Nicholas Negroponte's sub-$100 laptop

MIT Media Lab chairman/founder Nicholas Negroponte told the BBC today that he's developing a notebook computer which would sell for less than $100 per unit. The goal: a cheap computing tool for developing countries and educational entities. Link (thanks, Raanan)

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