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Understand E-Rate Funding for K-12 Technology Needs: Access to technology is a crucial element in providing students with the skills they need in the 21st century. But shrinking budgets make it difficult for many schools to provide that access, creating a digital divide between the haves and the have-nots. This webcast discovers how the school district can...; Tags: K-12, E-Rate, Digital Divide; Webcasts 2007-12-01
OLPC revisited - a skeptics view: OLPC revisited - a skeptics viewSorry, broken recordWe could easily purchase and ship used XP laptops at a lower price than the OLPC - look at the price on eBay (~$200 and then imagine bulk purchasing).Condemning the poor to Linux is preventing them from using the global OS and reducing...; Tags: OLPC Project, cell phone platform, One Laptop Per Child project, laptop computer, digital divide, Third World; Discussion threads 2007-09-26
Digital Inclusion Imperatives Offer Municipalities New Social and Economic Opportunities: It has been roughly a decade since the term "Digital Divide" was first introduced into national public policy discourse as an issue that materially affects the social, cultural, and economic well-being of the United States. The Digital Divide denotes the gap between information technology haves and have-nots. As mayors, city...; Tags: Information Technology, Leader, Digital Divide, Leadership, Strategy, Management; White papers 2007-06-01
From the too-good-to-be-altruistic department: Sure, the digital divide still exists here in the states. It took nearly an act of congress to get my high school moved into the 21st century and were busily updating our curriculum to make use of the new technology. However, in reality, about 3 quarters of US...; Tags: Education Technology, Classroom Tech, Microsoft, DigitalDivide; Blog posts 2007-04-24
Measuring the digital divide: Access or competency?: How to measure the digital divide? By how many students have Internet access or how many know what to do with that access? Thats the question put forward by a professor in a recent journal article. In an article in The Information Society Journal, Karine Barzilai-Nahon, an...; Tags: digital divide, Karine Barzilai-Nahon; Blog posts 2006-10-16

Sign me up for an Eduwise!: I know that Intel has great plans for seeding markets in developing nations (err, I mean, bridging the Digital Divide), but their newly announced Eduwise laptop sounds like a darn fine idea for a lot of schools in the states mine included. Although the details on the laptop are still...; Tags: Intel Corp., Digital Divide, laptop computer; Blog posts 2006-05-10
What digital divide?: A funny thing happened on the way to the digital divide. Computers got cheap, schools got technology, and the Internet became a pervasive force. The result, according to the New York Times, is that the so-called digitla divide has largely closed for African- and Hispanic-Americans. According to...; Tags: digital divide, Internet; Blog posts 2006-03-31
Toward Equality of Access: The Role of Public Libraries in Addressing the Digital Divide: Ninety-five percent of public libraries in the United States offer free access to computers and the Internet, often providing the only Internet access for residents of the nation's poorest areas. This paper evaluates the importance of these library-based computers in addressing the digital divide. Drawing from government statistics and independent...; Tags: Microsoft Access, Digital Divide, Library, Computer, Productivity; White papers 2005-08-15
Can open source close the digital divide?: Can open source close the digital divide?Free newspapers available on every corner..And yet only the tiny minority see any value in them, much like open source software.open or free???I'm not so sure that the two are wed together. I think that we all would benefit from open source...; Tags: open source, digital divide, open source close, software, open-source software; Discussion threads 2005-06-27
Sun owns the word 'share'?: In an interview this week with News.com, Sun CEO Scott McNealy was asked to define his company's strategy. Here's how he responded: I'll start with the vision. We believe we're moving out of the Ice Age, the Iron Age, the Industrial Age, the Information Age, to the participation age. You...; Tags: strategy, community development, Sun Microsystems Inc.; Blog posts 2005-06-24
Broadband Internet Access and the Digital Divide: Federal Assistance Programs: The "digital divide" is a term that has been used to characterize a gap between "information haves and have-nots," or in other words, between those Americans who use or have access to telecommunications technologies (e.g., telephones, computers, the Internet) and those who do not. One important subset of the digital...; Tags: The Library Of Congress, Phone, Microsoft Access, Digital Divide, Broadband, Broadband Internet, Telecommunications, Telecom & Utilities, Network Technology, Networking; White papers 2005-05-05
South Koreans face digital divide: South Koreans face digital divideWhat digital divide are you people talking about?Less people in the country side go online. So what? they still have access to the internet if they need to.Quick english lesson: (brought to by whatis.com)The term 'digital divide' describes the fact that the world can be divided...; Tags: digital divide; Discussion threads 2004-08-11
United Nations ponders Net's future: United Nations ponders Net's futureInterestingFrom the article: "Dozens of delegates from developing nations echoed Annan's remarks throughout the rest of the day, arguing that their governments do not have a voice in the way the Internet is operated and that more money and investment from richer nations is the only...; Tags: Internet, digital divide; Discussion threads 2004-03-26
U.N. finds wide digital divide: U.N. finds wide digital divideThe divide is more than digitalPerhaps the citizens of the countries at the bottom of the list are more concerned with merely eating and surving another day. Internet access does not feed the starving.digital divide correlates to single digit statisticsHEADLINE: US in 10th! No surprise here....; Tags: digital divide; Discussion threads 2003-11-20
A Case Study of Social and Corporate Responsibility in Bridging the Digital Divide: Being on the wrong side of the digital divide limits the life chances of the socially excluded, who have had neither the wherewithal nor the opportunity to obtain highly paid, skilled positions in IT. Irish policy makers see education as the solution to this problem. However, providing institutional support for...; Tags: Education, Corporate Responsibility, Information Technology, Digital Divide, Business Ethics, Leadership, Management; Case studies

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Intel launches new chip for consumer electronics: In its latest bid to expand beyond PCs and servers into industrial and consumer electronics applications, Intel has announced a new family of embedded processors. These chips are not based on the Atom processor already used in netbooks and Mobile Internet Devices MIDs--those versions won't arrive until...; Tags: Consumer Electronics, Electronics, Intel Corp., Chip, Atom, SoCs, Semiconductors, Network Technology, Processors, Hardware, Networking, Components, John Morris; Blog posts 2008-07-24
No e-commerce worries here? Amazon doubles earnings: Updated: Amazon's second quarter earnings doubled from a year ago as sales jumped 41 percent and executives said that the e-tailer may be benefiting from a slowing economy courtesy of its free shipping deals. On Wednesday, the company reported net income of $158 million, or 37 cents a share,...; Tags: Jeff Bezos, Quarter, Amazon.com Inc., Earnings, E-business, Sales Strategy, Sales Force Management, Operational Accounting, Sales, Finance, Larry Dignan; Blog posts 2008-07-23
SF mayor gets back to the keys to the city: SF mayor gets back to the keys to the cityThen what?What happened then? Is this a cliff-hanger blog?The story you quoted from at least mentioned this:"By Tuesday morning, the system was back in the hands of the city."GoodKudos to Mayor Newsome for stepping up and resolving the situation. I'm...; Tags: Government, Vertical industries, SF Mayor; Discussion threads 2008-07-23
Inside the mind - and config - of Terry Childs: Terry Childs's lawyer, Erin Crane, offered the court some insights into the Childs' motivations in changing SF's network passwords. She will argue today for a reduction in his $5 million bail, perhaps to something closer to the bail set for common murderers ($1 mil.) In her written...; Tags: Password, Network, Backup, Terry Childs, Richard Koman; Blog posts 2008-07-23
Do college degrees get you anywhere?: Do college degrees get you anywhere?Just another thought...In the sector of work I'm in, I think IT is losing it's "elite" status as a job. With basic IT skills being aquirable with just a few certifications it is becoming less elite and more like a tradeskill not unlike an...; Tags: Recruitment & Selection, payroll solutions, Benefits, Development tools, salary, job, IT IS, worker; Discussion threads 2008-07-23