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VillageCell: Cost Effective Cellular Connectivity in Rural Areas

VillageCell: Cost Effective Cellular Connectivity in Rural Areas

Mobile telephony brings clear economic and social benefits to its users. As handsets have become more affordable, ownership has... Read more

4 November, 2011

Galileo satellites set for Soyuz-powered lift-off

...economy over 20 years in additional revenues for industry and public and social benefits, not counting the benefit of technological independence". Galileo will be a... Read more

18 October, 2011 by David Meyer

Berners-Lee to advise on UK net-neutrality code

...should be clear and transparent. The internet has brought huge economic and social benefits across the world because of its openness and that must continue... Read more

17 March, 2011
Quit Smoking for Good 1.0

Quit Smoking for Good 1.0

...Smoking The Choice to Smoke or Quit Smoking Quit Smoking for the Social Benefits The Easiest Ways to Quit Smoking Wait no Longer Quit Smoking... Read more

5 March, 2011
Make Sure Its Deductible, 4E by Evelyn Jacks 3.0.3

Make Sure Its Deductible, 4E by Evelyn Jacks 3.0.3

...advantage of new perks for small business owners; minimize taxes and maximize social benefits; and utilize the new lower corporate tax rates and higher small... Read more

26 August, 2010
Solid Waste Analysis and Minimization : A Systems Approach by Matthew J. Franchetti 3.0.1

Solid Waste Analysis and Minimization : A Systems Approach by Matthew J. Franchetti 3.0.1

...ecology, solid waste exchanges, and recycling Environmental, economic, corporate image, personal, and social benefits of solid waste management and minimization Solid waste assessment strategies and... Read more

25 August, 2010

IT skills: The UK must do more or be left behind

...opportunities. If businesses and government departments are to reap the economic and social benefits of IT, they need to ensure the right training and qualifications... Read more

4 August, 2010 by Matthew Poyiadgi

Charity challenges programmers to code for society

MySociety.org has launched a scheme to fund the kinds of IT projects normally overlooked by commercial software houses Read more

3 November, 2003 by Graeme Wearden

Banking the Unbanked African: The Disconnections

Mina, a Ghanaian Lady that I met on my recent trip from Accra, the capital city of Ghana to Aflao, the border town with... Read more

15 June, 2009

UK government throws more money at banking (this time it's mobile)

I know this isn't blogging so much as cutting and pasting but not got much time today. Seems the UK government still... Read more

12 February, 2009

Gov't to fund web access for low-income families

...said in a statement: "Home access to ICT has educational, economic and social benefits. In fact it is now clear that pupils without internet access... Read more

24 September, 2008 by Nick Heath

Cyber crime more feared than muggings or burglary

...McFadden warned the public will lose out on the enormous economic and social benefits the internet provides unless the important issue of cyber crime fear... Read more

9 October, 2006 by Gemma Simpson

Group cracking Xbox 'for the public good'

...will stand up under legal scrutiny because they could have research and social benefits. The group launched, and then quickly dropped its Xbox cracking plan... Read more

15 January, 2003 by Matthew Broersma

'Subsidise broadband', says US ex-regulator

...for such networks. "Experiments to date have demonstrated the productivity gains and social benefits of the very fast sharing among many people of vast amounts... Read more

19 September, 2002 by Graham Hayday

Rupert Goodwins' Diary

...over here could offset the cost over there. That's before the social benefits of having a computer-literate, connected population right where the information... Read more

11 March, 2002 by Rupert Goodwins

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Mike Denton

If the link to the next section existed that would be awesome.... Guess I have to ask uncle google where it is

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minzhu

Don't blame CEO, they want RIM win. RIM has strange culture and self distruct political environment. In RIM if a new hired person figure out...

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Thomas Gellhaus

I've been very pleased with Mageia 2. My review went up on Sunday. My only issue is that my particular wireless printer hasn't been detected on...

4 hours ago by Thomas Gellhaus via Facebook on Scorecard - Linux Mint 13 and Mageia 2
knapper

That we have :-) Retailers don't buy stuff to lie around in warehouses, particularly with fast moving technology products. If they didn't think...

11 hours ago by knapper on Windows Phone, Android take bite out of BlackBerry
JohneKerr

I think that we have been here before, shipments are not equal to sales. Correct?

12 hours ago by JohneKerr on Windows Phone, Android take bite out of BlackBerry
Iain Sutherland

I received the notification of Mageia 2 being released on Saturday, was already running Mageia 1. After running the installation X came back up...

13 hours ago by Iain Sutherland via Facebook on Scorecard - Linux Mint 13 and Mageia 2
SoapyTablet

If ZTE have been selling below cost with the ZTE Blade / Orange San Francisco then given the current high street price of the Nokia Lumia 710, you...

16 hours ago by SoapyTablet on Huawei, ZTE face EU 'illegal state subsidies' probe
Burn-IT

Yes it is basically down to "nobody in control understands IT, is willing to admit it, or allow decisions to be delegated". Lets get someone in who...

17 hours ago by Burn-IT on 6 million wasted licences and £1,200 PCs: welcome to government IT
pjc158

So let me get this straight just because a consultant has oberved that mobile companies who get in trouble never recover, well we all might as well...

17 hours ago by pjc158 on RIM to lay off 2,000 on 1 June, says report
Jake Rayson

@191706> *their* own Mac Thank you for picking up the errant spelling :) @apexwm > Mac OS X for Intel machines is supposed to run in VirtualBox...

20 hours ago by Jake Rayson on xTreme Triple Booting: Linux, Mac & Windows
archerthom

I'm imagining Batman-style sonar imaging that will detect the cat and Lego bricks in the dark - I'm going to be disappointed aren't I?

20 hours ago by archerthom on Indoor navigation coming to a mobile near you soon
unlockworldwide

May I quote Horace Dediu, who runs the consultancy Asmyco who has repeatedly observed that mobile phone companies that fall into loss – even once...

21 hours ago by unlockworldwide on RIM to lay off 2,000 on 1 June, says report
NarayanaIyyappan

It is useful for their lifes,and also this matters are important for networking students.

24 hours ago by NarayanaIyyappan on IPv6 security: Plan now and quiz vendors
DarkDown

yeah! all we want free software

1 day ago by DarkDown on Stallman: Free software battling for hearts and minds
Jack Strain

Just gimme a map to the fridge. :D

2 days ago by Jack Strain via Facebook on Indoor navigation coming to a mobile near you soon
Sungwoo

do You know that? it can install 4G Ram. So i buy 4g and install It work! I can run call of duty 4,6,7 [Modern war... 1,2,3] Call of duty 1 was...

2 days ago by Sungwoo on Loose Ends - Upgrading the Aspire One 522
itsajob

2. Bad idea. Making up patch cables loses you your commission from the cable supplier. 3. If you tidy up, other people can understand where the...

2 days ago by itsajob on Ten IT jobs to save up for those rare lulls
Paul Smyth

Is this classic FUD? One thing I would definitely have notice is a Mozilla threat to stop supporting GNU/Linux.

3 days ago by Paul Smyth via Facebook on Firefox rapid release improves Fedora Linux
UnderINK

I agree with the previous commenter wholeheartedly. I couldn't say it better myself. This is very 'Big Brother'. And while I agree with protecting...

3 days ago by UnderINK on European e-identity plan to be unveiled this month
Simon Bisson and Mary Branscombe

Nice to see that Turing's idea of a general purpose computer doing once-hardware-powered tasks in software is now universal ;-) Mary

3 days ago by Simon Bisson and Mary Branscombe on Software with everything