Tech heavyweights unite to offer $100 laptops to poor nations
{{date|April 7, 2005}}
[[w:MIT|MIT]] media lab, together with [[w:AMD|AMD]], [[w:Google|Google]] and [[w:Rupert Murdoch|Rupert Murdoch]]'s [[w:News Corporation|News Corporation]], is developing a laptop which will cost $100 or less, after making a $10 profit on each unit when it is mass-produced. The laptops will be used by children in the developing world.

The project aims to allow children to take a laptop home after school hours, to enable more families to "cross the digital divide".

The laptops will have a processing power of 500MHz; 1GB storage; a 1 Megapixel, 12 inch display; and [[w:USB|USB]], [[w:Wi-Fi|Wi-Fi]], and cell phone connectivity. The laptops will use [[w:open source|open source]] software, running on [[w:GNU/Linux|GNU/Linux]], to reduce the cost.

==Source==
*{{source|url=http://www.cnn.com/2005/TECH/ptech/04/04/hundred.dollar.laptops.ap/
|title=MIT developing $100 laptops for children
|author=AP News
|pub=CNN
|date=April 4, 2005}}

==External links==
* [http://laptop.media.mit.edu/ MIT Media Lab: $100 laptop]
* [[w:Simputer|Simputer]]

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MIT media lab, together with AMD, Google and Rupert Murdoch's News Corporation, is developing a laptop which will cost $100 or less, after making a $10 profit on each unit when it is mass-produced. The laptops will be used by children in the developing world.

The project aims to allow children to take a laptop home after school hours, to enable more families to "cross the digital divide".

The laptops will have a processing power of 500MHz; 1GB storage; a 1 Megapixel, 12 inch display; and USB, Wi-Fi, and cell phone connectivity. The laptops will use open source software, running on GNU/Linux, to reduce the cost.
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