of One Laptop Per Child, the program whose mission is to give low-cost, rugged laptops to children in underserved locations around the world, is suing the non-profit organization ...

Not as well as those behind the programme to supply children in the developing world with a cheap, robust computer would like. The OLPC programme, despite plenty of goodwill and positive press ...

Mary Lou Jepsen, the XO laptop’s designer and OLPC’s CTO, split from the project a little over a week ago to “commercialize” some of the tech she developed for the project—the display in ...

In an interview, Mary Lou Jepsen, the former head of One Laptop Per Child and current head of Pixel Qi, talks about her departure from OLPC and her $75 laptop plans Mary Lou Jepsen stirred up a ...

The One Laptop Per Child Foundation told Reuters they’re considering selling their XO laptop in stores for $350-$525 this coming holiday season. [Reuters] Explore more on these topics Share this story ...

Walter Bender, the former executive director of MIT's Media Lab, played key role in developing and deploying open source software for OLPC's low-cost XO laptop Drastic internal restructuring at the ...

I have also found the readability until sunlight/indoor lighting to be outstanding. SonicHgHog is most likely right, however - given the progress of the OLPC machines, $75 is a little bit optimistic.

Mary Lou Jepsen was one of the pioneering minds behind One Laptop per Child, the project to produce cheap laptops for children in developing countries. Since then, Jepsen has moved on to start San ...

SEATTLE -- The One Laptop Per Child project is set to resume its Give One Get One promotion for its kid-friendly computers Monday with logistics help from Web retailer Amazon.com Inc. With Give One ...