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Article: COLUMN: Cold-hearted tech firms block progress, charity
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- January 16, 2008
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Brian Solomon
University Wire
01-16-2008
(The Dartmouth) (UWIRE) HANOVER, N.H. -- Optimism abounded when Nicholas Negroponte announced his goal to design the $100 laptop, an item that could improve learning for millions of poor children in developing countries. Finally, it seemed advanced technology would help the disadvantaged among us and do more than just increase the stock values of Silicon Valley companies.
Unfortunately, some of those cold-hearted, profit-mongering corporations such as Intel and Microsoft lack the morals to assist this noble effort, and instead choose to stand in the way of progress and charity.
Negroponte -- co-founder of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology ...
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