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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
Posted in Development, ICTs, Information Society, Internet
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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
Interview with Tim Berners-Lee, who first created the web
A recent interview with Tim Berners-Lee: Isn’t it semantic? : Articles : Internet : BCS. There are some interesting points there, but the real significant stuff is towards the end, about the “Semantic Web”. People familiar with Berners-Lee’s Book, Weaving … Continue reading
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Encyclopaedia Brittanica rejects Nature’s evaluation of Wikipedia and Brittanica
I posted on the original study, so I figure I have to post on the follow-up: BBC NEWS | Technology | Wikipedia study ‘fatally flawed’. Encyclopaedia Brittanica has posted a rejection of Nature’s evaluation of Brittanica and Wikipedia, calling for … Continue reading
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Is it possible to leapfrog backwards?
Outrageous, if you ask me: CNN.com – Tolls could dot the Internet highway – Feb 27, 2006
