Ken Novak: Digital DevelopmentCommunications and info tech in developing countries, especially wireless broadband and high-value applications(Untitled)- October 28, 2004 AMD Launches Global Strategy with Partners to Provide Internet Connectivity and Computing Power to 50 Percent of World's Population by 2015: "50x15 is AMD's initiative to enable affordable Internet access and computing capabilities for 50 percent of the world population by the year 2015. With the current global Internet penetration rate at approximately 10 percent, and the global population estimated to reach 7.2 billion people by 2015, there is tremendous potential .. AMD is announcing..http://www.novak.com/weblog/categories/digitalDevelopment/2004/10/28.html#a2644 (Untitled)- October 26, 2004 Linux growing in developing nations: ""In emerging countries people are using Linux to accelerate development," says Scott Handy, IBM's vice president for worldwide Linux. "There's a relatively similar model in Brazil, Russia, India, China, and Korea. In those five countries, Linux is growing faster than the IT information technology market in general." .. Sergio Amadeu, the head of Brazil's National Information Technology Institute says that with open source, "The country goes from being.http://www.novak.com/weblog/categories/digitalDevelopment/2004/10/25.html#a2623 (Untitled)- October 26, 2004 Solar plan for Indian computers: "Authorities in the Indian state of Uttar Pradesh have drawn up a pilot project to use solar power to run computers in village schools. Nearly 80% of houses are estimated to have no power, and many villages suffer frequent disruption in supply because of power cuts or other faults. Many have to use kerosene lamps for light and most government-run primary schools have no power at all." There is rural experience with solar for other...http://www.novak.com/weblog/categories/digitalDevelopment/2004/10/25.html#a2620 (Untitled)- October 23, 2004 Anywhere Books: "Print-on-demand is a natural application for the developing world. Anywhere Books is a US-based nonprofit dedicated to deploying mobile print on demand solutions for development." It's been demonstrated in Uganda and seeks further funding to operate there. D-Lib magazine suggests for-profit applications, and mentions trials in Egypt and India. Wired mentions projects in Ghana and Macedonia.http://www.novak.com/weblog/categories/digitalDevelopment/2004/10/23.html#a2609 (Untitled)- October 22, 2004 Cringely gets it about BPL: The recent Fcc approval of "broadband over power lines (BPL) is going to totally shake up the Internet industry. .. One thing to remember about electric utilities is that they are very slow and deliberate. They move like glaciers, so it will take awhile for these services to be available at your house. But like glaciers, they are also impossible to stop. The appeal here to an electric company isn't that $20-30 per month they'll charge for becoming your...http://www.novak.com/weblog/categories/digitalDevelopment/2004/10/22.html#a2605 (Untitled)- October 19, 2004 Strong Angel II: Lessons Learned. Several points of advice from Cmdr Eric Rasmussen. Also online: Video emphasizing Groove, and some presentations with excellent notes. "If there was a single core statement that emerged from the week of collaborative integration and post-conflict reconstruction design, it would be &147;COMMS FIRST&148;. Whether the communications was language translation, data transmission, voice-over-IP, reference library accessibility,...http://www.novak.com/weblog/categories/digitalDevelopment/2004/10/18.html#a2591 (Untitled)- October 1, 2004 Open source networking: Wireless for TV-on-demand, VOIP, and broadband, on a neighborhood scale in Canada, all with iopen-source software. One PDA acts as thin-client PC, TV remote control, and roaming phone (home, work, mobile). A community PVR server records and plays essentially everything from wholesale cable sources. Interesting future vision, to be sold by the Canadian company as a futuristic WISP. Could be a model for new developing country...http://www.novak.com/weblog/categories/digitalDevelopment/2004/10/01.html#a2499 |