Many of us are talking about how to live with less these days. Some people, though, are taking this notion of living with less to an extreme, including Kelly Sutton and Chris Yurista.
Somewhere between a smartphone and a laptop is a nifty gadget called a netbook. Joining The Takeaway to talk about why the netbook is so popular and where it fits in among all the other gadgets is Matt Buchanan, contributing editor for Gizmodo.com.
Cyrus Farivar reports for The World on a San Francisco start-up that’s taking an innovative approach to bringing computers and Internet access to the developing world.
Today’s answer is the South Pacific island of Niue. This week, Niue became the first location to issue free laptops to all of its schoolchildren. It’s part of the One Laptop Per Child Initiative. Anchor Lisa Mullins has more.
Cyrus Farivar has an update on the “One Laptop Per Child” program initiative: it has fallen short of its goal and a there is a split among the program’s partners.
