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- Time for a new model of ULPC?
- Time for a new model of ULPC?I question the whole one-laptop-per-whoever assumptionThe developing world honestly needs some robust _sharable_ computer devices because of one-per-person won't work (and isn't really needed) no matter how cheap you try and make it.why not start shared, and build?It's not financially possible to put these...
- Tags: PRODUCTIVITY, Notebooks, laptop computer, computer, ULPC, Internet access, computer device
- Discussion threads 2008-04-07
- Are mini-laptops worth deploying without Internet Access?
- Are mini-laptops worth deploying without Internet access?The mesh network should negate some of the problems with lack of Internet.In addition to the advantage of just having the unconnected laptop, complete with textbooks, I would imagine the the collaboration allowed by the mesh network would be invaluable. Even if there isn't...
- Tags: INTERNET, mini-laptops worth, mesh networking, Internet access, network, laptop computer
- Discussion threads 2008-03-28
- Are mini-laptops worth deploying without Internet Access?
- I think the answer to this is "Yes" for a variety of reasons but I'd like to get some feedback from you. Peru is beginning to roll out 400,000 OLPC XO laptops this week to villages throughout the country, according to Technology Review. As...
- Tags: Internet Access, Peru, Laptop Computer, Notebooks, Hardware, Notebooks & Tablets, Christopher Dawson
- Blog posts 2008-03-28
- Yes, you can get Internet Access in the middle of the Gulf of Alaska
- Yes, you can get internet access in the middle of the Gulf of AlaskaNiceCompared to what Cruise ships charge, even $12/day is CHEAP.RE: Yes, you can get internet access in the middle of the Gulf of Alaskawhat program is being used in that pic to guage speed. can't make it...
- Tags: Internet access
- Discussion threads 2008-03-26
- Yes, you can get Internet Access in the middle of the Gulf of Alaska
- I am conducting shipchecks on an Alaskan Marine Highways ferry this week in the Gulf of Alaska with stops in Kodiak, Homer, Seldovia, Whittier, Cordova, and Port Lions. I was afraid I would be completely offline and out of touch, but it turns out that the particular vessel I am...
- Tags: Internet Access, Speed, Alaska, Download Speed, Wi-Fi, Wireless, Matthew Miller
- Blog posts 2008-03-26
- In-flight Internet cleared for take-off
- I've been skeptical of plans for in-flight broadband access. Let's face it, the airlines don't have a great track record here. No one used those sad phones in the seatbacks. And Boeing's Connexion service--once offered by a few international carriers--is gone. But this time it may finally happen. ...
- Tags: Internet Access, American Airlines, Wall Street Journal, Flight, JetBlue Airways Corp., Boeing Co., Equipment, Satellite, Virgin America, Aircell, U.S. In-flight Broadband, Satellite TV, Network Technology, Telecommunications, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Networking, John Morris
- Blog posts 2008-03-13
- Internet Access by household income
- All <$25K $25K-$40K $40K-$60K $60K-$100K > $100K % of adults who are internet users 74 51 71 81 91 95 % of adults with broadband at home 50 29 46 56 66 82 Number of cases 2,400 465 297 66...
- Tags: Internet Access, Income, Adult, Internet, NB
- Blog posts 2008-02-28
- I didn't have Internet Access all weekend!
- I didn't have Internet access all weekend!Switching woesThat kind of experiences has kept me from switching my ISP. I sympathize.Greetz, Pjotr.You want to rely on the internet...... after a weekend without the internet. If you had been cut off for a month, would you be recommending a cheap internet...
- Tags: Internet service providers (ISPs), Internet access, Internet, Internet Service Provider, phone
- Discussion threads 2008-01-28
- I didn't have Internet Access all weekend!
- This post is coming in a bit late today since I was without Internet access for the entire weekend! I'm between ISPs right now and, although I timed the cutoff of my first to dovetail with the installation of the second, delays in turning on my DSL service meant...
- Tags: Internet Access, Web, Computer, Productivity, Channel Management, Internet, Broadband Internet, Marketing, Telecommunications, Christopher Dawson
- Blog posts 2008-01-28
- Avignon Concept 2008 (exe)
- Avignon Concept is the first Personal Data Manager having not just standard data management for Books, Contacts and Music, but also your full-fledged personal Document and Film manager. Avignon Concept has off-course a To-do manager, which, combined with the Avignon Concept Calendar and Planning functions, gives you the complete system...
- Tags: Internet Access, Manager, Avignon Concept, Data Management, Storage, Databases, Hardware, Enterprise Software, Software
- Software downloads 2007-12-14
- How Cisco IT Uses Firewalls to Protect Cisco Internet Access Locations
- This case study describes how Cisco Systems uses Cisco PIX security appliances to protect its network assets from unauthorized access. The Cisco global network is a leading-edge enterprise environment that is one of the largest and most complex in the world. Cisco customers can draw on Cisco IT's real-world experience...
- Tags: Internet Access, Firewall, Information Technology, Cisco Systems Inc.
- Case studies 2007-11-20
- Document Imaging System Adds Internet Access With Advantage Database Server
- Cherry LAN Systems has been providing document indexing and imaging solutions for more than 15 years, with a particular focus on the needs of county governments. The company offers a suite of seven integrated software applications to build, index, retrieve, and output records and other database-held documents and data. In...
- Tags: Internet Access, Database Server, Imaging, Cherry LAN Systems, Document Management, Databases, Enterprise Software, Software, Finance, Managerial Accounting, Data Management
- Case studies 2007-10-10
- No Internet Access on your laptop in hotel? Skype chat windows could be culprit
- No Internet access on your laptop in hotel? Skype chat windows could be culpritSupernodeIf your PC/laptop isn't behind a NAT router, it will try to become a [url=http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Supernode_(networking)]supernode[/url] on the Skype P2P network.
- Tags: Notebooks, Construction, NETWORKING, Skype chat window, Skype Technologies S.A., Skype Chat, laptop computer, Internet access, window
- Discussion threads 2007-09-30
- No Internet Access on your laptop in hotel? Skype chat windows could be culprit
- While staying at a Best Western in Ontario, Calif. recently, blogger Dan York had a Skype-related Internet connectivity issue. His room was too far from the hotel's Access Point to log on wirelessly. So then he tried his room's Ethernet cable. That didn't seem to do...
- Tags: Internet Access, Window, Skype Technologies S.A., Laptop Computer, Internet, Construction, Ethernet, Networking, Russell Shaw
- Blog posts 2007-09-30
- Net access tax compromise: A short extension?
- Net access tax compromise: A short extension?it's unfair for the brick and mortar storesI would support a uniform federal sales tax for online purchases.Leaving it to the states would be a disaster.internet sales tax will be the boston tea party for Delahunt. the governorsdidn't elect the senators and the people...
- Tags: Taxes, Free trade, Sales strategy, Sales force management, Internet access, tax, sales tax, sales
- Discussion threads 2007-07-26
- Why municipal WiFi is an educational expense
- I'm not big on large government-funded projects, whether at the federal, state, or local levels. In my experience, they just have a tendency to go awry. Of course, I live outside of Boston. Can you say Big Dig? However, one area in which municipalities (or better...
- Tags: Education Technology
- Blog posts 2007-07-17
- FTC to Congress: Hands off Verizon and Comcast
- The chairwoman of the Federal Trade Commission cautioned Congress against passing Net Neutrality legislation -- what she termed "new regulation" of the Internet -- in a speech last night, AP reports. Her comments reported on the five-month-long work of the agency's Internet Access Task Force. The report takes a...
- Tags: Net neutrality
- Blog posts 2007-06-28
- Will Congress lift moratorium on Internet sales tax?
- As the Internet increasingly becomes a place for people to shop and do business, the federal government wants a piece of the action. Several proposals are making the rounds of Congress that would undo a moratorium that blocks states from imposing their own taxes on Internet access, reports Wired NewsAt...
- Tags: State &, Local Govt, Congress
- Blog posts 2007-06-13
- Bringing public Wi-Fi to small-town America
- Bringing public Wi-Fi to small-town AmericaTV bandwidth obsoletes Wi-FiAgain, because the message just isn't getting through, in the USA the bandwidth that is being freed up when the USA goes to Hi-Def TV can be used for Wi-Max. That bandwidth goes through walls. So any small town or city or...
- Tags: Wireless LANs, WIRELESS, Cable, city council, Wi-Fi, Lowell, Wi-MAX, TV, Internet access, bandwidth, TV bandwidth
- Discussion threads 2007-06-06
- Politicians weigh renewal of Net access tax ban
- Politicians weigh renewal of Net access tax banThe internet is way to complicated for a tax. Besides we are already taxedHow so you ask? Hosting providers pay taxes on power, water, personell. We pay taxes when we buy a PC, when we turn it on and it...
- Tags: Taxes, Free trade, Internet access, Internet, tax
- Discussion threads 2007-05-23
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