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Diane Dunn

E-Books May Turn Digital Divide Into a Reading Divide - 0 views

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    This article presented information regarding the digital divide and e-book learning.
Burks Oakley

Low-income Chicago neighborhoods strive to bridge digital divide - chicagotribune.com - 0 views

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    Good article about the digital divide in Chicago
Burks Oakley

For minorities, new 'digital divide' seen - 1 views

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    Excellent article about the "new digital divide"
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    This article describes my enhanced interest in having a home computer, so that I can keep up with technology. -Yvonne Garth
Diane Dunn

Digital Divide graphs - 0 views

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    This site had a ton of graphs in regards to the Digital Divide with information and stats.
Rob Eden

Facebook, MySpace Divide Along Social Lines : NPR - 0 views

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    Facebook/Myspace usage divided among socio-economic lines
erika webb

Digital Divide Opens Up in Patient Use of Online Medical Records - iVillage - 0 views

  • That said, less than 10 percent of Americans appear to be using electronic medical records, with almost half saying they're not even clear if their doctor actually offers access, according to a Harris Interactive/HealthDay survey of more than 2,000 American adults
  • blacks and Hispanics were only half as likely to sign up for personal health record access compared with white patients, the authors noted, and the wealthiest patients were 14 percent more likely to initiate personal health record use than the poorest patients.
  • Older patients, between the ages of 51 and 65, constituted the largest slice of the high-user group, they found, accounting for four in 10 among such patients.
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    Article regarding the disparity in use of online medical records.
Peter Cali

Broadband to reach 77% of U.S. households by 2012, Gartner says - Network World - 0 views

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    * Social Web * Email * Close Digg Slashdot Fark Stumble Reddit MIXX del.icio.us Newsvine Technorati Facebook Buzz up! Twitter Your Name: Your Email Address: Recipient(s) Email Address: (Comma separation for multiple addresses) Your Message: Broadband to reach 77% of U.S. households by 2012, Gartner says Broadband penetration currently reaches just over half of U.S. homes By Brad Reed , Network World , 07/24/2008 Newsletter Signup * Share/Email * Tweet This * 1 Comment * Print The United States will close its digital divide significantly within the next four years, with 77% of U.S. households having a broadband Internet subscription, according to a new Gartner study. Just over half of U.S. households currently subscribe to broadband Internet services, but Gartner predic
Burks Oakley

Top News - Study: 'Digital divide' affects school success - 0 views

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    Good article about how students with home computers are more likely to graduate from high school.
erika webb

Major survey reveals why older people are increasingly on the wrong side of the 'digita... - 0 views

  • “I have had letters and calls from many, many readers whose opinions back up this report and reveal a lack of interest and even a huge distrust of the web, and there are probably millions of people who are determined never to consider even trying to operate a computer.”
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      I think this is very true. My grandmother has never used anything more advanced than a typewriter and she is very skeptical about the internet.
  • So why aren’t older people using the web? According to Professor Bill Dutton, who directs OxIS, trust in the Internet is based largely on experience with this technology. As he said: “Getting elders to experience the Internet, when they distrust it, is the central challenge.”
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    Burks - I'm experimenting with this, as it is new to me...can you point out anything I might do or try differently?
Burks Oakley

Broadband Internet Service Helping Create a Rural Digital - Amber Waves-September 2009 - 0 views

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    A really good article about what increased access to broadband can do for rural America.
Burks Oakley

Illinois falling behind in Internet connection speed - Chicago Breaking News - 0 views

  • According to the union, Internet connection speeds in the United States lag considerably behind those in South Korea, Japan and Sweden, which it said are "many times faster."
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      This is really serious - many other countries are way ahead of the USA in this important area!!
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    Illinois is falling behind in Internet connection speed - not very good news for Illinoisians!
Daniel Sprotte

Libraries find use increases as economy falls - The Boston Globe - 0 views

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    Libraries are used more when the economy declines
Scott Thomas

How Will the $7.2 Billion Allotted for Broadband Stimulus Be Spent? - PCWorld - 0 views

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    Talks about the $7.2 billion allotted for the broadband stimulus and how the money is to be divided between different government agencies. Also mentions debate as to whether the money should go toward updating existing urban broadband connections or extending the range at which broadband is offered to rural areas.
Barbara Matthews

The Broadband Gap: Why Do They Have More Fiber? - 0 views

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    This is the third in a series looking at the lessons for the United States from broadband deployment in other countries. Read the first and second posts. In the paradises of broadband - Japan, South Korea and Sweden - nearly everyone can surf far faster and far cheaper than anyone in the United States.
Aunjanice Anderson

PdaNet - 0 views

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    Please check out this cool app for android and Iphones. It is very simply to access the internet through your mobile phone to your laptop/desktop.
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