Brazil may build $100 laptops

This just seems very, very cool. This whole Lula thing is bad business for Microsoft. Wonder how they'll try to stop him. Finally, a Negroponte we can be proud of (@see mass murderer, John Negroponte). Holy twizzlesticks, Batman! They're brothers!

This article mentions that Indian automaker, Tata, plans to roll out a $2,000 car by 2008. That goes in line with this article on how there is lots of money (and progress) to be made by for-profit businesses catering to the poorest people in the world.