12.10.06

Libyan Pupils "to have laptops"


Following up on my previous posts here and here, the Libyan government will reportedly be providing 1.2 million children with the aforementioned laptops by June 2008.

"The government of Libya is reported to have agreed to provide its 1.2m school children with a cheap durable laptop computer by June 2008.

The laptops offer internet access and are powered by a wind-up crank. They cost $100 and manufacturing begins next year, says One Laptop per Child."


Read more here.

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