MIT's: $100 Laptop Production Begins

Posted by mmpcse on Tuesday July 24, 2007 @04:42AM
from the news.bbc.co.uk dept.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/6908946.stm

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Re:MIT's: $100 Laptop Production Begins by ph0rque on Tuesday July 24, 2007 @03:27PM (#36422)

I think the question we should be asking is: how can _my_ app be on those kids' computer (assuming they have internet)? Obviously, it would need to be in their language...

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Re:MIT's: $100 Laptop Production Begins by mynameishere on Tuesday July 24, 2007 @11:00AM (#36350)

One high-quality computer per school might make more sense. The potential Bill Gateses among them would still find it. I have a bad feeling about the potential expansion of the spam and pron markets these laptops might create. I guess it's to be seen...

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Re:MIT's: $100 Laptop Production Begins by ivankirigin on Wednesday July 25, 2007 @11:06AM (#36593)

"OLPC Used to Browse Porn" http://hardware.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=07/07/21/1353241...

probably the killer app in bridging the digital divide :P

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