Intel Unveils New Line of Low-Cost Notebooks
	Intel has once again picked up the hatchet against its small-scale rival One Laptop Per Child charity foundation by releasing into the wild a refurbished version of the Classmate PC. The update adds bigger screens and larger storage capacity to the company's educational notebook. The new Classmate PC will hit the international markets in April for between $300 and $500. Available in both 7-inch and 9-inch LCD screen flavo ... [read more >>]
	03 April 2008, 16:51GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia

Intel's Classmate Goes to Philippine as Neo Explore
	Philippine PC vendor Neo has recently launched its first Netbook PC powered by an Intel processor. Just like its older Classmate PC sibling, the Neo Explore X-1, the new sub-notebook is primarily aimed at the educational market, and comes as an affordable solution to unlock new possibilities in the learning process. According to Mariel Que, business development manager of Neo, the new PC is a "simple, practical, PC-type ... [read more >>]
	31 March 2008, 19:51GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia

FTEC's Notebook Might Be the Next Version of Intel's Classmate PC
	FTEC's SmartBook educational sub-notebook is reportedly one and the same with Intel's next generation of Classmate notebook PC targeted at the educational market. The computer has been unveiled earlier this week by the Malaysia-based FTEC co ... [read more >>]
	28 March 2008, 10:08GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia

Intel Will Pour Yet Another $Billion Into the Indian Economy
	Chip manufacturer Intel has announced that it will invest ove4r $1 billion in India during the next three years. Intel is willing to manufacture here its low-cost personal computers in a joint-venture with Indian and offshore hardware companies. "We have committed to spend over a billion dollars spread over next three years plus. We are focusing on a number of new initiatives for enabling easy availability of personal com ... [read more >>]
	06 February 2008, 10:50GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia

The OLPC Donors Get Angry With Their Missing Laptops
	Although the "Give One, Get One" program has been launched back in November last year, many of the donors are reporting that there are serious shipping issues. The "Give One, Get One" program entitled donors to obtain a XO sub-notebook for $399 (the cost of two sub-notebooks). The program had some issues since it first began. There was the busy shopping system that prevented the XO from entering mass produ ... [read more >>]
	25 January 2008, 11:35GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia

HCL MiLeap X, Y Series Low-Cost Notebooks Detailed
	HCL Infosystems, an India-based PC vendor, has launched two more low-cost sub-notebooks targeted at the Indian market. The MiLeap X and Y Series are 7-inch models that offer the same functionality as a regular PC, but in a small form factor. The MiLeap X is built on Intel's Classmate PC architecture and inherits all its functionality. Apart from its name, nothing has changed really much, and HCL Infosystems only bothered ... [read more >>]
	22 January 2008, 04:06GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia

Intel's Classmate Hammers Another Nail Into OLPC's Coffin
	Intel and Negroponte's One Laptop Per Child foundation have been allies, but never managed to become friends. This is quite understandable, since both products are struggling for supremacy on the educational market. Moreover, OLPC's decision of using AMD Geode processors for its XO sub-notebook enlarged the gap between OLPC and Intel. Intel seems to be willing to leave the educational market with its Classmate PC. In ... [read more >>]
	21 January 2008, 02:52GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia

Intel and OLPC: The Hardware Soap Opera
	The OLPC initiative seems to be in the spotlight lately, following the organization's conflict with chip manufacturer Intel. A few days after Intel waved goodbye at the ex-partner OLPC, the foundation's founder Nicholas Negroponte changed his mind and reached out to Intel, in what seems to be a true hardware soap-opera drama. Of course, just like any divorce being canceled, it's 'for children's sake' ... [read more >>]
	10 January 2008, 10:55GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia

Intel to Introduce the Silverthorne Processor to the Classmate PC
	A week after having parted ways with Nicholas Negroponte's OLPC, Intel announced an updated version of their Classmate sub-notebook, targeted at the third-world school children. The refurbished Classmate PC will be based on the upcoming Silverthorne processo ... [read more >>]
	09 January 2008, 08:28GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia

Masi Oka, Hiro Nakamura from "Heroes", Becomes OLPC Ambassador
	Nicolas Negroponte's OLPC initiative has encountered some pretty big problems lately, due to the fact the proposed $100 price tag will most likely turn into a $200, not to mention the fact that Intel's Classmate PC seems to be a lot more popular in the developing countries than its OLCP counterpart. And in order to perhaps pull out the whole initiative from this dire situation, Negroponte's side has been nominated as (and a ... [read more >>]
	02 November 2007, 14:06GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia

Intel Gets The Boot: XO Beats The Classmate PC
	The One Laptop Per Child, OLPC for short, has been mulling over its super cheap, uber cool laptop for a number of years now and after a number of setbacks and near total failures alongside with many price tag boosts and other problems, things are finally looking brighter for the outfit led by Nicholas Negromponte. Their program to allow customers from the United States and Europe to buy OLPC XO laptops at a double price in or ... [read more >>]
	06 October 2007, 08:05GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia

Intel Launches Classmate PC
	Part of an ongoing program, through which Intel is trying to give something back to the needy and the poor, has led to the development of Intel powered Classmate PCs. This initiative, called "Intel World Ahead Program", was originally announced in May 2006. At the Intel Developer Forum held in San Francisco, Intel's CEO and president Paul Otellini introduced this model, the “Classmate PC”, as an under $400 option for “emergi ... [read more >>]
	23 March 2007, 04:44GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia