Article: '$100 laptop' nonprofit now teamed with Microsoft

Article: For Negroponte, Move to State Dept. Is a Homecoming
The Washington Post;  January 29, 2007 ;     700+ words ......toilet, in the powder room at John D. Negroponte's house, a framed political cartoon...cartoon, President Bush is congratulating Negroponte on his job as intelligence czar. Near...all my administration's intelligence." Negroponte: "And where would that be?" Now, less...

Article: U.S. spy chief urges patience: Negroponte denies accusations of bureaucratic bloat and slow reform.
Baltimore Sun (Baltimore, MD);  April 21, 2006 ;     700+ words ......WASHINGTON--The nation's spy chief, John D. Negroponte, defended himself yesterday against...inherited. In a rare public appearance, Negroponte sought to reassure congressional critics...national intelligence. Urging patience, Negroponte said that he is working to improve intelligence...

Article: Negroponte: Laptops Key to Global Knowledge
US Fed News Service, Including US State News;  February 18, 2008 ;     611 words ......AAAS Annual Meeting plenary, Nicholas Negroponte, founder and director of One Laptop...in the developing world. At its core, Negroponte said during his 17 February 2008 address...useful. Citing a 1992 trip to Cambodia, Negroponte said he observed kids steadily losing...

Article: Negroponte's Move to Iraq Calculated to Ease Transition; As U.S. Envoy Begins 'Most Difficult Challenge,' He Plans to Focus on Nation's Elections, Reconstruction
The Washington Post;  June 20, 2004 ;     700+ words ......be the incoming ambassador, John D. Negroponte. If all goes according to plan, Bremer...palaces on June 30, and the next day Negroponte will modestly appear before interim...credentials. The message behind the symbolism: Negroponte is not the ultimate authority in Iraq...

Article: Former Ambassador in Line for U.N. Post; Bush Likely to Tap Negroponte, Onetime Aide to Powell, to Replace Holbrooke
The Washington Post;  February 17, 2001 ;     700+ words ...John D. Negroponte, who served as U.S. ambassador to Honduras...familiar with the appointments process. Negroponte, 61, was Secretary of State Colin L...administration. If confirmed by the Senate, Negroponte would take the U.N. job vacated by...

Article: Multimedia animal Wired visionary Nicholas Negroponte is MIT's loud voice of the future
The Boston Globe;  March 1, 1995 ;     700+ words ......don't have my own office," says Nicholas Negroponte, 51, bustling in for an interview in...avoids entrapment in meetings. It's Negroponte, all right. Founder and director of...author of a new book, "Being Digital," Negroponte is seldom confined within walls. More...

Article: Man of the moment.(John Negroponte as director of national intelligence)
U.S. News & World Report;  February 28, 2005 ;     695 words ......decision to name veteran Ambassador John Negroponte as the country's first director of national...commitment to getting things done. But even Negroponte's formidable skills are apt to be tested...graduate who speaks five languages, Negroponte, 65, was the U.S. representative to...

Article: Negroponte says U.S. did not undermine U.N. in Iraq war
University Wire;  March 9, 2004 ;     664 words ......Ambassador to the United Nations John D. Negroponte said Monday night in a Texas A&M...same is true of the U.N.," he said. Negroponte, who has been an ambassador since 2001...Nations is in our national interest," Negroponte said. "This administration has never...

Article: 9/11 Commissioner Criticizes Negroponte
AP Online;  June 13, 2005 ;     542 words ......National Intelligence Director, John Negroponte, is not yet heeding a top recommendation...former Navy Secretary John Lehman said Negroponte has two other full-time jobs: serving...culture." Lehman asked other panelists how Negroponte, just seven weeks on the job, should...

Article: POLITICS: SENATORS GIVE NEGROPONTE A PASS ON "DEATH SQUAD' REPORTS
Inter Press Service English News Wire;  May 3, 2004 ;     700+ words ......WASHINGTON, Apr 30 (IPS/GIN) -- John Negroponte, the Bush administration's nominee to...comes to issues like Fallujah", said Negroponte, currently Washington's ambassador to...gavelled the hearing back to order, and Negroponte, the smooth-as-silk career diplomat...

Article: MIT guru sees future in digital cash. (Massachusetts Institute of Technology Professor Nicholas Negroponte)(Interview)
American Banker;  February 28, 1997 ;     700+ words ......flocked by the hundreds to Nicholas Negroponte's Media Lab at the Massachusetts Institute...monthly columns in Wired magazine. Mr. Negroponte travels the world to advise companies...interview-an exchange conducted via E-mail. Mr. Negroponte, who did his graduate work at MIT and...

Article: Senate OKs Negroponte as chief of intelligence
Deseret News (Salt Lake City);  April 22, 2005 ;     620 words ...WASHINGTON -- John Negroponte won easy approval by the Senate on...Within 45 minutes of his approval, Negroponte was sworn in at the White House by...ceremony. Probably beginning next week, Negroponte will take over the task of giving...

Article: MIT's Negroponte: Eurpeans lag because they fear youth, risk.(Industry Trend or Event)
Network World;  September 13, 1999 ;     544 words ...If there is one thing Nicholas Negroponte can't be called, it's a conformist...and the Europeans are afraid of risk, Negroponte says. This makes it difficult for a...to finance their ideas, according to Negroponte, the founder and director of the Media...

Article: Negroponte's view of broadband. (interview with telecommunications expert Nicholas Negroponte)(Interview)
Multichannel News;  March 10, 1997 ;     687 words ...Nicholas Negroponte, founder of the Media Lab at the Massachusetts...advertising and transactions. In the past, Negroponte has both criticized and praised the...News technology editor Leslie Ellis, Negroponte editor Leslie Ellis, Negroponte shared...