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We've all heard the stories about how easy it is for teens to get in trouble with sexual predators on MySpace, right? And the question in Houstonist's mind had always been whose fault these incidents are — the kids on MySpace who meet the creepy low-lifes, the creepy low-lifes who prey on MySpacers, the parents who don't monitor what their kids are doing or MySpace itself? Now, some families — one from Houston — are trying to clarify the question of responsibility by suing MySpace, claiming the online service didn't do enough to protect their underage daughters who were sexually abused by adults they met online.

Massachusets Institute of Technology professor Nicholas Negroponte wants every child to have a $100 laptop to promote and inspire education. Despite facing continued criticism from Intel and Microsoft, Negroponte has some huge backers on his side — Google, Quanta Computer and News Corp. (and Rupert Murdoch), to name a few — which have contributed $29 million for Negroponte's One Laptop Per Child Nonprofit Association. The modified laptop would use just 2 watts of electricity, which is one-tenth of what conventional laptops use — early plans for hand cranks on the side of the machines have been scrapped, and the computers will now be able to connect to AC adapters. Despite the criticism, though, Negroponte said his group could begin distributing computers by early next year.