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The One Laptop Per Child (OLPC) project has announced that current CFO Charles Kane will be stepping into the roles of President and Chief Operating Officer of the organization as the non-profit looks to put recent snafus and key personnel losses behind then. OLPC founder Nicholas Negroponte will stay on board as Chairman, and will focus on fundraising and promoting OLPC to world governments; Kane will assume responsibility for all OLPC… Read More

The OLPC project's director of security architecture Ivan Krstić has resigned from the non-profit organization, characterizing OLPC's recent restructuring as “drastic” and a radical shift from the organization's original goals. Krstić revealed on a Web site entry he resigned the post three weeks ago. “Not long ago, OLPC undertook a drastic internal restructuring coupled with what, despite… Read More

While every gaming console has a manufacturer to rabidly promote it as a gaming platform, PC gaming has gone without a major backing organization to look out for its interests – until now. On Tuesday, nine major PC hardware and software companies announced the formation of the PC Gaming Alliance, an organization dedicated to promoting PC gaming. According to the organization’s press release, it will “focus on driving… Read More