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Education Ministries in many developing countries are eager to equip their primary and secondary schools with PC’s to leap-frog their citizenry into the digital age.

So one question that typically arises during deliberations over implementation, besides which hardware models (see OLPC, Intel Classmate), is which operating system software is the most cost-effective to load on the computers?

The outcomes of a study on the TCO over 5 years are revealing.  Continue reading…

One Laptop per Child is a nonprofit organization that oversees the development of the incredibly affordable educational laptop.

OLPC is currently running the Give-one-Get-one (G1G1) program and so I decided to take a look at how the program is progressing and its impact in Africa.

Read on..

It’s about that time of the year again when reviews of the Best Of are carried out. Lifehacker has the rundown of the most popular and, most importantly, free apps for Windows PCs. Check it. You just might find that app you’ve always been looking for.