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Adidas to Make 1 Euro Shoes For World's Poor

German sports-shoe company Adidas has confirmed plans to make "one-euro shoes" to offer to the poor and barefoot of the world.

India Chooses NComputing Over OLPC, Intel

NComputing has beaten out Intel and OLPC by bagging a deal to supply its products to a massive computer education program by the Andhra Pradesh state government.

OLPC Project Laptops to Feature Indian Language Keyboards

The OLPC project will now introduce laptops with various keyboards in Urdu, Hindi and Bengali.

OLPC Reveals Second Generation XO

The OLPC non-profit organization has announced that work is already underway on a second-generation version of its XO laptop computer.

Techies Start Noticing Kids' Laptops

India's official response to the OLPC project to distribute low-cost computers among school students may not have been too enthusiastic, but that hasn't stopped techies from seizing the opportunity.

OLPC/Microsoft In Chats For Dual-Boot Version

OLPC and Microsoft are in chats for jointly developing a dual-boot capable version that will run Windows.

Intel Quits One Laptop Per Child Program

Intel Corp. is abandoning the One Laptop Per Child program, dealing a big blow to the ambitious project to bring millions of low-cost laptops to children in developing countries.

Microsoft to Test Windows on $100 Laptop

Microsoft will begin testing a version of Windows XP in January on the "$100 laptop" from One Laptop Per Child.

Production Begins for Schoolkid Laptops

The One Laptop Per Child program, which hopes to distribute sub-$200 computers to schoolchildren in developing countries, has begun mass production.

Cheap Laptops Arrive for Tryout in India

The so-called $100 laptops for children may make it to India after all.