About the Author
Cyrus Farivar
سیروس فریور
English: [suh-ROOS FAR-ih-var]
Persian: [see-ROOS-eh fàr-ee-VÀR]
Freelance Technology Journalist
Freelance Radio Reporter/Producer
Author, "The Internet of Elsewhere"
cfarivar [at] cfarivar [dot] org
Current location: Oakland, CATwitter
$100 Laptop Archive
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From the Mailbag
Posted on December 9, 2005 | No CommentsHi Cyrus, Three thoughts on your excellent “skeptical inquiry” into Negroponte’s $100 computer. A. You probably haven’t enough gray hair to remember the Timex Sinclair. More a stunt than a computer, but reached cult popularity with those who enjoy the challenge of writing TIGHT programs.... -
Intel: Poor Want ‘Real’ Computers
Posted on December 9, 2005 | 1 CommentReuters: Potential computer users in the developing world will not want a basic $100 hand-cranked laptop due to be rolled out to millions, according to Craig Barrett, ECO of Intel. Schoolchildren in Brazil, Thailand, Egypt and Nigeria will begin receiving the first few million textbook... -
“A blackboard and chalk is not as sexy as a laptop.”
Posted on December 5, 2005 | 2 CommentsIndian Economist Atanu Dey: I know that one should not ascribe to malice what can be adequately explained as stupidity. Not everyone involved in the “laptop for every child†is motivated by greed; some are motivated by a zeal that comes from an inability to... -
Still More Reader Comments
Posted on December 5, 2005 | 8 CommentsA thought in response to your Slate article and the more practical Inveneo stuff. The latter relies on 12V DC for the good reasons that it’s been made ubiquitous by the car and truck industry, the gear is simple and tough, and big economies of... -
More Reader Comments
Posted on December 5, 2005 | No CommentsThis one came in before the one this morning: Hello, My name is Samir Raiyani and I am a Senior Scientist at SAP Research in Palo Alto. I really liked your article on Slate about Negroponte’s $100 computer idea. I had written exactly along the... -
$100 Laptop Discussion Continues
Posted on December 5, 2005 | 2 CommentsA reader named Trent Krupp left this comment on my blog this morning: I read your article on Slate today and felt that it was poorly researched with a fundamental lack of understanding as to what the $100 laptop is meant to do. While there... -
Taiwan notebook makers skeptical of MIT budget laptop production schedule
Posted on December 2, 2005 | 3 CommentsDigiTimes (via Lee Thorn of the Jhai Foundation) : Quanta Computer, Compal Electronics, and Inventec, which are reportedly bidding to manufacture the world’s cheapest notebook distributed to schools directly through large government initiatives, consider that meeting the volume shipment schedule for the US$100 notebook would... -
Waiting for That $100 Laptop?
Posted on November 29, 2005 | 5 CommentsSlate: By Cyrus Farivar Posted Tuesday, Nov. 29, 2005, at 3:31 PM ET At the World Summit on the Information Society two weeks ago, MIT’s Nicholas Negroponte unveiled the laptop he believes will digitize the developing world. The cute green computer sports a WiFi card,...
