Five years after the idea was first proposed, the so-called ‘$100 laptop’ is set to go into mass production.
Hardware suppliers have been given the go ahead to ramp-up production of all of the components needed to build millions of the low-cost machines.
Previously, the organisation behind the scheme said that it required orders for […]

Posted on July 25th, 2007 by admin
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The long anticipated $100 (approx. £50) mini-computer from the One Laptop Per Child (OLPC) initiative, is intended to improve the quality of education in less developed nations. The fact that it exists at all is testimony to what can be achieved when global corporations put their heads together, given that the laptop has been […]

Posted on February 19th, 2007 by admin
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