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

Nigerian LANCOR to Keep the XO Notebooks Off-Shelves
	The Nigerian Lagos Analysis Corporation (LANCOR) continues the patent infringement actions against Nicholas Negroponte's One Laptop Per Child initiative. The company has managed to obtain a temporary injunction against the distribution of the OLPC XO laptop in Nigeria and will continue to demand a permanent restriction with substantial money damages. The object of the court dispute is based on the RD8489 patent, registe ... [read more >>]
	03 January 2008, 03:43GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia

Typhoon Touch Technologies to File Lawsuit Against Dell
	Recent news on the IT market lets me draw but a conclusion: if you can't sell more than they do, then sue them. It was a hard week, with companies moving their wars from the market directly into the courtroom: it was the Nigerian LANCOR to sue OLPC over their laptop, then it was IBM to sue Asustek for multiple patent infringement, then it's Typhoon Touch to smash Dell's head against the wall. Typhoon Touch Tech ... [read more >>]
	07 December 2007, 10:09GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia

OLPC, Sabotaged Again in Nigeria
	LANCOR, a Nigerian division of Lagos Analysis Corporation, filled a patent infringement lawsuit against Nicholas Negroponte's initiative, One Laptop per Child (OLPC). Filled on November 22nd, the lawsuit addresses a willful infringement of LANCOR's Nigeria Registered Design Patent #RD8489, as well as "illegal reverse engineering of its keyboard driver source codes for use in the XO Laptops". LANCOR is a te ... [read more >>]
	28 November 2007, 04:22GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia