How Low Can PC Prices Go? (TechWeb)

How Low Can PC Prices Go? (TechWeb)
TechWeb - Everex is offering its full-featured PC in Wal-Mart stores for $298, which isn't much more than a proposed $350 consumer laptop.

Toshiba Recalls 10,000 Notebook PC Batteries (NewsFactor)
NewsFactor - On Wednesday, Toshiba announced that it is recalling another set of Sony laptop batteries as a result of reports that at least three spontaneously caught fire between September 2006 and June 2007. No injuries were reported, but the recall announcement perpetuates concerns raised about Sony's manufacturing processes, particularly in the wake of last year's recall of nearly 10 million potentially hazardous batteries.

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One Laptop Per Child Sends PCs to Production (PC World)
PC World - One Laptop Per Child (OLPC) Monday moved a step closer to providing low-cost laptops to children in developing nations by giving the go-ahead to the mass production of its XO laptop. However, the computers are expected to be out in October, one month later than originally planned.

One Laptop Per Child Project OKs Mass Production (TechWeb)
TechWeb - The initial deployments of the laptop will feature AMD Geode LX processors.