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UNESCO back out as RSF names Internet Enemies: UNESCO back out as RSF names Internet EnemiesWhat's the RSF?The article doesn't say.RE: UNESCO back out as RSF names Internet EnemiesNot surprising. Of the 192 member states of the United Nations how many are democracies? Less than half? Freedom House estimates a mere 92. Their numbers are contested, not just...; Tags: Freedom House, RSF, Internet Enemies, UNESCO, Internet; Discussion threads 2008-03-12
UNESCO backs out as group names Internet Enemies: Today is Online Free Expression Day, a Reporters Without Borders (Reporters Sans Frontieres, or RSF) event that was to have been sponsored by UNESCO. But the free speech organization revealed today that UNESCO backed out. We were notified...; Tags: Borders Books & Music, UNESCO, Internet, Government, Vertical Industries, Enterprise Software, Software, Richard Koman; Blog posts 2008-03-12
UNESCO Creates Efficiencies and Increases Innovation With Flexible Environment: UNESCO - the Paris-based UN organisation for Education, Science, and Culture - aims to alleviate poverty by helping people develop new skills. To do this, the organisation looks to maximise internal efficiencies. It looked to replace its UNIX/Oracle-based SAP environment, which had come to the end of its life cycle,...; Tags: Innovation, Microsoft SQL Server, Environment, Efficiency, Microsoft Corp., Microsoft SQL Server 2005, UNESCO, Microsoft Windows Server 2003, Leadership, Strategy, Databases, Enterprise Software, Operating Systems, Microsoft Windows, Software, Management, Data Management; Case studies 2007-04-01

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News to know: IE 8; Big storage; Gnome 2.2; Apple; Acer; Tech lobbying: Notable headlines: Mary Jo Foley: Will IE 8 break the Web? Microsoft buys virtualization vendor help with Vista migrations There's more than one way to make Microsoft software 'serviceable' Windows Home Server users want their Power Pack 1...; Tags: Apple iPhone, Web, Yahoo! Inc., Storage, GNOME, Apple Inc., Microsoft Internet Explorer, Microsoft Corp., Acer Inc., Channel Management, Virtualization, Internet, Open Source, Marketing, Hardware, Larry Dignan; Blog posts 2008-03-13
World Digital Library to offer the world's cultures online: Two years ago, James H. Billington, the Librarian of Congress, proposed a global digital library. The vision may be realized over the coming years, The Washington Post reports. The World Digital Library -- comprised of international librarians, computer scientists and U.N. officials -- unveiled a prototype for the project ...; Tags: Culture, ZDNet Government; Blog posts 2007-10-19

A booted OLPC (Near-Production One Laptop Per Child ): A booted OLPC (Near-Production One Laptop Per Child )WHICH BUTTON LAUNCHES THE MISSILE?I've actually seen Linux boot--it's not pretty--I really really want one of these...NTKOOLDon't you think it be so kool to have one of these???, wish I knew how to claim one or could get a price on one.Real...; Tags: Vertical industries, One Laptop Per Child project, government, Real Cool, Near-Production One Laptop Per Child, tax-payer; Discussion threads 2007-03-08
Life of marine iguanas on the Galapagos: The marine iguanas on the Galapagos Islands lived without predators for a very long time. But when humans arrive 150 years ago, they brought with them cats and dogs which are occasionally biting the iguanas. Still, these animals remained excessively tamed. With the explosion of the number of tourists on...; Tags: iguana; Blog posts 2006-12-19
Negroponte: Rich countries to buy laptops for poor: Negroponte: Rich countries to buy laptops for poorUghA bible is NEVER needed anywhere. Get rid of religion, it only screws up people's heads...These poor people need water I agree, and they also need electricity to power these laptops and recharge them. And the students and teachers will need...; Tags: Notebooks, Now IT, Bible, laptop computer, Negroponte; Discussion threads 2006-12-06
Contest for whiteboard innovation: SMART Technologies, the makers of those gee-whiz interactive whiteboards, is holding a contest for teachers in the Middle East to submit videos that demonstrate how SMART boards are making curriculum more interesting and challenging for students, reports Strategily. The contest is in conjunction withWorld Teachers' Day, a UNESCO event...; Tags: Smart board, teacher, SMART; Blog posts 2006-08-23
Contest for whiteboard innovation: SMART Technologies, the makers of those gee-whiz interactive whiteboards, is holding a contest for teachers in the Middle East to submit videos that demonstrate how SMART boards are making curriculum more interesting and challenging for students. reports Strategiy< /a> The contest is in conjunction withWorld Teachers' Day, a UNESCO...; Tags: Smart board, teacher, SMART; Blog posts 2006-08-22
The first world map of happiness: According to a map built at the University of Leicester, UK, you have more chances to be happy if you're rich and in good health. This is also what my grandmother told me, but this map was built by aggregating the results of 100 studies from around the world, involving...; Tags: happiness, University of Leicester; Blog posts 2006-07-28
Images: A clearer focus on Google Earth: Images: A clearer focus on Google EarthAyres Rock image is offensive to the traditional ownersI'm sure you're not aware of it, but the image you are showing of Ayres Rock is extremely offensive to the traditional owners. Only pictures of the rock taken from a particular angle, at ground level,...; Tags: Google Inc., traditional owner, Uluru, Google Earth; Discussion threads 2006-06-13
IBM Case Study: Fundacion Atapuerca: Archaeologists working on the award-winning heritage sites at Sierra de Atapuerca are today saving time, money and effort in recording their findings. IBM was asked by the Fundacion Atapuerca to become the technology sponsor for the sites - devising a sophisticated Information Technology IT system, featuring state-of-the-art Wireless e-business technology....; Tags: IBM Corp., E-business/E-Commerce, Wireless, Web Technology, Internet; Case studies