One Laptop per Child (OLPC), a non-profit organization focused on providing educational tools to help children in developing countries “learn learning,” announced today the results of its Give One Get One campaign that ran from November 12 through December 31, 2007 in the United States and Canada. In total, the campaign raised $35 million and more than 100,000 XO laptops are already in the process of being distributed to children in Afghanistan, Cambodia, Ethiopia, Haiti, Mongolia and Rwanda.
“We are extremely grateful to everyone who participated in our giving campaign,” said Nicholas Negroponte, founder and chairman of One Laptop per Child. “The generous response was overwhelming and significantly helps us move forward our mission of getting laptops into the hands of as many underprivileged children as possible. Give One Get One also quickly broadened the global community of XO laptop users and we’re already getting lots of feedback and creative input about ways to improve the laptop even further.”
In addition to making it possible to seed the launch of programs in a number of countries, the Give One Get One campaign greatly expanded community participation in the project. The community has already jumped in to help: the level of activity in OLPC forums, chat rooms, email lists and wiki has risen dramatically. Give One Get One participants have asked lots of questions – and have uncovered some new bugs – but they also have lots of answers and have submitted some new software patches. The community model is scaling.
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One Laptop per Child (OLPC), a non-profit organization focused on providing educational tools to help children in developing countries “learn learning,” announced today the results of its Give One Get One campaign that ran from November 12 through December 31, 2007 in the United States and Canada. In total, the campaign raised $35 million and more than 100,000 XO laptops are already in the process of being distributed to children in Afghanistan, Cambodia, Ethiopia, Haiti, Mongolia and Rwanda.
“We are extremely grateful to everyone who participated in our giving campaign,” said Nicholas Negroponte, founder and chairman of One Laptop per Child. “The generous response was overwhelming and significantly helps us move forward our mission of getting laptops into the hands of as many underprivileged children as possible. Give One Get One also quickly broadened the global community of XO laptop users and we’re already getting lots of feedback and creative input about ways to improve the laptop even further.”
In addition to making it possible to seed the launch of programs in a number of countries, the Give One Get One campaign greatly expanded community participation in the project. The community has already jumped in to help: the level of activity in OLPC forums, chat rooms, email lists and wiki has risen dramatically. Give One Get One participants have asked lots of questions – and have uncovered some new bugs – but they also have lots of answers and have submitted some new software patches. The community model is scaling.
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Easily overlooked next to the countless heavy hitters coming out of CES 2008, here we have this great new wireless controller for the Nintendo Wii.
Nyko’s new Wireless Nunchuk controller lets you play games without the annoying cable getting in your way, while you punch, fight or swing. How many times have you been in the zone only to be pulled out by the limits of the cable?
They cost $30 and work just like the one you are used to. It just transmits its signal to an adapter that snaps on to the bottom of your Wii-mote. The Nyko Wireless Nunchuk should hit stores sometime in the first quarter of 2008.
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The ultimate glamorous feature phone is now available in the U.S. Motorola, Inc. announced today that MOTORAZR2 V8 Luxury Edition is available in the U.S. exclusively through MOTO STORE. It features the signature MOTORAZR2 form factor with gold-plated accents on medallions, navigation key and hinge and it’s embossed in a snakeskin-like texture. It’s available unlocked for GSM networks.
Without even opening the flip, users can read and respond to texts on the large external display, which also boasts touch-sensitive music controls, picture caller ID and self-portrait camera display. Motorola’s CrystalTalk technology helps insure clear calls by automatically accounting for background noise and adjusting the audio accordingly. Travellers will appreciate the device’s quad-band technology to stay connected while traveling the globe.
If it’s web-surfing you want, surf the Web on MOTORAZR2 V8 with the Opera Mobile Browser 8.5. Capture pictures in high-resolution with a 2.0 megapixel camera with 8x digital zoom and up to 2 hours of video capture and playback. You can also enjoy music with up to 2GB of on-board storage for up to 1,000 songs, lightening-fast over-the-air downloads and compatibility with Windows Media Player 11 on the PC, enabling access to over 200 online music stores.
It’s available exclusively through MotoStore (www.store.motorola.com) for $679.99.
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One Laptop per Child (OLPC), a non-profit organization focused on providing educational tools to help children in developing countries “learn learning,” announced today the results of its Give One Get One campaign that ran from November 12 through December 31, 2007 in the United States and Canada. In total, the campaign raised $35 million and more than 100,000 XO laptops are already in the process of being distributed to children in Afghanistan, Cambodia, Ethiopia, Haiti, Mongolia and Rwanda.
