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Can you even imagine life without a computer? No checking your e-mail or talking on IM. No surfing surfing, sport of gliding toward the shore on a breaking wave. Surfers originally used long, cumbersome wooden boards but now ride lightweight synthetic boards that allow a greater degree of maneuverability.  the 'net or blogging Writing Weblogs. See blog.  Fact is, many kids around the world have never so much as tapped a computer key. But that's all about to change thanks to One Laptop Per Child See OLPC. , a program providing laptops to students in developing countries. The funky-looking computers, known as XOs, cost a mere $150 and will do most everything a regular computer can do--it even has a built-in camera. And in a cool twist, the battery can be charged by hand. In countries like Thailand, Argentina and Libya, it'll be like Christmas in July when thousands of these laptops land in the laps of their children. Learn more at laptop Same as laptop computer.

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Title Annotation:Short Stuff
Publication:Girls' Life
Date:Jun 1, 2007
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