Author Archives: Tryggvi Thayer

ICTs in India

Posted on May 10, 2006 by Tryggvi Thayer

A very insightful article on the BBC website today about how ICTs are being used in rapidly changing India: BBC NEWS | Technology | India aims to be hi-tech heaven

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World Ahead: Intel’s new development move

Posted on May 3, 2006 by Tryggvi Thayer

Intel to design a cheap laptop and put $1 billion into teacher training worldwide. Intel to Offer Its Own Plan for Global Internet Access – New York Times At some point sometime, Negroponte, of the $100 laptop project, said that … Continue reading →

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Who do we trust?

Posted on May 3, 2006 by Tryggvi Thayer

This article on BBC News considers how perceptions of the media are changing in an information age. Interesting read. BBC NEWS | Technology | Media holds its own in trust poll

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The UNU-IIST on open source software

Posted on April 25, 2006 by Tryggvi Thayer

Things have been very quiet around here lately. I’m hard at work on my thesis and finishing up the semester, so things are probably going to stay fairly quiet for the time being. But, there’s always something. I came across … Continue reading →

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Negroponte answers critics on $100 laptops

Posted on April 5, 2006 by Tryggvi Thayer

Negroponte seems to have briefly addressed some of the criticisms that we’ve been hearing about the $100 laptop recently from Microsoft executives and others: Wired News: Laptop Detractors Shrugged Off See also Slashdot.org for many many MANY comments.

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