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Nicholas Negroponte on Books, Libraries, and Google Book Search...Google's digitizing of books was far better before the need for a settlement. I wish they had continued with their original free and open approach. Instead, a guild representing just a few authors (8000) and a small handful of... In this article: Nicholas Negroponte, Google Book Search, Itunes, Google, Boston Public Library, Africa, and Boston |
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Techdirt | January 29, 2009
OLPC Finally Decides to Open Source Its Hardware
...XO-2, will be open sourced, gives hope that things are starting to change. Speaking to the Guardian, Negroponte says, "The XO-1 was really designed as if we were Apple. The XO-2 will be designed as if we were Google - we'll want people to copy...
In this article: Nicholas Negroponte and East Asia
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BusinessWeek Online | March 06, 2008
Negroponte Seeks a Laptop CEO
...on to deploy the machines broadly, are now dialing back their efforts. The OLPC is backed by tech industry giants including Advanced Micro Devices (AMD) and Google (GOOG). The transition Negroponte revealed has already begun. In recent weeks,...
In this article: Nicholas Negroponte, Intel, Microsoft, Red Hat, Advanced Micro Devices, BusinessWeek, Laptop, Linux, and Classmate PC
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CNN | September 14, 2007
Exclusive: Negroponte on his Intel triumph - Jul. 27, 2007
...we should make peace." Negroponte had already gotten similar advice from both Apple (Charts, Fortune 500) CEO Steve Jobs and Google (Charts, Fortune 500) CEO Eric Schmidt, and he finally decided to take it. It apparently didn't take...
In this article: Nicholas Negroponte, Intel, Steve Jobs, Washington, Taiwan, and Venom
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Intel Inside The Third World
...matched. In one corner stands one of the world's most powerful tech giants, and in the other, a tiny philanthropy that has drummed up modest backing from the likes of Google, eBay, News Corp., and Advanced Micro Devices. (AMD )...
In this article: Intel Corp., Nicholas Negroponte, Advanced Micro Devices, Classmate PC, Gartner Inc., Qualcomm Inc., S&P, and Mexico
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At Davos: citizenship, apostasy and $100 laptops - Feb. 1, 2007
...version of his so-called "$100 laptop" (which will initially cost about $150). Everyone from Michael Dell to Google's Vint Cerf was seen playing with it. The little green-and-white computer is so sexy that many pronounced it "cooler than...
In this article: Davos, Jimmy Wales, Nicholas Negroponte, Intel, Vinod Khosla, and Melinda Gates
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Engadget | January 29, 2009
Negroponte raps about OLPC 2: 'designed as if we were Google'
Negroponte raps about OLPC 2: 'designed as if we were Google' by Joseph L. Flatley, posted Jan 29th 2009 at 1:31PM Well, our interest was certainly piqued by that OLPC XO-2 mockup that surfaced yesterday, and now the Guardian is saying...
In this article: Nicholas Negroponte, Apple, and Microsoft
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www.washingtonpost.com | August 02, 2007
News Corp. pledged $2.5 mln to DJ watchdog's group
...computers for poor children. News Corp is one of 11 parties, including Google Inc (GOOG.O) and Advanced Micro Devices Inc (AMD.N), that each pledged to give $2.5 million to OLPC, Negroponte said in May. "If in fact Nicholas' foundation...
In this article: News Corp, Nicholas Negroponte, Dow Jones, Rupert Murdoch, Poynter Institute, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, and E-mail
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One Laptop Meets Big Business
...system on the XO laptop, gaining credibility with a number of governments. And other backers like Google (GOOG) and Advanced Micro Devices (AMD) are holding firm. During the week of May 18, Negroponte ran a four-day conference in Cambridge...
In this article: Nicholas Negroponte, Laptop, Intel, Advanced Micro Devices, Cambridge, Microsoft, and Peru
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Scientific American - Full Content | March 03, 2009
Microsoft Vista voted tech world's top Fiasco
...Web to snag top honors in the first-ever Fiasco Awards announced in Barcelona, Spain, today, beating out other contenders, including Google's Lively virtual world, the One Laptop per Child computer (developed by the Nicholas...
In this article: Windows Vista, Microsoft, Thomas Edison, Windows XP, Windows Media Center, Laptop, Second Life, and Nicholas Negroponte
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