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ThaRum answers Beth Kanter's query about cheap laptops with this post about MIT Media Laboratory's plans to unveil a Linux-based, hand-cranked U.S.$100 laptop in November, inspired by a visit to a Cambodian village.

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Blogger id:higayasuo traces recent problems at IBM Japan to the old guard in the company not understanding modern conditions of the industry [ja], carrying over experience from an age of general-purpose computers to a modern Americanized age of rational production through outsourcing and specialization. Based on this experience, id:higayasuo explains, this older generation makes the mistake of outsourcing offshore the task of writing computer programs, while performing writing of program design documents domestically, in the end a more costly way of doing things.

Chinese communities in Thailand are celebrating the annual Vegetarian festival. Check out these interesting photos.

Red Roses, Gold Thorns from Singapore opposes the proposal to use breast milk in making ice cream products.