Of Obama's and XOs

In a surprise move, Obama has endorsed XO for US schools with a new twist. OLPC will collaborate with DELL and Intel using Atom processor.

http://www.olpcnews.com/countries/usa/obama_to_olpc_american_schools.html

Irving Art festival

Irving ISD exhibited XO laptops in Irving Art festival in March of 2009. This exhibit focused on Music and Mathematics using TamTamMini and TurtleArts Thanks to Bob Harmon, Marilyn Keith, and Karen Lowman.

Composing on TamTam MINI

Even a two year old could not resist the XOs

Math is beautiful

Emulate XO on you Windows computer

While still contemplating jumping on the Give-One-Get-One v2.0 (G1G1 v2.0) band wagon, let's wet your appetite with the free XO emulator. This will give you a chance to:
emulate the XO laptop and load it on your existing computer
add the software
then take it for a test drive. Here is the link: http://sites.google.com/site/olpcqemu/

Google map of contributors

There are almost 100,000 community members with XOs around the world. See where other XOs and user groups are, and list yourself on our Google map of contributors.

G1G1 version 2

OLPC Founder, Dr. Nicholas Negroponte has confirmed that Amazon.com will be the distributor for the "give a laptop, get a laptop (G1G1) starting on November 17. It will retail for $399.
link: www.amazon.com/xo

Dr. Negroponte also indicated that:
“It will not be dual boot (Windows and Linux), but may have a Linux standard desktop as well as Sugar.” This decision is not yet finalized. He also revealed that the first 100,000 or 150,000 customers participate in the program will get the XO system right away.

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Need a part for your XO?

Here is the site you should consider for XO Accessories, or replacement parts.

http://www.ilovemyxo.com/

Low-Cost Laptop Experiment Under Way in Birmingham, Alabama

(eSchool News) Ask Amicah Bitten about her home life, and what she likes to do outside of school, and the 9-year-old is cagey, doling out only small details: she reads the J.C. Penney catalog, she likes to swim sometimes, and she knows someone who does drugs, and she hates that.

But ask the Birmingham, Ala., girl about her computer, and Bitten opens up, smiling brightly and chatting easily as she taps the machine's tiny green keys and shows off what she can do and what's possible with this machine, a small and ultra-light laptop known as the XO.

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http://www.eschoolnews.com/news/top-news/?i=54904;_hbguid=6572ae33-137a-4f52-959c-4f276d350f94