HP gives Lap top for Kids

One more of the world's biggest technology companies is clamoring to enter the growing market for pint-sized computers targeted mainly for pint-sized customers.

Hewlett-Packard Co, the number one seller of personal computers worldwide, said today it's throwing its weight behind a new class of miniaturized laptops, a fledgling market already populated with products from Intel Corp, the world's largest semiconductor company, and Asustek Computers Inc, the world's largest maker of computer motherboards.

The machines are so new the industry has not settled on a name for low-cost and scaled-down laptops used primarily for surfing the Internet and performing other basic functions like word processing. It is a good news for kids.