When do we say enough is enough? When do we, or at least, the bigger number of us, tell those who torment us with their stealing, thievery, and murderous transgressions that they do not have the right to do so.

When shall we see those thieves punished for their crimes? For every crime left unsolved, for every child who never had access to education, for every homeless family who never had the opportunity to improve their lives, for every poor who can never afford medical care — there is a corrupt government official or two and their families who raided the government’s coffers.

For every bridge left unbuilt, for every road that never saw fruition, for every infrastructure that remained in limbo — there are thieves, nay, vultures in barong and terno.

Where do we draw the line?

Media’s New Slate

News Corp. CEO Rupert Murdoch has nothing but love for Apple’s iPad and all the other slate computers out in the market and yet to come for the promise they bring of revitalized earnings and revenues for the print media industry. Murdoch strongly and wishfully believe that the iPad and company would work wonders for newspaper publishers’ dream of finally charging readers for online content.

News Corp. has already started charging readers for full access to the online edition of its Wall Street business paper. You can bet your bottom peso that all the other publishers are waiting and watching how Murdoch’s experiment would turn out. You can bet your last 10-centavo coin too that all of them would follow suit once they see that Australian-American earn money from his online treasure hunt.

So how does News Corp. intend to make money from its iPad-centric scheme to offer paid online content? News Corp. chief digital officer Jon Miller believes tablet computers allow news providers to develop paid apps. Owners of tablet computers and compatible mobile devices would then purchase these apps to gain access to online news, which they also would have to pay for to keep on receiving.

Neat. So, if I were you, I’d be surfing those popular news sites now. They might not be available for free forever. Or Murdoch might have got it wrong, after all.

35-Dollar Slate

Last week, media reports were aplenty about that 35-dollar touchscreen slate computer developed by the Indian Institute of Technology. A development sure to reinforce India’s belief in its IT leadership, this gadget is envisioned to strengthen Indian students’ education and technology capabilities that in turn would boost the country’s economic growth.

Set for introduction in 2011, the Linux-powered computing device is expected to be used by the country’s college students. The government also plans to install broadband Internet access at all of its 22,000 colleges, maximizing the potential of the solar-powered, multimedia mobile computer.

I wonder, does this make the One Laptop Per Child group obsolete?

That’s all for the meantime, folks. Join me again next time as we keep on watching IT.