Intel backs project to give laptops to poor kids

INTEL BACKS PROJECT TO GIVE LAPTOPS TO POOR KIDS
[SOURCE: Reuters, AUTHOR: Jim Finkle]
Intel Corp. said on Friday it would support a non-profit foundation's project to put computers in the hands of poor children around the world, reversing its long-standing opposition to the proposal. The world's biggest chipmaker will join the board of the One Laptop Per Child Foundation, which developed the XO laptop -- a personal computer that it plans to put into production in September and sell for $176. Intel markets the Classmate PC, a computer that competes with the foundation's XO laptop. The two parties said they would be able to incorporate each other's technologies, and would also consider collaborating on developing a laptop.
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