The Red Herring has an article on MIT's quest to build a $100 computer:

"The low-cost computer will have a 14-inch color screen, AMD chips, and will run Linux software, Mr. Negroponte said during an interview Friday with Red Herring at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland. AMD is separately working on a cheap desktop computer for emerging markets. It will be sold to governments for wide distribution."

I have always believed technology is the key to real development in the third world. Hopefully this will be a big step in the right direction.

Our Geek Volunteering article will be published in the next few days and we hope techies find some good volunteering opportunities abroad.