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Internet Access Fuels Development in War-Torn Uganda - 19th August 2008
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The 1.5 million people displaced into overcrowded camps by the 22-year old war against the Lord’s Resistance Army were once called by Jan Egeland, former UN Under-Secretary General for Humanitarian Affairs, "the biggest forgotten and neglected humanitarian emergency in the world." So internet access seems like a strange panacea for people suffering from malnutrition, disease and lack of clean drinking water.
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Telecoms to Create IT Standard for GHG Emissions - 19th August 2008
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In response to efforts from individual IT companies as well as the recognition that technological innovations can offer significant solutions to the global climate challenge, the ITU has formed the Focus Group on ICTs and Climate Change, which has already begun work and will meet in person next month to assess progress.
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Worldwide IT spending to exceed $3.4 Trillion in 2008 - 19th August 2008
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Despite current economic concerns, worldwide IT spending will exceed $3.4 trillion in 2008, an increase of 8 percent from 2007 spending, according to Gartner, Inc. As per analysts much of this growth is based on the decline in the U.S. dollar. The estimated worldwide IT spending growth expressed in constant currency is forecast to be approximately 4.5 percent.
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On the Verge of Change: Giving Muslim Women the Confidence to Lead - 19th August 2008
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The women in the Karamah program said they face resistance from non-Muslims suspicious of their religious convictions. Aziza Chiutar, a senior executive in a multinational bank in Brussels, wears a Muslim headscarf, even though in Belgium, as in neighboring France, public displays of religion -- Islam in particular -- are viewed negatively. "As a result, many women who wear headscarves end up in jobs where they have no contact with the public, such as call centers," she said.
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The Critics Need a Reboot. The Internet Hasn't Led Us Into a New Dark Age - 19th August 2008
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When in doubt, blame the latest technology. Socrates thought the advent of writing would wreak havoc on the powers of the mind. Christian theologians denounced the printing press as the work of the devil. The invention of the telephone was supposed to make letter-writing extinct, and the arrival of the train — and later the car and plane — was going to be the death of community.
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China takes lead in Linux education - 19th August 2008
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Since the Chinese government began supporting domestic open source communities in 2005, hundreds of thousands of young people in the world's most populous country have become a part of the open source world.
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Why Microsoft and Intel tried to kill the XO $100 laptop - 14th August 2008
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3½ years later, the laptop is clinging on to life. It costs around $190 rather than $100 and it is called the XO. It is no longer like a tent, but it can still be solar-powered. It is a technological triumph. But only 370,000 are in use and another 250,000 ordered. One Laptop Per Child (OLPC), the company formed to run the project, is still driven by the same old idealism, geekery and technical brilliance. But Negroponte and his young staff are older and wiser.
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Citizen-inspired e-government for 'thin-skinned' cities - 14th August 2008
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E-government is the ‘in’ thing and a growing number of public services can now be delivered online. A major challenge faced, however, is how to get citizens more involved in public life and encourage greater interaction between the public sector and the man in the street. Three city authorities – Dublin, Helsinki and Barcelona – decided to get together to develop a new tool aimed primarily at improving citizen involvement in civic affairs and increasing the responsiveness of local services.
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Open Source Licensing Upheld by US Court - 14th August 2008
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The appeals court held that open source license conditions are enforceable as a copyright condition and that the Artistic License is no different in that respect.
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I got my job through social networking - 14th August 2008
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If you have avoided social networking sites like LinkedIn and Facebook with the excuse that they are the domain of desperate job-hunters or attention-seeking teenagers, it's time to rethink.
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