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Gates hits a low point in criticism of $100 laptop
Bill Gates recently made fun of MIT’s $100 laptop program at a forum with government leaders of the Americas: Bill Gates mocks MIT’s $100 laptop project. Gates has been accused, and indeed found guilty, of some pretty dubious dealings, but … Continue reading
UNESCO Consultation on the Geneva Plan of Action
UNESCO is collecting opinions on their action plan for moving towards knowledge societies: WSIS Consultation. This is your opportunity to be heard. Go for it. I already submitted my comments under Action Line C3: Access to info and knowledge and … Continue reading
Flying towards the Millenium Development Goals at jet speed!
BBC NEWS | Business | UN chief hails new French air tax
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Leapfrogging with wireless networking
These are the types of things I like. An “open source-like” book titled Wireless Networking in the Developing World. The book is authored by known and respected professionals. It is released under a ShareAlike Creative Commons license. The book is … Continue reading
More on the “information society”
I’ve been thinking some more about the “information society”, something I’ve thought about in the past. I thank Ajit K. Pyati’s paper for re-piquing my interest because I think this is an important issue, since it is something that we … Continue reading
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What’s an “information society”?
(Feb 13, 2006 – fixed the link to Pyati’s paper. Feb 19, 2006 – fixed a typo.) I recently came across a paper written by Ajit K. Pyati titled “WSIS: Whose vision of an information society?”. It’s not exactly brand … Continue reading
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