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Microsoft is feverishly hammering away at Windows XP, in order to get it to fit XO. In this context, the Redmond company has managed to reinstate its support for low cost flash based computing devices, namely the machine under the One Laptop per Child umbrella. Come mid 2008, Microsoft plans to have a production quality release of Windows XP, designed to seamlessly integrate with the OLPC XO computer, in addition to Intel’s Classmate PC and ASUS’ Eee PC. The initiative is an integer aspect of the efforts to reach the next five billion people via the Microsoft Unlimited Potential Group. Read the rest of this entry »

Professor Negroponte’s initiative of bringing IT into the undeveloped countries has partially failed in Nigeria. We have talked about corporate giants launching poisoned darts at Negroponte’s One Laptop Per Child project and how they perceive a humanitarian action. Apart from Microsoft and Intel’s defending their own interests, OLPC has recently been the subject of yet another scandal to prevent OLPC from entering the Nigerian market. Read the rest of this entry »