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- O3B satellites could bring real net access to rest of world
- When I was in Uganda, pulling together the Uganda Digital Bookmobile, a spin-off of the Internet Archive Bookmobile, lack of Internet access and electricity was a huge issue. Brewster Kahle's original incarnation boasted a satellite dish on the roof for access to online books on...
- Tags: Internet Access, Satellite, Brewster Kahle, O3b, Richard Koman
- Blog posts 2008-09-10
- Hackers for charity group puts tech skills to work for a cause
- Well, this may be old news to some, as Johnny Long is pretty well known for his Google hacking exploits, but I thought it was worth bringing up again as it was news to me. In July of 2007, Johnny started a group called "Hackers for Charity", with the goal of applying the skills...
- Tags: Hacker, Hacking, Taxes, Security, Financial Planning, Finance, Nathan McFeters
- Blog posts 2008-03-07
- How LCD makers lie to you about viewing angles
- How LCD makers lie to you about viewing anglesHow many people buy those 3M filters?I only knew one person that bought one for $100 and he stopped using it in a week. Besides, this is vertical viewing.While I agree that viewing angle is ...... a major issue for LCD...
- Tags: Monitors & displays, TVs, TV & Home Theater, LCD, TV, monitor, salesman
- Discussion threads 2007-12-17
- Intel modifies Wi-Fi to add mileage
- Intel modifies Wi-Fi to add mileageGreat trends in wireless brodabandThis is pretty neat stuff. In a few short years with WiMax, WiFi, HSDPA brought together with roaming, the ability to have internet connections anywhere will be a given. The # of products in smaller form factors but larger...
- Tags: Wireless LANs, WIRELESS, Intel Corp., Wi-Fi
- Discussion threads 2007-03-27
- Photos: Intel's long-range Wi-Fi goes the distance
- Intel expects to test Wi-Fi system that reaches up to 60 miles in Uganda later this year.
- Tags: Wireless LANs, WIRELESS, Wi-Fi, Intel Corp., photograph
- Image galleries 2007-03-27
- Want one of Negroponte's laptops? Buy two and you can have one
- Want one of Negroponte's laptops? Buy two and you can have oneNot true at allRead this: http://news.zdnet.co.uk/hardware/0,1000000091,39285426,00.htmNegroponte's ddenied the story and the BBC retracted it. It would go completely contrary to what Negroponte's said before, that letting it be acceptable to have an XO laptop, if you're not a third...
- Tags: Notebooks, Wi-Fi, laptop computer, Negroponte, Third World, wireless networking
- Discussion threads 2007-01-12
- Cost-Effective Development System Makes Mobile Telephony More Accessible in Uganda
- Africa is the world's fastest-growing mobile phone market - and the East African state of Uganda is no exception. Since 1998, MTN Uganda has driven a revolution in service delivery, empowering mobile users on low incomes with a range of new services. As part of this revolution, MTN Uganda wanted...
- Tags: Telephony, Mobile, Microsoft Corp., Advertising & Promotion, Marketing
- Case studies 2006-08-22
- I'm glad AMD gets it...
- As I'm trying to figure out the best way to spread around limited funds for my district this year, I'm taking a cue from AMD. Recently they announced an initiative to move low cost computing devices into Uganda and Brazil, piloting a program that would provide Internet access...
- Tags: Advanced Micro Devices Inc., One Laptop per Child
- Blog posts 2006-08-17
- Major spammer settles suit for $1 million
- Major spammer settles suit for $1 millionthis guy is full of itWould he have had a change of heart if he wasn't caught? Hell no!I can smell his bullsh** right through my computer screen.HA, HA, HAThe spammer has become an antispan activist!He must have taken a page from M$ book...
- Tags: Spam, spammer, spamming, Asia Ect
- Discussion threads 2006-06-05
- Industry, others object to data retention
- Industry, others object to data retentionA bad idea from every view point.Has ALL of the snooping since 911 caught a single terrorist? NO! The truth is our security people can't find their butts with both hands.The terrorists are winning.The US has dropped to dead even with Uganda as...
- Tags: industry, e-mail
- Discussion threads 2006-05-31
- Microsoft piracy check comes calling
- Microsoft piracy check comes callingQuick Loverockgo out and purchase a few legitimate copies of Windows XP , Bill Gates is on to you .Boy, you ain't kiddingThis is totally laughable. I can't think of anything that these yahoos have created originally. Always helping themselves to other peoples ideas, executing them...
- Tags: Web browsers, Microsoft Windows, Microsoft Corp., Mozilla Firefox, Uncle Billy, piracy check, piracy
- Discussion threads 2006-04-24
- Lawmakers: Pirates find haven in Russia, China
- Lawmakers: Pirates find haven in Russia, ChinaGo ahead no one is stopping you.Get yourself say $50 million together, produce a movie, and sell it for a buck. I'll laugh my donkey off at you.Want to kill pirates - play fair and sell a DVD for $1 (retail,no DRM) NTNT7.5...
- Tags: Taxes, Free trade, piracy, software, tax, job
- Discussion threads 2006-04-05
- Where Apple fails
- Where Apple failsSo what Michael is saying is....there are two kinds of people in the world, size queens and liars, right?I read this article with great interest because it is a usual part of the CNET/ZDNET/Microsft love fest: Vista is late, Apple, as ZDNET predicted, should win from it so...
- Tags: Desktops, Nothing, Apple Inc.
- Discussion threads 2006-04-03
- Open source rising in Africa
- One of the fastest-growing markets for open source in the world is Africa. (The satellite image is originally from NASA.)If you think of sub-Saharan Africa in terms of jungles or primitivism, you're making the same mistake Europeans do when they think of America as the Wild West. Africa has a...
- Tags: open source
- Blog posts 2005-05-13
- U.K.: Open source could halve school IT bills
- U.K.: Open source could halve school IT billsGee haven'twe been saying this all along?Not to worry, Microsoft will protect their turf here.Probably what will happen is that schools will get bigger discounts from Microsoft. Microsoft understands very well, just as the drug dealers and cigarette manufacturers do, that you need...
- Tags: information technology, Microsoft Corp., open source, Apple Inc.
- Discussion threads 2005-05-09
- 85% of electronic voting projects failed in developing countries
- About 85% of electronic voting projects in developing countries have failed in some respect, World Bank said. Of those, 35% failed completely, and the statistics in the United States and Europe are just as grim. The Irish government doled out $63 mln to test electronic voting technology but an expert...
- Tags: e-voting, developing country
- Blog posts 2004-11-05
- Financial Management of Education in a Decentralized Setting: Case Studies of Mali, Nigeria and Uganda
- The three case-studies on Mali, Nigeria and Uganda set out to describe, examine and analyze the financial management of education in a decentralized setting in these sub-Saharan African countries: one Francophone Mali, and two Anglophone Nigeria and Uganda. Because of the nature of their decentralized systems of government and especially...
- Tags: Education, Financial, Nigeria, Financial Management, Financial Accounting, Investment, Financial Planning, Finance
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- Ugandan IT Venture Fueled by Knowledge From Cisco Networking Academy Program
- As a successful businesswoman in Kampala, Uganda, Naula Kebba-Bahizi is well aware of the benefits of continuing education, particularly in the field of information technology. Hard work and the determination to succeed in Uganda's rising economy inspired Ms. Naula Kebba-Bahizi to pursue the opportunities available to her, and in August...
- Tags: Knowledge, Information Technology, Cisco Systems Inc.
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