Negroponte

In May, Mr. Negroponte appeared on CBS's '60 Minutes' and blasted Intel, suggesting it was trying to drive his nonprofit out of business.

Negroponte ' s remark linking the Janjaweed with the Sudanese government is one of the toughest accusations ever to come out of Washington.

At the beginning of the Reagan Administration Negroponte snagged13 what seemed to be a plum14 assignment in Honduras.

Though Negroponte has no formal intel background he's an experienced consumer of intelligence having headed five U. S. diplomatic missions.

Negroponte embraced the president's nomination describing it as "an opportunity of a lifetime. "

But Negroponte's visit was being seen by many in Pakistan as an attempt to shore up President Pervez Musharraf.

By the time the second Bush Administration came into power Negroponte thought he had left public service for good16.

S. trade embargo of Cuba. Mr. Negroponte said he cannot imagine that happening anytime soon.

Mobile phones are now seen as a vital tool of development, whereas Mr Negroponte's laptop project has failed to meet its ambitious goals.

Negroponte says the new computers address the power issue by running on only a fraction of the energy needed for regular laptop computers.

Mr. Negroponte's plan is for the machines to be simple enough that students can train themselves -- and solve any glitches that arise.

By this spring, many of Mr. Negroponte's informal agreements with world leaders to buy millions of laptops appeared to be unraveling.

Mr. Negroponte said some initial tech support would be provided by Brightstar Corp. , a Miami-based wireless equipment distributor.

"The first requirement of the national director of intelligence" Negroponte deadpanned19 "is being able to keep a secret. "

Mr. Negroponte's ambitious plan has been derailed, in part, by the power of his idea.

It has been the motto of the Internet age, coined by Nicholas Negroponte and popularized in his 1995 best seller, "Being Digital. "

An Intel spokeswoman confirmed Mr. Negroponte's account, but said any comment would be 'premature. '

Yet Nicholas Negroponte, director of the MIT Media Lab, predicts that we'll soon buy books and newspapers straight over the Intenet.

In the last several years, I worked closely with Deputy Secretaries Zoellick and Negroponte in our productive strategic dialogue.

U. S. Deputy Secretary of State John Negroponte was asked if the end of Fidel Castro's rule would prompt an end to the decades-old U.

For the chattering classes of Washington the selection of Negroponte came as a surprise.

Mr Negroponte said an American pull-out would allow Iraq to replace Afghanistan as an al-Qaeda sanctuary.

Negroponte expressed that Lybia might be the world's first country where the school kids can have access to internet with their laptops.

Negroponte and Kemal Dervis, head of the UN Development Program (UNDP), sign a memo of understanding at the World Economic Forum.

U. S. Deputy Secretary of State John Negroponte, center left, and China's Vice Foreign Minister Wang Guangya, center right, attended.

But in his annual threat assessment on January 11th, John Negroponte, America's outgoing intelligence chief, changed his tone.

U. S. Deputy Secretary of State John Negroponte and Iraqi President Jalal Talabani attended the opening ceremony.

Negroponte also used his position to highlight concerns about weapons proliferation.

By most accounts, Mr. Negroponte and his 20-member team have created a rugged, innovative laptop with good software for learning.

Lowering this cost was only the first challenge Negroponte and the organization One Laptop Per Child (OLPC) faced.

In this course we explore the transformation from "atoms" to "bits" that Negroponte aptly described.

Of the Microsoft arrangement, Mr. Negroponte said: "We've stayed very pure. "

It's happening, " Negroponte said, and gave the pulpy artifacts just five years to utterly expire. "

"I think some people, including Walter, became much too fundamental about open source, " Mr. Negroponte said.

Nicholas Negroponte, founder of the One Laptop per Child association, says the answer is, yes.

Mr. Negroponte says he complained to Intel's chief executive two weeks ago, then 'made peace. '

"He understands the power centers in Washington" Bush said of Negroponte.

"The paper book is dead, " says the digital visionary Nicholas Negroponte.

Bush called on the Senate to act swiftly to confirm Negroponte and McConnell.

But considering how vague the legislation that established the DNI is Negroponte's ability to actually do that is an open question.

There are no signs that Mr. Negroponte's project is in danger of fading away.

Mr. Negroponte draws no salary from the nonprofit, which only has about 20 paid employees.

Mr. Negroponte leaves Sudan for Chad Monday. He will also visit Libya and Mauritania.

Mr. Negroponte leaves Sudan for Chad today. He will also visit Libya and Mauritania.

maybe the most obvious homage to Negroponte yet.

Negroponte became the first head of national intelligence in May 2005.

Mr. Negroponte says there were about 45, 000 two-laptop orders in the first nine days, with nearly half coming on the first day.

Mr Negroponte called Pakistan an important ally, but also "a major source of Islamic extremism" .

Honorable Deputy Secretary of State John Negroponte

Mr. Negroponte, who is 63 years old, is a computer-science expert and veteran technology investor.