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07:09 22nd February 2010
A new laptop aimed at people who are not using PCs on a regular basis has been launched in Britain.
Alex, which is based on Linux, comes with simplified e-mail, web browsing, image editing and office software, including applications compatible with Microsoft's Excel and PowerPoint file formats.
The laptop's developers hope to attract the 12 million people in Britain who are not PC users.
"Alex is not designed as a super-computer. We're not buying into the current computer market," Barney Morrison-Lyons, head of technology at the Broadband Computer Company, which is behind Alex, was quoted as saying in the BBC.
Subscribers to Alex pay £39.95 a month for telephone support, software updates and broadband access.
In other news, a government programme which will provide laptops to stude[n]ts from poor backgrounds is a "step toward bridging the digital divide", said Rhian Beynon, head of policy and campaigns at Family Action.
The scheme will provide laptops and broadband connection to 127,000 families across England.
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