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Contributor [1]
Thursday, August 12, 2004 - 03:00
Categories: 
Internet & technology [2]
Issue Number: 
169 [3]
Article-Summary: 

South African company, OnPoint Solutions have invented a low-cost, four-in-one PC that could lower the cost of offering ICT in learning institutions. The purpose built PCs offer internet, e-mail, phone, word processing and network facilities exclusively for educational purposes and concessions provided from Microsoft International have allowed the machines to be sold at the low cost of ?298 per system.

Category: 
ICT, Media & Security [4]
Oldurl: 
http://www.pambazuka.org/en/category.php/internet/23804 [5]
Country: 
South Africa [6]

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