250,000 XO laptops coming to India!
India has finally given up on their own cheap laptop initiative.
The Indian government has apparently placed an order for 250,000 XO laptops for distribution amongst school going children.
This huge order is also likely to help the OLPC project which has been struggling in the recent times due to lack [...]

OLPC XO-1 laptop now powered with Via technology
One Laptop Per Child project has announced that they are now using Via’s C7-M processor on their updated edition of XO laptop.
The company has replaced an AMD processor for this Via chip in their XO-1 laptop.
OLPC said that this processor from Via operate at clock speeds of [...]

OLPC Project in trouble? Job cuts announced
One Laptop Per Child Foundation has announced that they are cutting some jobs in the operations which are aimed at providing cheap computing solutions to school going kids in developing nations.
OLPC’s Nicholas Negroponte said in a statement that they are cutting half its staff, or about 30 jobs.
They [...]