Comments on: OLPC Laptop No Longer CM1, Now 2B1 http://www.crunchgear.com/2006/08/28/olpc-laptop-no-longer-cm1-now-2b1/ Gadgets, gear and computer hardware. Tue, 14 Oct 2008 17:12:52 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.2 By: Chucklefuck http://www.crunchgear.com/2006/08/28/olpc-laptop-no-longer-cm1-now-2b1/#comment-520528 Chucklefuck Thu, 08 Nov 2007 22:07:31 +0000 http://crunchgear.com/2006/08/28/olpc-laptop-no-longer-cm1-now-2b1/#comment-520528 Hey Azriel, there aren't many Americans that can't afford the cheapest computer, and there are community organizations that can pretty much address the needs of those few here who can't. And even if that isn't the case, there are libraries and other such possibilities. Whereas for third-world children, a computer that you or I buy in America may cost more than it takes to feed her entire immediate family for the whole year. Hey Azriel, there aren’t many Americans that can’t afford the cheapest computer, and there are community organizations that can pretty much address the needs of those few here who can’t. And even if that isn’t the case, there are libraries and other such possibilities.

Whereas for third-world children, a computer that you or I buy in America may cost more than it takes to feed her entire immediate family for the whole year.

]]> By: Azriel http://www.crunchgear.com/2006/08/28/olpc-laptop-no-longer-cm1-now-2b1/#comment-339725 Azriel Sat, 28 Jul 2007 03:40:14 +0000 http://crunchgear.com/2006/08/28/olpc-laptop-no-longer-cm1-now-2b1/#comment-339725 nice how the americans are making everyone elses kids smarter and our own dumber. this is being offered to other countrys but form what i know not american children. why? ticks me off!! nice how the americans are making everyone elses kids smarter and our own dumber. this is being offered to other countrys but form what i know not american children. why? ticks me off!!

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]]> By: CrunchGear » Blog Archive » OLPC Gets 1,000 Laptops Closer To Mass Production http://www.crunchgear.com/2006/08/28/olpc-laptop-no-longer-cm1-now-2b1/#comment-24326 CrunchGear » Blog Archive » OLPC Gets 1,000 Laptops Closer To Mass Production Tue, 21 Nov 2006 17:31:17 +0000 http://crunchgear.com/2006/08/28/olpc-laptop-no-longer-cm1-now-2b1/#comment-24326 [...] You can barely see it in the picture, against the green table top, but that’s the first of 1,000 Quanta XO 2B1 laptops to roll off the assembly line in Shanghai as part of the One Laptop per Child (OLPC) initiative. [...] [...] You can barely see it in the picture, against the green table top, but that’s the first of 1,000 Quanta XO 2B1 laptops to roll off the assembly line in Shanghai as part of the One Laptop per Child (OLPC) initiative. [...]

]]> By: CrunchGear » Blog Archive » Hackers Needed To Break $100 OLPC Laptops http://www.crunchgear.com/2006/08/28/olpc-laptop-no-longer-cm1-now-2b1/#comment-6291 CrunchGear » Blog Archive » Hackers Needed To Break $100 OLPC Laptops Wed, 04 Oct 2006 13:39:51 +0000 http://crunchgear.com/2006/08/28/olpc-laptop-no-longer-cm1-now-2b1/#comment-6291 [...] On October 2, One Laptop Per Child put out an open call to “hackers” to try and break the $100 laptops, named the 2B1, so they don’t hit the open market full of security holes. Apparently the comments made by Ivan Krstic at the Toorcon computer security convention (and reported by TG Daily) were off the record, though. Still TG is standing behind the accuracy of what it heard. [...] [...] On October 2, One Laptop Per Child put out an open call to “hackers” to try and break the $100 laptops, named the 2B1, so they don’t hit the open market full of security holes. Apparently the comments made by Ivan Krstic at the Toorcon computer security convention (and reported by TG Daily) were off the record, though. Still TG is standing behind the accuracy of what it heard. [...]

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