Interesting story and not very new..
There are a few issues though: one's not disputing that computers are
if not as necessary as clean drinking water and health centres,
important as wellbut what after the novelty factor of the computer
has gone down. What happens after power outages,
The BBC is really running some wonderful stories about things related to
the Digital Divide of late. I wish that the wireless in my room were
working right now so I could continue writing stuff about it...
I'd have to suggest checking out the BBC. I'm not one to endorse, but
the BBC has been
Taran wrote: ...I continuously wonder why RSS isn't used instead of
email...
Most people use MSIE. In their infinite wisdom, the good people at MS have
failed to integrate RSS into MSIE.
If you want to reach the maximum number of people because there are 120 MPH
winds bearing down on you, RSS
Down to the Wire
http://www.foreignaffairs.org/20050501faessay84311/thomas-bleha/down-to-the-wire.html
Summary: Once a leader in Internet innovation, the
United States has fallen far behind Japan and other
Asian states in deploying broadband and the latest
mobile-phone technology. This lag will
http://rferl.org/featuresarticle/2005/05/65b7225e-1a0f-4d4f-af89-c3e7e0253ace.html
RFE/RL is covering the UN's Press Freedom Day extensively. Included in this
coverage is an excellent article on the impact of the Internet on news and
exchange of ideas in Central Asia.
Katy Pearce
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Cindy Lemcke-Hoong wrote:
/Taran, /
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You touched on something that I have been asking myself for more than
10 years.
Perhaps we should start something to correct the problems. Starting
from Solar energy. Most of the developing countries are in the
sun-belt. What better energy than the
Yes. We must recognize that many poor people will not have reliable
electricity. We can build solar capabilities easily into computers, and it
has been done. Oddly, none of the cheap computer proposals (simputer, pctv
from Carnegie Mellon, or the MIT computer design) have solar power as an
Please excuse the cross posting. And, of course, feel free to
distribute widely.
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A Call for Submissions to Community Media Review (CMR)
The Fall 2005 issue of CMR will focus on Media Literacy as a Tool for
Social Change. We are inviting individuals and
http://www.linuxgazette.com/node/10185
The premise for the article is that commercial entities are decreasingly
being seen in the news as being part of solutions for the Digital
Divide. Perhaps this planet has more sweat equity than money.
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Taran Rampersad
Presently in: Panama City, Panama
