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The Weekly Round-Up: 06.06.08
Round-Up This week's thorny bone of contention, to mix a metaphor or two, is a report by UK fat pipe watcher and advice website thinkbroadband, which says the countryside still lags some way behind urban areas - contrary to last week's Ofcom report hailing... [06 Jun 2008]
Broadband pace lagging in the countryside
News A broadband speed report by UK fat pipe watcher and advice website thinkbroadband claims the countryside still lags some way behind urban areas - contrary to last week's Ofcom report hailing the end of a geographical digital divide in the UK for... [04 Jun 2008]
The Weekly Round-Up: 30.05.08
Round-Up Everything is not rosy with broadband in the countryside, despite Ofcom's wanton optimism. And yet, it transpires that Ofcom's bold statements about rural broadband are roughly as accurate as the Round-Up's feeble attempts at representing life in... [30 May 2008]
Dear silicon.com... Rural v City fat pipe row and ID cards
Comment Readers are up in arms over Ofcom claims that the 'digital divide' actually favours rural dwellers - with many disputing the so-called countryside speedy fat pipes. Another familiar topic getting readers hot and bothered this week is ID cards... [29 May 2008]
Rural fat pipe claims - "beggars belief"
News Everything is not rosy with broadband in the countryside, despite Ofcom's wanton optimism. An Ofcom report claiming the closure of the digital divide between rural and urban areas in the UK has been dismissed by a rural economy organisation. [28 May 2008]
Broadband Blighty gets a rural flavour
News Across the UK as a whole, the statistics show there is a greater proportion of households with high speed internet access in the countryside than in built-up areas: 59 per cent to 57 per cent. Broadband Britain is flying a tweed flag: fat pipe... [22 May 2008]
Tech to tackle India's poverty
News With the average rural Indian family of five living on less than $1.5 per day, 220 million malnourished children and 300 million illiterates in the Indian countryside, these opportunities are desperately needed. [23 Apr 2008]
Millions of Britain's PCs going to waste
News The survey found that one in four machines are taken to tips and more than one million computers have been dumped in household rubbish or the countryside. Millions of serviceable computers in the UK end up in landfill rather than being recycled, a... [10 Mar 2008]
Photos: Five unusual data centres
Photo The data centre was built 100 metres underground in a former RAF radar station in the Lincolnshire countryside. Data centres are big business, and as well as the usual anonymous buildings on the edge of town silicon.com has visited some more... [25 Jul 2007]
Amish Acres Bakes a Recipe for Success With Lexmark Color Lasers
White Paper Nestled in the rolling countryside of Nappanee, Indiana, Amish Acres is an eighty-acre historic farm and heritage resort that evokes the Amish lifestyle through guided tours, family style Threshers Dinner, craft demonstrations, country shops, and... [24 May 2007]
Editor's Blog: Sat-nav driving me crazy
Comment We've all heard stories about the impassable ford in the countryside that has snared many a motorist because their sat-navs showed it as a way through. I was driving back to my quiet corner of southwest London on Saturday afternoon and passed... [24 Apr 2007]
India diary, day 13: Thirsty in Bangalore
Comment The kids - a bit like the UK in the 1990s - are now into raves out in the countryside to which the local cops turn a blind eye. After the horrors of four hours stuck in traffic yesterday I'm not especially looking forward to my day. [16 Mar 2007]
Improving Data Quality for Operational Efficiency and Freedom of Information
White Paper Gloucestershire Constabulary, a UK police force with 1,280 officers (plus 786 civilian staff and 170 Special Constables), is responsible for policing 560,000 people in 270,000 hectares (approximately 1,050 square miles) of urban and rural... [27 Dec 2006]
Techies must help save the planet
News This could be good for the balance sheet as well as the countryside. IT departments need to do more to help businesses cut carbon emissions and improve their environmental credentials, according to 'green IT' crusaders. [11 Oct 2006]
Peter Cochrane's Blog: China's education in transition
Comment So in the countryside and the small towns, the emphasis is on getting good grades and getting to university to study science, technology, engineering and industry-related subjects, whilst in the big cities parents are looking towards the law... [19 Jul 2006]
