Tuesday, November 28, 2006

Brazilian students start receiving $100 laptops

As part of the international “One Laptop per Child” project Brazilian students will start receiving special laptops this week that are priced at a mere $100. Nicholas Silva- founder of the “One Laptop per Child” program- said that all the laptops will be built in Brazil and plans for 1000 of them to be ready for distribution by January. Several other countries are being considered for future “One Laptop per Child” campaigns including Libya and Argentina.

Links- People’s Daily Online, Taipei Times, silicon.com

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