OLPC Launches 'Give 1, Get 1' Laptop Promo (NewsFactor)

OLPC Launches 'Give 1, Get 1' Laptop Promo (NewsFactor)
NewsFactor - One Laptop Per Child's long-awaited "Give 1, Get 1" program launched Monday at www.laptopgiving.org. For the next 15 days only, geeks and other supporters of computing for kids can pay $399 to get two XO laptops -- one of which will automatically be sent to a child in the developing world.

LG.Philips to release dirt-resistant TFT-LCD screen
South Korea's LG.Philips LCD said yesterday that it has developed a dirt-resistant screen for notebook computers by using a principle similar to non-

Nigeria favors Linux vendor Mandriva over Microsoft once more (InfoWorld)
InfoWorld - Microsoft may not have beaten French�Linux vendor Mandriva�in a large deal to supply Nigerian elementary schools with laptop computers and software after all.

EA Donates SimCity to OLPC Laptops (NewsFactor)
NewsFactor - With the launch of a limited-time "Give 1, Get 1" sales effort for the groundbreaking XO computer slated for Monday, Electronic Arts added to the momentum behind the green machine by announcing it is donating the original SimCity game to the One Laptop Per Child project.