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Chip maker Intel and non-profit organization One Laptop per Child (OLPC) today announced they have agreed to work together “to bring the benefits of technology to the developing world through synergy of their respective programs”.

Under the agreement, Intel and OLPC will explore collaborations involving technology and educational content. In addition, Intel will join the board of OLPC.

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The “One Laptop per Child” (OLPC) project said on Thursday it might sell versions of its school children-friendly “XO” notebook in the United States, reversing its previous position of distributing these computers to only the poorest nations, Reuters reports.

“We can’t ignore the United States. … We are looking at it very seriously,” a OLPC founder Nicholas Negroponte told analysts and reporters.

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Red Hat (NASDAQ: RHAT), the world’s leading provider of open source to the enterprise, today formally announced its founding corporate membership in the One Laptop per Child (OLPC) initiative. The OLPC project aims to create and distribute inexpensive laptop computers to students around the globe for educational purposes, particularly those in developing countries. Red Hat is focused mainly on the software aspects, and plans to drive the development of the operating system for the OLPC machines. The company’s design plans also encompass larger issues of open source community participation, training, support, providing updates, certifications, and integrating additional technologies over time.

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