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itworld.com - 11/12/2008
Colombia signs up for OLPC laptops with Windows
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Colombia will become the second country to use the One Laptop Per Child Project's (OLPC) XO laptops running Microsoft Windows XP in schools after signing an agreement for pilot programs in two towns, Microsoft said late Monday. Schools in the towns of Quetame and Chia will be outfitted with the ...
Microsoft Store - Home
store.microsoft.com - 11/13/2008
Microsoft Store - Home
— store.microsoft.com — Microsoft Store Home United States | Sign In Shopping Cart Shopping Cart (0) | Help | Account... Search Microsoft Store Xbox 360 Games Gears of War 2 Gears of War 2 Xbox 360 Game DVD Add to Cart $59.99 An Office for everyone Office Home and Student ... (more) Microsoft Store - Home

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Microsoft Store - Home
store.microsoft.com - 11/13/2008
Microsoft Store - Home
— store.microsoft.com — Microsoft Store Home United States | Sign In Shopping Cart Shopping Cart (0) | Help | Account... Search Microsoft Store Xbox 360 Games Gears of War 2 Gears of War 2 Xbox 360 Game DVD Add to Cart $59.99 An Office for everyone Office Home and Student ... (more) Microsoft Store - Home

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trevinchow.com - 11/14/2008
Introducing the Microsoft Store US
— trevinchow.com — We previously launched Microso logo_msft_store_xl ft Store internationally in the UK , Germany and Korea . I’m... now happy to announce that we have officially launched Microsoft Store for the U.S! With this launch, our customers in the U.S. are able to ... (more) Introducing the Microsoft Store US

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GigaOM Network:  Amazon to Sell OLPC XO Laptops With the Get One, Give One Arrangement [OStatic]

OStatic blogs:  Amazon to Sell OLPC XO Laptops With the Get One, Give One Arrangement

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Amazon to Sell OLPC XO Laptops With the Get One, Give One Arrangement [OStatic]
GigaOM Network — ... OLPC's vice president of software engineering, Jim Gettys, said that the XO laptops sold through Amazon will be Linux based (though some countries are opting for Windows versions), and that there is some talk of selling the XO through Amazon in other countries. ...

Amazon to Sell OLPC XO Laptops With the Get One, Give One Arrangement
OStatic blogs — ... OLPC's vice president of software engineering, Jim Gettys, said that the XO laptops sold through Amazon will be Linux based (though some countries are opting for Windows versions), and that there is some talk of selling the XO through Amazon in other countries. ...

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