links for 2007-08-20

• Swiss politicians campaign online
  Switzerland's political parties are making increasing use of the Internet in the run-up to October's parliamentary elections. But blogs, video clips and podcasts are not as common as they are in the US and France. (From Swissinfo)
  (tags: switzerland politics)
• "Phone number for life", but customers have 8 days to get a new one
  Grand Central is a company built around the "one number for life" concept: a phone number that's yours forever. Great. Except that Google bought GC, and the company is turning off customer phone numbers and giving them new ones, with an 8-days notice.
  (tags: google grandcentral)
• Children's Reviews of OLPC XO Laptop ("100-dollar laptop")
  Experts have debated for several years about the "100-dollar-laptop". Now kids are testing it. Here some first reactions (from OLPC's own website). Watch the short video of two kids replacing a motherboard.
  (tags: OLPC laptop education)