Tryggvi Thayer, Ph.D.
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Internet governance and the Internet Bill of Rights
An “Internet Bill of Rights” has been proposed at the inaugural meeting of the Internet Governance Forum. While I can see the rationality behind wanting to ensure some basic rights for Internet users, I just don’t see what sort of … Continue reading
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$100 laptop having an impact on open source communities
This LinuxWorld article demonstrates several ways in which the MIT Media Lab’s $100 laptop project is affecting open source software development, “Doing it for the kids, man: Children’s laptop inspires open source projects – Network World” As Negroponte, the “granddaddy” … Continue reading
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United Nations University embraces opencourseware
The United Nations University (UNU), a network of specialised research and knowledge sharing programs, has announced that it has joined the OpenCourseWare Consortium (OCW Consortium). The OCW Consortium is an initiative which I believe was launched by MIT after they … Continue reading
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The heist of the 21st century
Now here’s an interesting development (in Icelandic). A player in the game Eve Online, which has a very economical bent, opened a bank and convinced players that they would receive interest on their virtual savings with the bank. After a … Continue reading
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Connecting Africa
I came across an entry on the APC.ORG blog site the other day about the lack of submarine fibre cables to and from the African continent. They point to an interesting map of submarine cables throughout the world and point … Continue reading
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Outsourcing university research as development aid?
Newsweek-International Edition this week (Aug. 21-28, 2006) has several reports about higher education. The main piece is about newly published rankings of universities throughout the world. Among the factors used to determine the rankings are number of international faculty and … Continue reading
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