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==Latest news==
 
==Latest news==
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* [[ActivityTeam]] formed.  Our goal is to ensure that Sugar provides a complete set of high quality educational, collaborative, constructivist activities.
 
* [http://arstechnica.com/news.ars/post/20090107-olpc-downsizes-half-of-its-staff-cuts-sugar-development.html OLPC downsizes half of its staff, cuts Sugar development], but "OLPC's decision to end its participation in Sugar's evolution doesn't mean that Sugar itself will be coming to an end any time soon. Former OLPC president of software, Walter Bender, who left the organization last year, launched Sugar Labs to facilitate ongoing community-driven development of the Sugar project. Sugar Labs has done well for itself—it recently joined the GNOME Foundation and is currently in informal talks with some hardware vendors."
 
* [http://arstechnica.com/news.ars/post/20090107-olpc-downsizes-half-of-its-staff-cuts-sugar-development.html OLPC downsizes half of its staff, cuts Sugar development], but "OLPC's decision to end its participation in Sugar's evolution doesn't mean that Sugar itself will be coming to an end any time soon. Former OLPC president of software, Walter Bender, who left the organization last year, launched Sugar Labs to facilitate ongoing community-driven development of the Sugar project. Sugar Labs has done well for itself—it recently joined the GNOME Foundation and is currently in informal talks with some hardware vendors."
 
* Sugar Labs is [http://www.gnome.org/press/releases/2008-12-sugarlabs.html joining the GNOME Foundation] as part of the GNOME Advisory Board.
 
* Sugar Labs is [http://www.gnome.org/press/releases/2008-12-sugarlabs.html joining the GNOME Foundation] as part of the GNOME Advisory Board.
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* Sugar wins a silver medal in the [http://www.idsa.org/IDEA_Awards/gallery/2008/award_details.asp?ID=772 International Design Excellence Awards '08].
 
* Sugar wins a silver medal in the [http://www.idsa.org/IDEA_Awards/gallery/2008/award_details.asp?ID=772 International Design Excellence Awards '08].
 
For more news about Sugar Labs, please see visit the [[Sugar Labs/Current Events|Current Events page]].
 
For more news about Sugar Labs, please see visit the [[Sugar Labs/Current Events|Current Events page]].
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