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Intel launches Community PC platform
News Most consumer PCs are not designed to withstand unusually adverse climate conditions or handle fluctuating power supplies, and that has severely limited their use in parts of some developing countries.
[March 31, 2006, 18:00]
Cisco outlines next web revolution
News Instead of walking two days into the village to sell their produce, the women were able to call local buyers and negotiate better prices, which offered a better outcome than would have been possible under stressed conditions, McIsaac added.
[September 19, 2007, 9:41]
Charity sees big loophole in ethical IT code
News In January this year, CAFOD published a damning report into the conditions suffered by employees in the developing world who worked in factories making components for IBM, HP and Dell, among others. This situation arose, CAFOD said, because cost...
[October 25, 2004, 14:45]
OLPC 'Give One, Get One' set to launch in UK
News This is a transaction which is solely the responsibility of the merchant, and the merchant fixes the price and conditions," the spokesperson said. Microsoft is making that version for the developing world only," Negroponte said.
[November 18, 2008, 16:25]
American surplus blocks Web overhaul
News But few analysts expect the problem to affect North America and influential US networks any time soon, thanks to unique conditions that are likely to guarantee the region a steady supply of IPv4 addresses for years to come.
[July 28, 2003, 16:07]
Third World nations embrace IT
News The group released a report Monday saying that countries are at a "critical juncture," a time when information technology can either improve living conditions in developing nations or worsen poverty there.
[July 17, 2001, 9:38]
IT vendors exposed over 'sweatshop' factories
News Workers employed in factories in the developing world making computer components for companies such as IBM, Dell and Hewlett-Packard are suffering atrocious conditions for extremely low pay, according to a report published on Tuesday.
[January 27, 2004, 16:50]
Low-power computing: a tech guide review
Reviews It also delivered an impressive combination of low power consumption and performance, and has not — to our knowledge — been formally field-tested in rural developing-world conditions. For charities and other not-for-profit organisations, the...
[March 26, 2008, 15:19]
PCs: More than one billion served
News Although more gradual growth is expected in the future, double-digit growth could return if upgrade cycles, economic conditions and developing nations synchronise at some point, Reynolds wrote. Declining prices, the growth of the Internet, and the...
[July 1, 2002, 9:08]
Vodafone unveils handsets for developing world
News They will be priced between $25-$45 (£13-£23), depending on the model and local market conditions. Vodafone has unveiled a pair of low-cost handsets for the developing world, which it hopes will help millions access mobile technology for the first...
[May 21, 2007, 13:17]
ITTs are wonderful, discuss.
Blog I mean, we are an enlightened company; it’s completely immoral to get small children to work in cramped conditions for hours every day for a small pittance. And this is my first sojourn into the world of Blogs so forgive me if it all goes horribly...
[November 4, 2008, 16:41]
Africans:Mobile but yet left Behind.
Blog Without the directions of such knowledgeable bodies, most African operators and Banks will opt for what they had seen worked elsewhere, like MPesa but the reality is that, despite the success in Local Kenyan Market, the conditions that made it...
[May 5, 2009, 8:46]
OLPC invites laptop makers to copy their design
News In January, amid harsh economic conditions, the OLPC announced that it would be cutting its workforce by 50 percent and cutting salaries for remaining employees. Within three years, Negroponte expects companies around the world to be cranking out...
[February 9, 2009, 7:51]
Rupert Goodwins' Diary
Blog That would work with existing technology such as Intel's Community PC - designed to survive and thrive in difficult conditions - to provide the difficult business of connectivity to as many people as possible at as low a cost as possible.
[June 23, 2006, 18:45]
UK needs to find its 'high-end' IT niche
News The report, Delivering i2010: Ensuring the Right Conditions for an Innovative, Inclusive & Competitive UK Knowledge Economy, was launched on Wednesday at the Department of Trade and Industry (DTI). Base programming skills are being produced in a...
[May 9, 2007, 17:33]
Tech consortium to focus on sensors
News Researchers across the country have spent years developing sensor networks, wireless technology that can monitor large areas for changes in temperature, motion, light and other physical conditions. RFID systems based on the Auto ID Centre's work...
[December 1, 2004, 8:20]
Microsoft talks up 'entry-level' Windows
News Authorities in Asia have bemoaned the company's lack of flexibility, arguing that market price should be tied to local economic conditions. The "entry-level" version of Windows was created to allow Microsoft to participate in the Thailand ICT...
[February 9, 2004, 9:15]
The Year Ahead: Skills trends for 2003
News Another area with a predicted upswing is in the public sector, which, despite a reputation for poor pay and conditions, may be contractors' best bet for steady work. One year ago, the world was still reeling from the raw impact of 11 September and...
[December 27, 2002, 6:24]
Big hitters bang the drum for innovation
News A show of hands at the start of the event showed that most attendees have a heightened optimism about market conditions today. We need to do more to turn brilliant science into commercial successes, and to make the UK the best place in the world...
[March 1, 2004, 16:40]
Danger wraps shades for Europe
News Nothhaft added that it was on track to be on the upper end of that estimate and under ideal conditions it could exceed those numbers. The Palo Alto, California-based start-up demonstrated an unfinished colour-screen version of the Hiptop, a...
[February 24, 2003, 5:53]
