Negroponte laptop

The One Laptop Per Child Foundation has just secured an order for 260,000 of the low cost machines from the government of Peru. Despite a lower than expected take up from foreign governments, Nicholas Negroponte claims that this latest success could mean the momentum will now build.negroponte laptop

Eosinophilic Enteropathy

Ryan and Karia Stockdale were high school sweethearts who married right after graduation. They now have four children, all of whom suffer from a rare yet devastating disease known as Eosinophilic Enteropathy. EE is a white blood cell disease that attacks proteins, preventing the ingestion and digestion of food. It also affects and causes diseases of the lungs, kidneys, blood, intestines and immune system.

Stockdale family

Ty Pennington and designers Paul DiMeo, Paige Hemmis, Eduardo Xol and John Littlefield, continue their trek across America to assist a family in each of the fifty states as they head into the town of Middleton, ID and the Stockdale family. Of the many Extremes I have seen, this family has got to be one of the most affected in terms of threatening situations.

Brad Pitt announcement

Brad Pitt doesn't want to play a Washington reporter after all. Universal Pictures announced that the blond half of Brangelina has dropped out of the Beltway-based political drama "State of Play." Pitt abruptly quit early yesterday after two weeks of battling director Kevin Macdonald ("Last King of Scotland") over the script, sources say. Filming was scheduled to start last week, and an elaborate newsroom set was completed when Pitt pulled a very expensive plug. brad pitt announcement

One Laptop Per Child

You got to love a project that aims to get laptops into the hands of school children around the world, the OLPC (One Laptop Per Child) is that program and they are successfully doing just that.