Davos-UN body backs $100 laptop for world's kids

09:25 - Thursday 26 January 2006 by From the Web
Source: Tom's Hardware – Keywords: un, backs100, dollar, laptop Category : Miscellaneous

The United Nations has thrown its weight behind a project to place a $100, hand-cranked laptop computer in the hands of millions of schoolchildren around the globe.

The United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) will sign a partnership agreement with the head of the project, Massachusetts Institute of Technology’s (MIT) Nicholas Negroponte, in the Alpine ski resort of Davos on Saturday, officials said.

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