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Tech Awards honor techy solutions for developing world

From one-time-use syringes to fire logs made from an invasive African plant, the 2008 Tech Awards honored five innovators with $50,000 for creating technology solutions for problems in developing countries. CNET's Kara Tsuboi learns more about these seemingly simple solutions that have potential to make a big impact.

Tags: Solution, Free Trade, Finance, News, kara tsuboi, the tech, tech awards, san jose convention center, developing countries, 3rd world, india, china, asia, building, syringe, schools

Videos 2008-11-13

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Wither Silicon Valley? IT will be driven by emerging markets

Gartner is projecting that the "worse year ever" for IT spending---down 6.9 percent in 2009---will be followed up with dead-cat spending bounce in 2010 of a meager 3.3 percent. Does this dead-cat IT spending bounce mean traditional tech power centers---notably Silicon Valley---are no longer in the driver's seat? ...

Tags: Silicon Valley, Information Technology, Gartner Inc., Emerging Market, IT-spending, Application Roster, Marketing Research, Financial Services, Strategy, Marketing, Management, Larry Dignan

Blog posts 2009-10-19

Five reasons Google Android smartphones will beat iPhone, BlackBerry, WinMo

Ultimately, the market decides. ntnt = no textI'm not surprisedAndroid has the right formula going forward. I think Blackberry will outsell winmo, though. I'm seeing more traction in RIM's direction in developing countries. Blackberry handsets are beginning to filter down to the everyday working class, thanks to the introduction of...

Tags: Smart phones, Mobile operating systems, Handhelds, Cellular phones, Google Inc., Apple iPhone, RIM BlackBerry, Google Android, Apple Inc., smart phone

Discussion threads 2009-10-06

Large Hadron Collider looks for November restart

November can't come soon enough. :) [nt][nt]RE: Large Hadron Collider looks for November restartI think it is an obscene waste of money. It will not feed the starving or house the homeless or provide much needed medical facilities in developing countries. It will not develop more sustainable, cleaner forms of...

Tags: Free trade, Large Hadron Collider

Discussion threads 2009-10-05

EasyCatalog CS4 4.0.3 (Mac)

Ever wished you could take data directly from a file or database straight into Adobe InDesign?�??�?�  Ideal for time-critical publications, EasyCatalog can dramatically speed up page make-up time and ensure your documents remain error free. Trusted by thousands of users in over thirty countries across six continents, EasyCatalog has quickly...

Tags: Adobe Systems Inc., Apple Macintosh, Storage, Databases, Hardware, Enterprise Software, Software, Data Management

Software downloads 2009-10-02

Alaskan chardonnary to be a big hit in 2110

The latest U.N. report on global warming assumes that political leadership actually begins to lower emissions from major polluters like the U.S.and China. That may be unwarranted. But the report goes on to say: the earth will be as much as 7 degrees Fahrenheit hotter by the end...

Tags: Global Warming, U.N., Harry Fuller

Blog posts 2009-09-24

Another push for netbooks in Africa

Not another nail in the coffin of OLPC, but rather another validation of the concept. The netbook market would not be where it is today without OLPC.Agreednt.RE: Another push for netbooks in AfricaI think it shows that OLPC has the right idea, but their execution was lacking. One the...

Tags: Netbooks, nettops & MIDs, One Laptop Per Child project, netbook

Discussion threads 2009-09-23

EU, US looking at MSFT-YHOO search deal: Is competition for GOOG anticompetitive?

M$ is anticompetitive by natureGoogle on the other hand is a good citizen for everyone.RE: EU, US looking at MSFT-YHOO search deal: Is competition for GOOG antico"Even if it does cause ?antitrust effects,? wouldn?t the end result be a stronger competitor for Google? Clearly. That would be good for consumers...

Tags: OPEN SOURCE, Digital media, Digital music, Investment, Businesses, Microsoft Corp., Yahoo! Inc., Google Inc.

Discussion threads 2009-09-16

Will online education kill the university?

More to Harvard than the ClassesWhile I'm a big proponent of online and hybrid courses, I don't think that the residential college will go away entirely. People go to places like Harvard and Yale not just because they might learn more (and they might, depending on a lot of...

Tags: Harvard, education

Discussion threads 2009-09-16

Brown University economists measure GDP growth from outer space

For many developing countries, the data for measuring economic growth is unreliable or incomplete. In response, a team of economists at Brown have suggested a new framework for estimating a country or region’s gross domestic product GDP by using satellite images of the area’s nighttime lights. by Chris Jablonski

Tags: Gross Domestic Product, Brown University, Economist, Chris Jablonski

Blog posts 2009-09-06

Nokia Money to provide financial services to the unbanked

It exists in TanzaniaReports from friends indicate to be that such a service is already in place in Tanzania and perhaps in other neighbouring countries.RE: Nokia Money to provide financial services to the unbankedNo "think" about it. This will have enormous impact. For some time now, many in developing economies...

Tags: Financial Planning, Financial services, unbanked, Nokia Corp., financial service, Tanzania

Discussion threads 2009-08-26

Who will benefit most from the cloud?

At the OpenSource World event in San Francisco, Lew Tucker, vice president and CTO of cloud computing at Sun Microsystems, explained that many developing countries are skipping over acquiring their own servers and going right to the cloud. Because of the cost effectiveness, the move may spur their economies and...

Tags: Benefit, Cloud, Free Trade, Virtualization, Finance, Hardware, CloudWorld, cloud computing, OpenSource, open source, SaaS

Videos 2009-08-13

Microsoft joins HTML 5 standard fray in earnest

Real standards[i]"That's important because Microsoft has of late embraced a standard-centric philosophy when it comes to what technology IE supports, and IE is of course the dominant browser on the market."[/i]Microsoft has never been particularly keen on supporting real standards, they've always preferred their own formats to maintain their monopoly.IE...

Tags: Web browsers, Quality, XHTML, W3C, Microsoft Corp., standards, HTML, Microsoft Internet Explorer, Web browser, ISO

Discussion threads 2009-08-10

Software engineers move over - the era of the media engineer

Software engineers move over - the era of the media engineerI don't see this happeninggood engineers are good engineers; perhaps shoddy media engineers will be washed out of the process more quickly than shoddy programmers so perhaps you'll see this situation influence salary spreads since "bad aesthetics" speak louder...

Tags: Recruitment & Selection, Development tools, media engineer, Software Engineers, job

Discussion threads 2009-07-29

Software engineers move over - the era of the media engineer

Software coding is becoming a much more common skill and it is a skill that is losing value. You can find coders in developing countries and contract the work for a fraction of what it used to cost. But there is going to be a need for...

Tags: Software, Media, Media Engineer, Advertising & Promotion, Tools & Techniques, Internet, Marketing, Management, Tom Foremski

Blog posts 2009-07-29

Enterprise architecture heads north: report from Open Group

John Meyer of The Open Group sent some detailed dispatches from the group’s 23rd Enterprise Architecture Practitioners Conference, being held this week in Toronto. Thanks to John for a great job summarizing many of the key insights coming from the conference -- some highlights from day one are summarized below:...

Tags: Open Group, Enterprise Architect, Electronic Arts Inc., Information Technology, Enterprise Architecture, Strategy, Management, Joe McKendrick

Blog posts 2009-07-23

Forrester: 2.2 billion people online globally by 2013 (43% in Asia)

Forrester Research on Tuesday projected that the Internet population will hit 2.2 billion people by 2013. Of that tally, 43 percent of the Internet population will be in Asia. In a report, Forrester paints a picture of Internet growth in emerging markets and stagnation in the developing...

Tags: Population, Forrester Research Inc., Internet, Larry Dignan

Blog posts 2009-07-21

Should doctors go on strike?

Should doctors go on strike?Big government is the cause... of crazy medical expense. We need less regulation so there's less room for the insurance company and lawyer manipulation that jacks the medical cost. Obama's more government involvement is the wrong solution.No, life, liberty and the pursuit of happinessare fundamental human...

Tags: Vertical industries, Benefits, HEALTHCARE, Insurance, Medical Care, Obama, Big Government, health care, medical care, HIPPA

Discussion threads 2009-07-09

Can netbook subsidies from wireless companies work for schools?

So Sprint is basically giving away netbooks, Verizon is making them mighty cheap at least to acquire, AT&T offers a variety of deals on netbooks and free access to its network of WiFi hotspots and it seems pretty likely that other smaller wireless carriers will follow suit. The only...

Tags: School District, Netbook, Wireless, Netbooks, Nettops & MIDs, Wi-Fi, Wireless And Mobility, Hardware, Christopher Dawson

Blog posts 2009-07-08

The Networking eLibrary (Palm) 1.00 (Mobile)

Did you know that networking referrals generate 80% more results than cold calls, that between 70-80% of all jobs are filled through networking and that anyone you want to contact in the world is only five to six people contacts away from you!This eLibrary outlines the steps involved in effective...

Tags: Mobile, Network, Palm Inc., Business Presenter, Cross-Cultural Business PocketbookThis Book, Networking, Marketing Research, Marketing

Software downloads 2009-07-08