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Digital divide still too wide claims UN
News There is still a wide digital divide between developed and developing nations despite commendable efforts from high-tech companies according to Kofi Annan, United Nations Secretary-General. African nations called the meeting claiming they suffered... [18 Jun 2002]
Digital divide attracts UN attention
News United Nations secretary general Kofi Annan today launched a special taskforce to address the widening digital divide. The UN is increasingly worried about the estimated four billion people worldwide with no access to computers or the internet. [20 Nov 2001]
Help silicon.com bridge the digital divide
News Next February three employees from CNET Networks UK, publisher of silicon.com, are going to be visiting Africa - and cycling 400km across Kenya - to cap off a six-month-long fundraising project to bridge the digital divide. [13 Oct 2006]
Blair offers £10m "prize" to bridge UK digital divide
News Prime Minister Tony Blair has launched an election manifesto "action plan" aimed at bridging the UK's digital divide and providing universal broadband access for citizens. Hewitt said the government is aiming to make the UK the first nation to... [01 Apr 2005]
Who's on the wrong side of the UK digital divide?
News But the latest statistics from telecoms regulator Ofcom paint a picture of a growing digital divide based on the much less idealistic lines of income and ethnicity. But those on lower incomes - and people from ethnic minority groups - are far more... [07 Apr 2008]
Fat pipe take-up fuelling EU digital divide
News The digital divide in Europe is being exacerbated by large discrepancies in broadband penetration rates across the 25 countries of the EU, according to the European Competitive Telecommunications Association (Ecta). [14 Sep 2006]
Online school admissions could worsen digital divide
News Online school admissions systems will simply reinforce the digital divide if issues such as security and the lack of personal contact are not addressed. But the report warned there is "clear evidence of the 'digital divide' in society with those... [09 May 2005]
Will the $100 laptop bridge the UK's digital divide?
News But while his idea is certainly noble, will the $100 laptop bridge the digital divide between rich and poor? One way of judging the digital divide is by looking at the number of household internet connections in the UK - and it is clear that... [26 Jan 2006]
Broadband narrows UK digital divide
News The digital divide between England, Northern Ireland, Scotland and Wales is narrowing as more homes connect to broadband. The watchdog found more UK homes connected to broadband last year than in 2005 with the divide between the nation's fat pipe... [24 May 2007]
Satellite comms to bridge digital divide?
News The UN agency for information and communications issues is looking to the heavens to bridge the digital divide. We need to form a global coalition to put together our resources and efforts within a framework of international co-operation and... [28 Feb 2008]
Fiorina urges companies to combat the digital divide
News Jackson Sr.s Rainbow/PUSH Coalition to bring business leaders together to tackle the digital divide - the gulf between those who use the internet and those who don't. She said HP's digital divide initiatives have already helped to wire communities... [01 May 2003]
Internet 'have-nots' targeted by digital divide initiative
News The UK government has kicked off a campaign to encourage the elderly, disabled, unemployed and ethnic minorities to use the internet, in order to stop a growing digital divide in Britain. Speaking at the launch of the 'Get Started' campaign... [13 May 2003]
OECD chief warns against creation of digital divide
News A leading economist has warned that the digital divide between information-rich countries and their technologically under-developed counterparts is set to widen. There is a risk of the digital divide but there are also other divides. [28 Jun 2000]
UK digital divide to deepen?
News The digital divide in Blighty could be set to deepen further as offline individuals are left behind their more tech-savvy neighbours. Fisher added there's a danger the digital divide will deepen as there are large numbers of people still struggling... [19 Mar 2007]
IT companies carry the can for digital divide
News Vernon Ellis, international chairman of Accenture has accused IT companies of not doing enough to address the global digital divide and labelled their approach up to now as short-sighted. The DOI launched a report today examining the depth of the... [16 Jul 2001]
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