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Martha Lane Fox
AS Profile Martha Lane Fox earned her place in the Agenda Setters list as a result of her appointment by the government as an expert to help bridge the digital divide in the UK. Panellists said she was a credible... [30 Sep 2009]
Google seeks to appease Europe with digital books copyright deal
News But the US settlement - which has been hailed by civil rights groups as a way to bridge the Digital Divide and hampered by opposition from authors and privacy advocates - will only apply to US users. At... [08 Sep 2009]
Log on Learn: Ireland's Log on Learn Program Helps Older Adults Cross the Digital Divide
White Paper At Intel the focus is not simply on the technology one makes, its on how technology can be used to change people's lives. For that reason Intel created a school-based program called Log On, Learn (LOL), where teenagers provide one-to-one... [28 Aug 2009]
Collier County Public School District Relies on AMD Opteron Processor Powered HP ProLiant Server Blades for 24/7 Learning
White Paper The school district has vowed to give every student equal access to the latest technology - eliminating any kind of digital divide - while delivering excellence in its curricula. Nestled in Naples on... [12 Jun 2009]
Implementation of WiFiRe and Rural WiMAX
White Paper Numerous solutions were presented to bridge the digital divide; WiFiRe is one of them. Long range wireless for data and voice connectivity is being considered as viable and affordable solution for rural... [22 Apr 2009]
WiMAX: The Innovative Broadband Wireless Access Technology
White Paper This paper presents an extended overview of the Worldwide Interoperability for Microwave Access (WiMAX) and its applications in higher generation wireless networks as a cost effective solution to answering the challenges posed by the... [22 Apr 2009]
Technical and Economic Viability of WiMAX-PLC Network Roll Out to Supply Broadband Access in Rural and Exurban Areas
White Paper Several Commission Communications underlined the persistence of a broadband digital divide in terms of geographical coverage. Broadband allows households to access advanced e-government, e-health and... [22 Apr 2009]
Two Element Planar Dipole Array Antenna for Wireless LAN
White Paper However, a lot of digital divide areas still exist. As the countermeasure to these digital divide, the introduction of "Wireless LAN Mesh Networks" is under... [01 Apr 2009]
Half of Brits loving e-democracy
News The digital divide, however, is still very much in evidence: just 15 per cent of respondents from "areas of multiple deprivation" are getting involved online. Almost half of Brits have indulged in a spot... [23 Mar 2009]
Open source and the cloud to go mainstream
News Floss will help reduce the global digital divide, as it is a collaborative effort that works for sustainable development of a shared resource Within the next 12 years, 40 per cent of IT jobs will be... [04 Dec 2008]
2012 Olympics 'like a digital Queen's coronation'
News We want to look at what we can do to address the issues around the digital divide. Gallop said: "By the end of the Olympics we want to do for digital media what the coronation did for TV... [23 Oct 2008]
Free PCs and broadband for 20,000 kids
News Thousands of children in England will receive free computers and access to broadband under government plans to bridge the digital divide. From February 2009, kids in Suffolk and Oldham will benefit from... [22 Oct 2008]
Peru to test run Windows XO laptop
News Integrating technology into our school curriculum will help to advance our knowledge economy, improve access to information and will generate opportunities for our students, which, through governmental policies, aims to improve the... [16 Sep 2008]
Third of UK homes still without web access
News The ONS figures also reveal a growing north-south digital divide. The divide between North and South is getting bigger: back in 2006 there was a 12 percentage point gap between net... [27 Aug 2008]
Ofcom: Copper capable of high-speed broadband
News The more expensive 'worst is first' option, cabling up the cabinets furthest away, would aid the closing of the digital divide more, by helping those whose broadband speeds are currently worst - and... [22 Aug 2008]
