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Netbook Momentum ...
24 July 08 08:14 AM | jamesu | 1 Comments   

I haven't seen much about this in the press yet, but yesterday Intel and Carlos Slim in Mexico announced a deal to deploy 50,000 Intel Classmate Netbook computers to poor students in Mexico. These machines will be running Windows and Office. The agreement Read More...

Filed under: Unlimited Potential, Intel, Education, OLPC, Affordability

Look! Windows on the OLPC XO!
15 May 08 04:00 PM | jamesu | 1 Comments   

Today Microsoft and the OLPC are announcing support for Windows on the OLPC XO computer. The two organizations will work together on several pilot programs in emerging market countries starting next month, and the offering will RTM in August or September. Read More...

Filed under: Unlimited Potential, NGO, Intel, Education, Access, ASUS, OLPC, Digital Divide, Affordability, Creative Capitalism

We Have a Name: "Creative Capitalism"
25 January 08 01:21 PM | jamesu | 0 Comments   

Bill Gates gave a great speech at Davos this week around the concept of Creative Capitalism , an approach where governments, businesses, and non-profits work together to stretch the reach of market forces so that more people can make a profit, or gain Read More...

Filed under: Unlimited Potential, Intel, Education, Relevance, Access, OLPC, Digital Divide, Affordability, Creative Capitalism

Cambridge
12 December 07 04:00 PM | jamesu | 0 Comments   

  A team of Microsoft people flew out to Cambridge, Mass. to meet with engineers from the OLPC Foundation yesterday. Here is a photo of my coworkers Bohdan Raciborski (demoing) and John Gunabal (smiling) as we showed some software to Walter Bender, Read More...

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OLPC in the News (Part 2)
05 December 07 02:17 PM | jamesu | 1 Comments   

Well, I will be flying out to Cambridge next week for my first meeting with some of the people at the OLPC , and I have to say I am looking forward to it. Some of my UPG co-workers from Microsoft have been meeting with the OLPC team for about a year now, Read More...

Filed under: Unlimited Potential, NGO, Intel, Education, Relevance, Access, ASUS, OLPC, Affordability

Technology and Education Summit in Guatemala
05 October 07 03:46 AM | jamesu | 0 Comments   

Thursday, October 4th I had the opportunity today to give a keynote speech at a technology and education summit for the Caribbean and Latin America hosted by Intel, Microsoft, and the Guatemala Ministry of Education. The venue was Antigua, Guatemala. Read More...

Filed under: Unlimited Potential, Intel, Education