Free and open source software, also F/OSS, FOSS, or FLOSS (for Free/Libre/Open Source Software) is software which is liberally licensed to grant the right of users to study, change, and improve its design through the availability of its source code. This approach has gained both momentum and acceptance as the potential benefits have been increasingly recognized by both individuals and corporate players.[1][2]
For additional resources and information about closing the digital divide, visit www.nodivide.wikispaces.com. Please feel free to contribute information there as well.
Imagine if half the world had internet access. This is the vision behind the 50x15 project through AMD technology. The 50x15 project is about a plan to bring technology to the people who need it by supplying internet usage to half the world poplation over the next fifteen years. Not just to the countries leading in advance technology, but to people living in the next emerging markets. Currently AMD has been implementing technology as a tool for global change. AMD partners with others to make technology available to all and particularly to help make the 50x15 project happen. One project that includes the Connecting the World design contest involves students at Universities in Latin America who are encouraged to propose and create systems that provide technological solutions for high-growth markets.
The Digital Divide Network is the Internet's largest community for educators, activists, policy makers and concerned citizens working to bridge the digital divide. At DDN you can; build your own online community, publish a blog, share documents and discussions with colleagues, and post news, events and articles.
MediaShift is a weblog that tracks the way the Internet and technology are reshaping the mediasphere, with a focus on how blogs, podcasts, wikis, and citizen media are changing culture and society.
The Pew Internet & American Life Project will create and fund original, academic-quality research that explores the impact of the Internet on children, families, communities, the work place, schools, health care and civic/political life. The Project aims to be an authoritative source for timely information on the Internet's growth and societal impact, through research that is scrupulously impartial.
The Pew Internet & American Life Project will create and fund original, academic-quality research that explores the impact of the Internet on children, families, communities, the work place, schools, health care and civic/political life. The Project aims to be an authoritative source for timely information on the Internet's growth and societal impact, through research that is scrupulously impartial.
Globalization affects everyone in many ways. It affects the food we eat, the cars we drive, and the devices we use. Even though we are aware of globalizati...