Five years after the concept was first proposed, the
so-called $100 laptop is poised to go into mass production.
Hardware suppliers have been given the green light to
ramp-up production of all of the components needed to build
millions of the low-cost machines. Previously, the
organisation behind the scheme said that it required orders
for 3 million laptops to make production viable.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/6908946.stm
BNA's Internet Law News (ILN) - 7/23/2007
Compiled by Professor Michael Geist, BNA Consulting Editor.
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