Category: Digital Divide

OLPC Update: Intel and AMD Vying To Be The Chip Supplier For OLPC

Here’s the latest update on Negroponte’s One Laptop Per Child project (aka $100 laptop). It may have once dismissed the OLPC (One Laptop Per Child) Project as a “cheap gadget,” but Intel appears to have changed its mind. The company is now involved in talks to provide CPUs for the $100 (actually ~$175) systems. According… Continue reading OLPC Update: Intel and AMD Vying To Be The Chip Supplier For OLPC

New York Times On The Digital Divide

Here’s a great article in the New York Times detailing the lack of internet infrastructure in Africa: Attempts to bring affordable high-speed Internet service to the masses have made little headway on the continent. Less than 4 percent of Africa’s population is connected to the Web; most subscribers are in North African countries and the… Continue reading New York Times On The Digital Divide

$100 OLPC To Cost $175

Some updates on the One Laptop Per Child project hit the newswire last week. Negroponte, the leader of the project, announced how much his computers will cost. The founder of the ambitious “$100 laptop” project, which plans to give inexpensive computers to schoolchildren in developing countries, revealed Thursday that the machine for now costs $175,… Continue reading $100 OLPC To Cost $175

Microsoft plans to offer a stripped-down version of Windows and Office for $3 to developing nations

Microsoft announced a plan to offer a stripped-down version of Windows and Office software for three dollars to people in developing nations as well as low income families within the United States: The program, which is being announced in Beijing today by the Microsoft chairman, Bill Gates, represents an ambitious expansion of efforts to introduce… Continue reading Microsoft plans to offer a stripped-down version of Windows and Office for $3 to developing nations

$100 Laptop (OLPC) Updates- Will Be Sold By Manufacturer In Developed Countries As Well

Latest update on the $100 Laptop– Quanta, which is the Asian manufacturer making the $100 Laptops, has announced that it will be selling commercial versions of these $100 laptops for around $200 dollars in some parts of the developed world. They are going after the underprivileged markets in the developing world but I’m not sure… Continue reading $100 Laptop (OLPC) Updates- Will Be Sold By Manufacturer In Developed Countries As Well

Closing The Digital Divide With Portable Wifi

Here’s an innovative way that some people in India, Rwanda, Cambodia, and Paraguay are crossing the digital divide– by gaining online access through buses equipped with wifi which drive through several hard to reach villages a few times a day.. The buses and a fleet of motorcycles update their pages in cities before visiting the… Continue reading Closing The Digital Divide With Portable Wifi