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$100 laptops? Not really, but $200 isn't bad
Forget about $100 laptops. It's a price point nobody's going to hit anytime soon - not even the One Laptop Per Child Foundation in Cambridge, the nonprofit organization that two years ago unveiled its plan to give ultra-cheap computers to poor kids. (11/19/07)

With cheap laptops, two computer firms eye profits
The dream of a laptop computer cheap enough to distribute to millions of poor children is finally coming true - but not quite in the way its backers imagined. (11/14/07)

Microsoft, Ford team up on voice controls for drivers
Not content with putting its software on nearly every personal computer in the world, Microsoft Corp. wants to boot up our cars. (11/12/07)

Champagne? Security? The robots deliver
AMHERST, N.H. - Visit the offices of MobileRobots Inc. and you're met at the door by a robot toting two champagne glasses and a bottle of bubbly. (11/12/07)

Northeastern sues Google over patent
Northeastern University and a start-up company cofounded by an associate professor have filed a patent-infringement suit against Google Inc., claiming that database technology patented in 1997 was misappropriated by the world's most popular Internet search service. (11/10/07)

Thousands cut off from Web as firm consolidates
An effort to consolidate computers at Andover-based Internet hosting company Navisite Inc. has cut off Internet service to thousands of individuals and small businesses across the country for nearly a week. (11/8/07)

Effort for open Net resumes
A series of controversial actions by telecommunications companies has given new life to a political movement that would force telecom providers to treat all data transmissions the same. (11/6/07)

IRobot wins injunction against competitor
A federal judge in Boston has issued an injunction against a Chicago-area robot maker accused of stealing trade secrets from iRobot Corp. of Burlington. (11/3/07)

EMC plans doubling of China investment
EMC Corp. of Hopkinton is doubling its big bet in China, making a billion-dollar bid to dominate that country's data storage business. (11/2/07)