Production begins for schoolkid laptops (AP)

Production begins for schoolkid laptops (AP)
AP - The One Laptop Per Child Program, which hopes to spread sub-$200 computers to schoolchildren in developing countries, has reached a milestone with the start of mass production.

OLPC Launches 'Give 1, Get 1' Laptop Promo (NewsFactor)
NewsFactor - One Laptop Per Child's long-awaited "Give 1, Get 1" program launched Monday at www.laptopgiving.org. For the next 15 days only, geeks and other supporters of computing for kids can pay $399 to get two XO laptops -- one of which will automatically be sent to a child in the developing world.

Everex Plans Sub-$300 Linux Laptop (NewsFactor)
NewsFactor - Everex, which recently announced a Linux-based desktop computer for under $200, is now planning to release a sub-$300 laptop, according to news reports.

Nigeria favors Linux vendor Mandriva over Microsoft once more (InfoWorld)
InfoWorld - Microsoft may not have beaten French�Linux vendor Mandriva�in a large deal to supply Nigerian elementary schools with laptop computers and software after all.

China's Founder agrees to preinstall Windows on more PCs (InfoWorld)
InfoWorld - Founder Technology Group, China's second-largest PC maker, agreed to preinstall Windows Vista on laptop computers and commercial desktops, closing a loophole in an earlier deal with Microsoft that potentially exempted commercial PCs from agreements to preinstall Windows.