Intel and $100 laptop join forces

Chip-maker Intel has joined forces with One Laptop per Child foundation, the makers of the $100 laptop project.The agreement marks a huge turnaround for both the not-for profit One laptop per Child (OLPC) foundation and Intel.In May this year, Nicholas Negroponte, the founder of OLPC said Intel “should be ashamed of itself” for efforts to undermine the $100 laptop initiative.He accused Intel of selling its own cut-price laptop – the Classmate – below cost to drive him out of markets in the developing world.http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/6897950.stm

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