Low-cost laptops for the developing world
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| But the Classmate PC is no toy. It's a stripped-down laptop with all the
| tools needed to create documents, run applications and access the internet.
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| Computer scientist Nicholas Negroponte unveiled the US$100 (NZ$135) laptop,
| or OX-1, in 2005 as part of his One Laptop Per Child initiative. The green
| and white machines built by computer maker Quanta run Linux and the open
| source OpenOffice.org word processing suite, as well as the Firefox web
| browser and Skype internet telephony service.
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http://www.nzherald.co.nz/section/story.cfm?c_id=5&objectid=10465370
Intel confirms IT layoffs after blogger describes process for cutting jobs
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| The results of that process "are ugly," penned the author, who writes under
| the name Intel IT Guy and calls his blog the Intel Perspective Blog. He noted
| that the layoffs are officially being called a "redeployment" inside the
| company.
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http://www.computerworld.com/action/article.do?command=viewArticleBasic&taxonomyName=servers_and_data_center&articleId=9038359&taxonomyId=154&intsrc=kc_top
http://tinyurl.com/3xypu3
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Lenovo got financial help from Intel, claim
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| Journalists on the title said Lenovo is being paid a "pretty
| penny" from Intel to use its chips.
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http://www.theinquirer.net/default.aspx?article=37670
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| In 2005, a unit of Shenzhen Donjin countersued, saying Intel engaged
| in monopolistic practices.
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http://biz.yahoo.com/ap/070514/china_intel_settlement.html?.v=7
Negroponte says Intel should be "ashamed of itself"
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| He is furious that Intel's CEO Craig Barrett called the One Laptop a
| gadget. The Negroponte initiative is caught in the middle of a vicious
| fight between AMD and Intel, he said.
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http://www.theinquirer.net/default.aspx?article=39733
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