Published: 06 Dec 2006 10:37 GMT
At an event filled with people concerned with global networks, the biggest of big businesses and the future of the information economy, the biggest draw was a small computer with the power of a ten-year-old PC and the livery of a Fisher-Price Activity Centre.
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