INEC Declaration on Open Networks being forged; Community Leaders around the World to Sign / INEC / News / Home – Scin
INEC Declaration on Open Networks being forged; Community Leaders around the World to Sign / INEC / News / Home – Scin: While “Open†is one of the main thematic angles of INEC’s Broadband Cities 2006 (Stockholm, November 8-9), INEC is engulfed in drafting the so-called INEC Declaration on Open Networks, to be signed by […]
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OLPC UI demo: Video provided by 90percentofeverything.com ——— olpc has a cool interface.
Read More25 Greatest Science Books of All-Time – Discover Magazine – science news articles online technology magazine articles 25 Greatest Science Books of All-Time
25 Greatest Science Books of All-Time – Discover Magazine – science news articles online technology magazine articles 25 Greatest Science Books of All-Time: In 1543, the same year that Copernicus’s De Revolutionibus appeared, anatomist Andreas Vesalius published the world’s first comprehensive illustrated anatomy textbook. For centuries, anatomists had dissected the human body according to instructions […]
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Memories for Life: Memories for Life is a unique project, funded by the EPSRC, bringing together a diverse range of academics in a bid to understand how memory works and to develop the technologies to enhance it. We are our memories. Our memories underpin every thought we have, every fact we learn and every skill […]
Read MoreWikipedia Brown and the Case of the Captured Koala
Wikipedia Brown and the Case of the Captured Koala: ——– hehehehehe heh
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Do you have a useful skill?: Lauren’s starting a wiki called Help Us Help Ourselves, a compilation of how-to articles created by us in the feminist community. If you’ve got a useful skill, and particularly if you have specialized professional knowledge you can share, please consider writing up a contribution. Read more about the project […]
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I made a new category and re-categorized my one laptop per child posts so that people can find them. In general, I am against the principles of OLPC on many grounds, mostly to do with lack of technical support, educational purpose, and the general lack of awareness or outright willful dismissing of prior work in […]
Read MoreNotebooks dropping to $99 | CNET News.com
Notebooks dropping to $99 | CNET News.com: Circuit City will try to best Wal-Mart Stores and Staples in notebook pricing this holiday season with a Compaq notebook for $299 after rebates, or $99 with rebates and a 12-month subscription to Vonage, according to bargain-hunting Web site Black Friday Ads. The site posts scans of Sunday […]
Read MoreA $100 laptop prototype for $150 | CNET News.com
A $100 laptop prototype for $150 | CNET News.com: The One Laptop per Child project on Thursday showed off the latest prototype of what’s widely known as the $100 laptop for school children in developing nations. The only hitch is that the computer costs $150 to make. Walter Bender, president of software for the Massachusetts-based […]
Read MoreThe extraordinary story of Rupert the rhino | the Daily Mail
The extraordinary story of Rupert the rhino | the Daily Mail: As pets go, Rupert the rhino fulfilled everything expected of him. Faithful, friendly and a fearsome ‘guard dog’, like so many beloved household creatures he simply became one of the family. ——– ahhh, a nice animal interest story… of course, the animal dies in […]
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