Tryggvi Thayer, Ph.D.
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Category Archives: ICTs
World Ahead: Intel’s new development move
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
Posted in Development, Education, ICTs, Leapfrogging development
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The UNU-IIST on open source software
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
Negroponte answers critics on $100 laptops
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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New Global Information Technology Report
This years report has been published: World Economic Forum – Global Information Technology Report There’s an incredible amount of movement over the years in the Network Readiness Index. It’s not entirely clear to me what of these changes are due … Continue reading
Report on information access
World Information Access Project – 2006 Briefing Booklet – See also the main web site here. This report is based on existing data from a variety of sources, so don’t expect anything too earth shattering. I think some of the … Continue reading
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ICTs, the Millennium Declaration and the knowledge-based economy
It’s Sunday – time for a big post! A few days ago I posted a couple of things about Negroponte’s $100 laptop. One of the things that I mentioned was the common criticism, which extends to ICTs for development in … Continue reading
