Some interesting news from the OLPC front. Nicholas Negroponte announced that the Peruvian government has signed a contract agreeing to purchase 260,000 OLPC laptops. He also announced that Carlos Slim, a Mexican billionaire and friend of Negroponte, has ordered 50,000 systems for distribution in Mexico. Congrats OLPC.

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