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Review : OLPC, Classmate and Eee Camera icon
ZDNET Wed, 21 May 2008
Small and inexpensive notebooks designed primarily for schoolchildren — particularly in developing countries — have been a hot topic ever since Nicholas Negroponte's One Laptop Per Child (OLPC) project began in 2005. Production XO laptops (above, left) became available in November 2007.
UK child tests $100 laptop
BBC Wed, 21 May 2008
Nine-year-old Rufus Cellan-Jones tries out the $100 XO laptop, designed to help children in the developing world.
Child compares cheap laptops
BBC Wed, 21 May 2008
Nine-year-old Rufus compares two $100 laptops, designed to help children in the developing world.
'$100 laptop' unveils new design
BBC Wed, 21 May 2008 09:21:42 GMT
Future versions of the OLPC laptop will be a dual-screen, e-book device that will cost just $75.

The new version loses the green rubbery keyboard, sporting instead a single square display hinged at its centre.

This allows the device to be split into two touch screens that can either mimic a laptop with keyboard or the pages of a book.

The idea is for several children to use the device at once, combining the functions of a laptop, electronic book and electronic board.

The new machine will also be more energy efficient, half the size of the first generation device and lighter to carry.

The laptops which originally had a target price of $100 now cost $188 each.

The OLPC project believes the price tag for the new devices will be achieved thanks to falling prices for flat panel screens, the most costly of all laptop components.
'$100 laptop' platform moves on
BBC Fri, 16 May 2008 15:59:52 GMT
An independent effort to develop the software originally designed for the $100 laptop is launched.
Fairtrade product sales rise 81%
BBC Mon, 25 Feb 2008 01:07:41 GMT
The sale of Fairtrade goods rose 81% in 2007 to reach £493m, with bananas leading the way, figures show.
Gates wants creative capitalism
BBC Thu, 24 Jan 2008 19:23:21 GMT
Microsoft's Bill Gates calls on firms to engage in creative capitalism that creates a profit while helping the poor.
New York probes Wall St. banks over suprime data: report
REUTERS Sat, 12 Jan 2008
New York prosecutors are investigating whether Wall Street banks withheld information about the risks stemming from subprime loan-linked investments, The New York Times reported on Saturday.

Citing people with knowledge of the matter, the newspaper said the inquiry, begun last summer by state Attorney General Andrew Cuomo, was focusing on how banks bundled billions of dollars of exception loans and other subprime debt into complex mortgage investments.

Charges could be filed as soon as the coming weeks, the Times said. Connecticut Attorney General Richard Blumenthal told the newspaper he was also conducting a review and cooperating with New York officials.

New York state law would allow for criminal as well as civil charges, the Times said.

Cuomo declined to comment, but the Times said he had subpoenaed Wall Street banks including Lehman Brothers (LEH.N: Quote, Profile, Research) and Deutsche Bank (DBKGn.DE: Quote, Profile, Research), as well as major credit-rating companies Moody's Investors Service, Standard & Poor's and Fitch Ratings. Mortgage consultants including Clayton Holdings (CLAY.O: Quote, Profile, Research) in Connecticut and the Bohan Group, based in San Francisco, were also subpoenaed.

Officials at Wall Street banks and the American Securitization Forum declined to comment, the Times said, while credit-rating firms would not say they had been subpoenaed, but that they were generally not provided due diligence reports even when they asked for them.
Intel 'undermined' laptop project
BBC Wed, 09 Jan 2008 03:21:07 GMT
The firm repeatedly tried to derail a scheme to bring PCs to the developing world, the head of the project says.
US chip giant Intel pulls out of One Laptop Per Child project
INDEPENDENT Sat, 05 Jan 2008
Intel and the One Laptop Per Child (OLPC) organisation have parted ways after a spat about the chip maker's support for a rival children's computing initiative.
One laptop project dealt big blow
BBC Fri, 04 Jan 2008 09:23:25 GMT
Intel withdraws from a project that aimed to put cheap laptops in the hands of children in developing nations.
Ebay launches microlending website
ALJAZEERA Sun, 30 Dec 2007 02:21:05 PM
Microplace.com lets people invest in entrepreneurs in poor communities for a profit.
Bank warns credit crunch turmoil could continue for many months
INDEPENDENT Mon, 17 Dec 2007
The Bank of England and CBI have issued new warnings about the future health of Britain's economy, expressing concerns about the ongoing credit crisis, and revealing a continued deterioration in business and consumer confidence.
When a dollar a day means 25 cents
BBC Sun, 02 Dec 2007 15:56:13 GMT
Leaders talk about cutting the number of those living on a dollar a day, but what is the true value of a dollar to those in poverty?
(RED): The remarkable non-charity helping millions
INDEPENDENT Sat, 01 Dec 2007
The world is turning to (RED). From Emporio Armani sunglasses, to American Express cards to Motorola phones, millions of people have chosen a (RED) product and in doing so contributed to the battle against the three great scourges of the 21st century - Aids, Malaria and Tuberculosis.
'Just add water' instant shelters
BBC Fri, 23 Nov 2007 07:19:40 GMT
Two young entrepreneurs drum up worldwide interest in an 'instant' concrete refuge shelter.

An emergency shelter which can be set up in 40 minutes but form a rock-solid concrete structure is to be produced in Wales after winning worldwide interest.
Global voices against poverty
BBC Tue, 16 Oct 07 19:30:30 BST
People from different backgrounds explain their personal motivations for taking part in a global action against poverty.
VSO warning against gap-year aid
BBC Tue, 14 Aug 2007 06:36:13 GMT
Young people would be better off travelling the world than taking part in "spurious" overseas gap-year aid projects, a volunteer charity has said.

Voluntary Service Overseas (VSO) warned that "voluntourism" often cost students thousands of pounds and did nothing to help developing countries.

The gap-year industry catered for the needs of participants rather than those they claimed to help, the charity said.

VSO said projects offered to students taking a year off were often badly planned and could have a negative impact on participants and the communities they worked with.

"While there are many good gap-year providers, we are increasingly concerned about the number of badly planned and supported schemes that are spurious - ultimately benefiting no one apart from the travel companies that organise them," said Judith Brodie, the director of VSO UK.
Wealth gap 'spreads across Asia'
BBC Wed, 08 Aug 2007 10:34:40 GMT
The gap between rich and poor has widened sharply in China and other Asian countries, research suggests.
Bribery costs $1 trillion a year - World Bank
GUARDIAN Wed, 11 Jul 2007
Bribery is costing the world $1 trillion a year with the burden falling disproportionately on people living in extreme poverty.
Government talks about fair trade but fails to act, say MPs
GUARDIAN Fri, 15 Jun 2007
The government was criticised yesterday for failing to adequately support fair trade despite having said it wanted to help poor countries trade their way out of poverty.
MPs call for fair trade labelling
BBC Wed, 13 Jun 2007 23:06:39 GMT
Food and clothing items should be labelled to show how much people were paid to produce them, MPs say.
G8 leaders in $60bn aid pledge
ALJAZEERA Fri, 08 Jun 2007 23:33:22 PM
Meeting in German town ends with deal to combat Aids and other diseases in Africa.
Aid agencies dismiss west's £30bn as 'smokescreen'
GUARDIAN Sat, 09 Jun 2007
Pledge by rich G8 countries to spend $60bn (£30bn) over the next few years is smokescreen say development groups.
Gates warns US not to drive out foreign talent
INDEPENDENT Thu, 08 Mar 2007 00:47:03 GMT
Bill Gates, the founder of Microsoft and the world's richest man, told lawmakers in the US yesterday to allow more skilled foreigners to stay in the country, warning that if they did not, "America's economic future is in peril".
How fair is Fairtrade?
BBC Wed, 07 Mar 2007 11:58:00 GMT
Shoppers seem keen to pay over the odds to buy an increasing range of fair trade products. But some critics question if it really helps developing world farmers.
British company claims ownership of Kenya's colourful national cloth
INDEPENDENT Tue, 06 Mar 2007
A British company has applied to trademark the word 'kikoy', prompting fears that Kenyan producers of the colourful cloth may lose the right to call it by its traditional name.
Nigeria to end bulk of $500m debt
BBC Fri, 02 Mar 2007 17:10:25 GMT
Nigeria agrees a deal for US investment bank Merrill Lynch to take on most of its $500m debt.
Ecuador escalates banana battle
BBC Mon, 26 Feb 2007 11:29:13 GMT
Ecuador steps up its fight against EU import duties on bananas by asking the World Trade Organization to rule on the issue.
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911 call released in Celis case
CNN Mon, 14 May 2012 23:43:38 GMT
Police have released the 911 call in the Isabel Celis case.
Video: Police fatalities on the rise
CBSNEWS Mon, 14 May 2012 19:17:37 EDT
In 2011, 72 officers were killed across America marking a 29-precent increase from 2010. Bob Orr reports on what could be behind the rise of police fatalities.
Jay-Z: Right thing to back gay marriage
CNN Mon, 14 May 2012 21:38:12 GMT
Jay-Z compares same-sex marriage opposition to discrimination against black people.
Video: Vigil for students killed in crash
MSNBC.MSN Sun, 13 May 2012 14:04:24 GMT
Faculty and students at Boston University hold a vigil for three students killed, and five others injured, when a van they were riding in overturned during a hiking trip in New Zealand. NBC’s Michelle Franzen reports. (TODAY)
Video: Almanac: The first person killed by hail
CBSNEWS Sun, 13 May 2012 10:01:43 EDT
On May 13, 1930, death fell out of the Texas sky, when a sudden hailstorm killed a 39-year-old Texas farmer named J.C. Clack near Lubbock.
Teresa Mayes' sister: I want answers
CNN Sat, 12 May 2012 01:47:16 GMT
Fugitive Adam Mayes kills himself and his wife Teresa is charged for their crimes. Her sister talks about the case.
Video: Family relieved sisters are safe
MSNBC.MSN Sat, 12 May 2012 14:14:18 GMT
The family of two sisters kidnapped by a relative who murdered their mother are relieved that the man did not harm them before he took his own life as police cornered him in the woods of Mississippi. NBC’s Thanh Truong reports. (TODAY)
Mayes accused of sexual abuse
CNN Fri, 11 May 2012 20:59:49 GMT
Adam Mayes was accused of sexual abuse in 2010. Police were never able to confirm these allegations.
How police found Adam Mayes
CNN Sat, 12 May 2012 02:03:47 GMT
CNN's Martin Savidge retraces the final moments of Adam Mayes' life.
Man convicted of killing Hudson's family
CNN Sat, 12 May 2012 13:18:05 GMT
The man accused of killing Jennifer Hudson's mother, brother and nephew is found guilty. CNN's Ted Rowlands reports.
Stripper fired from reporter job sues
CNN Fri, 11 May 2012 17:16:43 GMT
Sarah Tressler is suing the Houston Chronicle for firing her for not disclosing she is a former exotic dancer.
A look at the week's legal news
CNN Sat, 12 May 2012 13:05:28 GMT
The latest on a woman sentenced for firing a warning shot to scare her abuser and allegations against John Travolta.
Video: Eye Opener: Suspect dead, 2 kidnapped girls rescued
CBSNEWS Fri, 11 May 2012 07:29:31 EDT
Two girls kidnapped in Tennessee have been rescued after, police say, their abductor and the killer of their mother and sister shot himself to death. Also, President Obama raised record amounts of cash, while Mitt Romney was apologizing for alleged high school bullying. All that, and all that matters, in today's Eye Opener.
Fugitive mother in law speaks out
CNN Thu, 10 May 2012 18:56:35 GMT
The mother in law of a man wanted in two murders and the abduction of two young girls speaks to HLN's Nancy Grace.
Video: Adam Mayes’ relative: He was ‘control freak’
MSNBC.MSN Fri, 11 May 2012 11:36:15 GMT
Josie Tate, the mother-in-law of now-deceased murder and kidnapping suspect Adam Mayes, talks to TODAY’s Savannah Guthrie about the nearly two-week manhunt for Mayes and what may have driven him to kill a woman and a teenager and kidnap two young girls. (TODAY)
Video: Most wanted fugitive dead
CBSNEWS Fri, 11 May 2012 08:26:28 EDT
The manhunt for murder and kidnapping suspect Adam Mayes is now over. Police say he killed himself after they caught up with him in Mississippi. The two missing girls with him were found safe. He was charged with killing their mother and teen sister. Mark Strassmann reports.
How to find Adam Mayes
CNN Thu, 10 May 2012 23:54:11 GMT
A former U.S. Marshall describes the search for fugitive Adam Mayes accused of murder and kidnapping.
Justice Department sues Arizona sheriff
CNN Thu, 10 May 2012 21:23:57 GMT
The U.S. Justice Department sues controversial Arizona sheriff Joe Arpaio for discrimination against Latinos.
Exclusive: Audio recording of police
CNN Thu, 10 May 2012 23:34:44 GMT
In an exclusive, Jane Velez-Mitchell obtained audio recording from police scanners the day Isabel Celis disappeared.
Disabled boy walks to Marine dad
CNN Fri, 11 May 2012 11:44:36 GMT
A boy with cerebral palsy was told he'd never walk, but did just that when he saw his returning Marine dad.
How the iPhone saved a Corning factory Yahoo! CEO under fire Yahoo! CEO under fire
CNN Wed, 09 May 2012 17:52:53 GMT
Steve Jobs' request for tougher glass in the iPhone led Corning to produce Gorilla Glass in an old Kentucky factory.
Attorney says Travolta assaulted two men
CNN Thu, 10 May 2012 00:12:33 GMT
An attorney representing two masseurs claims John Travolta sexually assaulted the men in separate incidents in January.
Video: Murder, kidnapping suspect on FBI’s most wanted list
MSNBC.MSN Wed, 09 May 2012 22:37:22 GMT
Adam Mayes and his wife have been charged with the murder of a Tennessee woman and her eldest daughter. Two other daughters are missing but authorities say there is reason to believe they are still alive. NBC’s Pete Williams reports. (Nightly News)
Travolta sued for sexual assault
CNN Wed, 09 May 2012 23:59:16 GMT
Two massage therapists sue actor John Travolta for assault, sexual battery. Travolta's attorneys say not true
Video: Kidnap, murder suspect on Ten Most Wanted list
CBSNEWS Thu, 10 May 2012 09:04:08 EDT
The FBI has added Adam Mayes, the Miss. man accused of killing a mother and her oldest daughter before kidnapping the woman's two youngest girls, to its Ten Most Wanted list. Mark Strassmann reports on the latest details.
Clerk: Mayes seemed polite and pleasant
CNN Wed, 09 May 2012 23:28:05 GMT
The clerk at a convenient store spoke to Adam Mayes days after the alleged murders. He tells Jane Velez-Mitchell about it.
Video: Search intensifies for kidnapping, murder suspect
MSNBC.MSN Thu, 10 May 2012 12:19:44 GMT
The FBI has added Adam Mayes, the man suspected of murdering Jo Ann Bain and her daughter, to its “most wanted” list, as authorities continue to search for Bain’s two younger girls. NBC’s Thanh Truong reports. (TODAY)
Video: Air strike kills five al Qaeda militants: report
CBSNEWS Thu, 10 May 2012 08:35:09 EDT
Security officials say five al Qaeda militants were killed by an air strike in Southern Yemen. "CBS This Morning" co-host Erica Hill reports.
'Take a hard look at neighborhood watch'
CNN Wed, 09 May 2012 01:24:49 GMT
Sanford's interim police chief tells CNN's Erin Burnett that neighborhood watch programs should be examined.
Video: TSA: Agents find gun parts in boy's stuffed animals
CBSNEWS Wed, 09 May 2012 08:49:11 EDT
A father and his young son were stopped by the TSA at a Rhode Island airport for allegedly carrying gun arts and ammunition in a bizarre hiding place.
Arraignment for 9/11 suspects 'chaotic'
CNN Tue, 08 May 2012 20:24:39 GMT
CNN's Chris Lawrence reports from Guantanamo Bay on the arraignment of 9/11 terror suspects.
Video: New arrests in murder of Tenn. mother and daughter
MSNBC.MSN Wed, 09 May 2012 12:25:28 GMT
Officials have arrested the mother and ex-wife of Adam Mayes, the man suspected of killing Jo Ann Bain and her 14-year-old daughter after kidnapping them along with Bain’s two other daughters during a vacation in Tennessee. Police are still searching for Mayes and Bain’s still-missing daughters. NBC’s Thanh Truong reports and former FBI profiler Clint Van Zandt offers analysis of the crime. (TODAY)
New Berlin airport delayed
CNN Tue, 08 May 2012 19:51:47 GMT
Berlin Brandenburg Airport's opening in June has been postponed due to testing of the fire safety system.
Travolta fights back against allegations
CNN Wed, 09 May 2012 06:20:35 GMT
A.J. Hammer reports on John Travolta's furious response to a $2 million sexual assault suit filed by a male masseuse.
Travolta accused of sexual assault
CNN Tue, 08 May 2012 19:34:33 GMT
A.J. Hammer reports that a massage therapist says John Travolta inappropriately touched him during a session.
Reverend is against NC gay marriage ban
CNN Tue, 08 May 2012 17:53:06 GMT
Reverend William Barber discusses why he's against a proposed constitutional same-sex marriage ban in North Carolina.
Hubby defense: Spray tan killed my wife
CNN Mon, 07 May 2012 22:10:49 GMT
A man is charged in the death of his wife says an allergic reaction to her spray tan is what killed her.
Billy Graham backs marriage amendment
CNN Mon, 07 May 2012 22:00:48 GMT
Voters in North Carolina will vote on a constitutional amendment defining marriage as only between a man and a woman.
Mom, daughter held up with knife
CNN Tue, 08 May 2012 14:06:33 GMT
A robber held a mother and her daughter up at knife point and demanded her purse.
Early Reads for Tuesday, May 8th, 2012
CNN Tue, 08 May 2012 10:44:32 GMT
Man jumps into acid to save coworker, dolphins die from heroin overdose and Lehman executive emails sent before the fall.
Video: Prison Optics
CBSNEWS Mon, 07 May 2012 11:30:31 EDT
A prison version of "lens crafters" aims to turn inmates into certified opticians at New York's Wallkill Correctional Facility.
9/11 family watches hearing from afar
CNN Sun, 06 May 2012 21:35:05 GMT
One victim's family reacts to the arraignment of five 9/11 suspects at Guantanamo Bay. CNN's Susan Candiotti reports.
Video: Gitmo terror trial: Defendants ignore judge
CBSNEWS Mon, 07 May 2012 08:22:08 EDT
Accused 9/11 mastermind Khalid Sheikh Mohammed was in a Guantanamo court, where he repeatedly ignored the judge and refused to answer questions. CBS News correspondent Jan Crawford was at the proceedings and talks to Charlie Rose and Erica Hill.
Video: Prison Doctors
CBSNEWS Mon, 07 May 2012 13:31:05 EDT
The unique obstacles and emotions of prison physicians responsible for helping and healing at New York's Fishkill Correctional Facility.
Video: A sheriff gone bad
CBSNEWS Sun, 06 May 2012 14:35:34 EDT
Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives agent Todd Tremaine tells Byron Pitts he had "mixed feelings" while arresting former Whitley County Sheriff Lawrence Hodge.
Protesters clash with police in Moscow
CNN Mon, 07 May 2012 02:18:26 GMT
More than 250 are arrested at an anti-government protest that turns violent in Moscow. CNN's Phil Black reports.
Video: Hospice Care for Inmates
CBSNEWS Mon, 07 May 2012 12:16:09 EDT
Prisoners too sick to ever go home get end-of-life care from prison doctors and fellow inmates, too, who learn lessons of compassion at New York's Fishkill Correctional Facility.
Video: Accused 9/11 conspirators refuse to answer Gitmo judge
CBSNEWS Sat, 05 May 2012 21:29:58 EDT
Khalid Sheikh Mohammed and the four other top 9/11 suspects disrupted their arraignment hearing at the U.S. military base at Guantanamo Bay by refusing to say anything. Jan Crawford reports the military trial many years in the making.
Video: Who are the five alleged 9/11 plotters?
CBSNEWS Sat, 05 May 2012 21:43:11 EDT
Khalid Sheikh Mohammed is easily the most well-known of the five Guantanamo defendants, but the prosecution says the other four also played key roles in the 9/11 plot. John Miller reports on the defendants and their charges.
9/11 suspects ignore, disrupt hearing
CNN Sun, 06 May 2012 01:16:26 GMT
9/11 suspects refuse to participate in their arraignment in a Guantanamo Bay military court.

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