| Pledge Watch: Laptops for all |
| Posted by: Justina Spencer |
| Picture the late 1990s, when internet start-up firms were on their way to becoming bigger than established titans of industry and commerce. It was a heady time when the power of the "information highway" to liberate the information-starved masses seemed infinite. Recall the then chancellor Gordon Brown's call for the UK to lead the global "knowledge economy", leaving no man, woman or child behind in the sharing of glorious, electronic wizardry-created wealth. In this spirit Mr Brown announced a |
| Source: BBC News (UK) | Published: November 3rd, 2008 |
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