Developing nations to test new $150 laptops
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| State educators in Brazil, Uruguay, Libya, Rwanda, Pakistan,
| Thailand and possibly Ethiopia and the West Bank will receive the
| first of the machines in February's pilot before a wider rollout
| to Indonesia and a handful of other countries.
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http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20070212/tc_nm/onelaptop_dc
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Australia To Trial OLPC
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| In a surprise announcement, the government of the Northern Territory
| has announced that they are testing the OLPC (One Laptop Per Child)
| machines with a view to launching trials in remote communities.
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| The OLPC has been designed for children in the developing world, in
| regions that struggle for basic infrastructure like clean running
| water, and electricity. So it may come as a surprise to some that
| an Australian state government has put up a hand to trial the new
| laptops.
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http://www.localfoss.org/Australia_To_Trial_OLPC
Rwanda Commits to Low-Cost Laptop Project
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| Rwanda is the eighth developing country to join the One Laptop
| Per Child initiative aimed at giving away inexpensive
| computers to all young students.
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http://www.linuxinsider.com/rsstory/54987.html
$100 laptop project eyes launch
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| The first countries to sign up to buying the machine include
| Brazil, Argentina, Uruguay, Nigeria, Libya,
| Pakistan and Thailand.
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http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/6224183.stm
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