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Just a reminder that the good folks at One Laptop Per Child are running the Get One Give One program again, in association with Amazon.

Amazon founder and CEO Jeff Bezos in a 2002 file photo. 'Father of the the Internet' Vint Cerf at a 2007 technology conference in Japan.

The One Laptop Per Child organization pretty much speaks for itself and it is obvious that their purpose is helping educate children in less developed countries, by offering laptops as means of learning.

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On Amazon $399 will get you an OLPC just like the ones being used to help educate kids in impoverished nations.

The One Laptop Per Child Foundation on Monday revived its Give One, Get One program on Amazon.com. Consumers in the U.S. can now buy one of the open-source, Linux-based XO laptops for themselves and donate ...

The folks over at One Laptop Per Child News have information on this year's edition of the Give One Get One program.

For $399, one can get an XO for some lucky child as well as donate one to a child in the developing world.

This year, Amazon is handling the fulfillment which will hopefully alleviate many of the problems seen last year.

Interested people should visit Amazon's XO site.

Nonprofit equity computing project One Laptop Per Child this morning opened its Give One, Get One store on Amazon.com .

For $399, customers buy one OLPC XO Laptop to donate to a developing nation, and get one ...

The One Laptop Per Child association launched its Give 1 Get 1 program for a second time, allowing people to buy one of their iconic green mini-laptops and donate one to a child in the developing world at the ...

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