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The “Give One, Get One” laptop sale from One Laptop Per Child has been extended through the end of December. OLPC says it’s pulling in about $2 million per day in “donations.” [Gizmodo]
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The forthcoming XO laptop’s price has officially hit $200 now—double the initial $100 target. [Reuters]
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Microsoft says it’s hard at work and spending a “nontrivial” amount of money to optimize a version of Windows XP for the One Laptop Per Child’s $188 XO laptop, as if impoverished children don’t already suffer enough. [Reuters]
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