ICT SupportMIT to launch $100 laptop prototype in November

MIT to launch $100 laptop prototype in November. China Martens, IDG News Service. MacWorld. Online September 2005. The MIT Media Laboratory expects to launch a prototype of its US$100 laptop in November, according to Nicholas Negroponte, the lab’s chairman and co-founder. The facility has been working with industry partners to develop a notebook computer for use by children in primary and secondary education around the world, particularly in developing countries. The laptops should start appearing in volume in late 2006. ...