Bookmarks for Flat Classroom group based on trends in Thomas Friedman's book, the World is Flat. Find global projects at http://flatclassroomproject.org
North Korea has allowed a major telecommunications company to expand a 3G network into North Korea to allow mobile internet to foreign travels. North Korean citizens, however, are still prohibited from using the Internet.
This article discusses the investigation of Google. It was previously believed that Google broke the antitrust law, but now the investigation is over and the Federal Trade Commission decided that now law was violated. The idea that the search results of Google are not covered by the First Amendment was controversial.
The article explains how the way people gather information is changing. Some key points addressed in the article include faster access to information and higher rates of communication.
This article explains how Japan hides anti-piracy warnings on a peer to peer network. In Japan someone who pirats something that has been for sale can result in a 2 year jail time and 2,000,000 yen fine. This article relates to peer to peer networks and how they can pirate content on a peer-to-peer network
This article is about how the Defense Department has been purchasing thousands of mobile devices and only a fraction of them are encrypted for classified communication. The government now wants commercial mobile device producers to manufacture more that can be encrypted with more features.
Bharti Kher intended on staying in India for six months, but this British born artist has lived there for the last twenty years. While in India, Kher not only found her husband, but also became a famous artist. Her work is know shown all around the world.
This article is discussing how the use of electronics concerns environmentalists because of the long term health impacts with being exposed to the networks and mobile devices. It also causes people to get brain cancer and develop brain tumors