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AP/TBO: Brazil Schoolchildren To Get $100 Laptop PCs

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Web Webster
Web Webster
Nov 27, 2006

“President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva on Friday received a
version of a $100 laptop computer to be distributed nationwide, and
50 were expected to be tested in Brazilian schools beginning next
week.

“The low-cost computer was delivered to Silva by Nicholas
Negroponte, a professor at the Massachusetts Institute of
Technology and founder of the One Laptop Per Child nonprofit
organization which aims to develop the machines for children
worldwide…”

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Web Webster has more than 20 years of writing and editorial experience in the tech sector. He’s written and edited news, demand generation, user-focused, and thought leadership content for business software solutions, consumer tech, and Linux Today, he edits and writes for a portfolio of tech industry news and analysis websites including webopedia.com, and DatabaseJournal.com.

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