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One Laptop per Child meets the Competition

Michael Stein's Non-profit Technology Blog

A lengthy article in the Wall Street Journal highlights the effect that the One Laptop per Child Initiative has had on the pc industry. The result is that low-cost laptops are being sold to schools in many developing countries today, but surprisingly few are OLPC units.

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Second Life Education Programs in NY Times, Goes Open Source, and other tidbits

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Photo from Kate in Flickr Social Signal Open House in TechSoup Office last week I'm playing catch up here on a bunch of Second Life stuff happening over the past week that I didn't want to let slip through my fingers: Social Signal held an open house in Second Life to welcome their new virtual worlds manager, Catherine Winters , to Social Signal.

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NpTech Summary: VTvigils Online, Netsquared Announces 21 Featured Projects, and Happiness Hacking

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

shows us how to screencast with Linux and other open source tools! If you want to keep up with the One Laptop Per Child (OLPC), check out the wiki. Freecharity.org.uk Can cell phones ensure a free vote? Check out Greenlight Nigeria and Mobile Monitors.

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President's Update: Summer 2008

Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

In this photo, Tyler is listening to a book from Bookshare.org on his school's laptop with the assistance of the Kurzweil 3000 audio software. It is open source software, but we're experimenting with a revenue model to sustain the project over the long term. We've just launched Miradi.

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