Some of the poorest children in the world are about to get high technology in the form of inexpensive laptops filled with software, largely as a result of battling by many of the world's largest high-tech companies that are seeking to establish beachheads in emerging markets. In Portugal, 500,000 children will be getting laptops with Intel processors loaded with Microsoft XP operating systems and Office 2007. In Peru, poor children will be getting laptops from the One Laptop Per Child program. (source: informationweek.com)
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