digital divide in news
Blair promises 'ubiquitous Internet' by 2005
News He said: "It's likely the Internet will in the future be as ubiquitous and as normal as electricity is today - we cannot accept a digital divide. He said: "The solutions to the digital... [07 Mar 2000]
Stories of the month - February 2007
News How recycled PCs bridge the digital divide Google launches apps suite for business silicon.com also met up with charities Computer Aid International and Computers For School Kenya to see first-hand how... [28 Feb 2007]
Re:Viewing 2006: Stories of the year
News Nicholas Negroponte earned some time in the spotlight this year (including a silicon.com Agenda Setters nod) for his One Laptop Per Child project - which aims to bridge the digital divide by bringing... [20 Dec 2006]
World Summit on the Information Society kicks off
News Another bone of contention is the oft-discussed 'digital divide' between the world's tech haves and have-nots and how to close the chasm. The International Telecommunication Union has another take on how... [10 Dec 2003]
Election '05: The best of silicon.com's coverage
News Leader: Can Tony close the digital divide? Blair offers £10m "prize" to bridge UK digital divide With election day upon us, silicon.com rounds up our top articles on the... [04 May 2005]
Computers helping girls to beat boys at school
News This, according to the DfES, could lead to a gender digital divide. The DfES recommended redirecting boys' love of IT towards using their computers for work rather than play, in order to combat a... [30 Aug 2005]
Broadband Blighty gets a rural flavour
News The watchdog claims this marks an important shift for Blighty as, back in 2000 when broadband was introduced, urban households were first to sign up - prompting fears of a digital divide opening up based... [22 May 2008]
China signs .NET Microsoft deal
News Education Minister Zhou Ji said: "For students and teachers in the rural areas, informatisation will bring the Internet to their schools, enrich their knowledge and narrow the digital divide. The CSSC, a... [21 Nov 2003]
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]
'Developing nations drowning in spam deluge'
News Developing countries are being overwhelmed with spam - a situation that threatens to widen the global digital divide, according to a new report. Countries such as Malaysia, Nepal and Nigeria lack the... [01 Jun 2005]
Facebook is "educational", says US uni
News Social networks may also contribute to the fact that students from lower-income backgrounds are largely just as technologically proficient as their peers, contradicting parts of a 2005 study that detailed an economic... [23 Jun 2008]
Blair accused of creating a 'digital underclass'
News But e-envoy Andrew Pinder defended the government's record on the digital divide, stressing the success of the UK Online initiative which last month celebrated the opening of 1,200 computer centres... [12 Apr 2001]
Fat pipe framework to tackle Scotland's broadband black spots
News The underlying objective of this project is to prevent the creation of a broadband digital divide in Scotland between communities and businesses which can get affordable access to broadband services and... [11 Aug 2004]
Internet-illiterate parents hold back kids
News Parents that lack internet skills could be damaging their children's education and job prospects - leaving them on the wrong side of the growing digital divide. According to research by academics at the... [28 Apr 2005]
UK faces broadband deadline threat
News The digital divide could deepen further and the economy suffer unless the UK improves its plans for the next generation of broadband within the next two years. If the UK fails to offer the same bandwidth... [16 Apr 2007]
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