Microsoft to give tech training for developing nations

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UNDP and Microsoft Announce Technology
Partnership To Combat Poverty in
Developing Nations

UNDP and Microsoft Announce Technology
Partnership To Combat Poverty in
Developing Nations 01/23/2004 04:14 PM
The United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) and Microsoft Corp. today announced a technology partnership to create and implement information and communications technology projects that will help developing countries achieve the Millennium Development Goals.

The United States, Backed By The
European Union, Japan And Canada, Has
Turned Back A Bid By Developing Nations
To Place The Internet Under The Control
Of The United Nations Or Its Member
Governments

The United States, Backed By The
European Union, Japan And Canada, Has
Turned Back A Bid By Developing Nations
To Place The Internet Under The Control
Of The United Nations Or Its Member
Governments 12/09/2003 03:48 AM
Washington Times .. second paragraph

washtimes.com/world/20031208-125717-6682r.htm
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Developing Nations license launched

Developing Nations license launched 09/13/2004 06:39 PM

Today the Creative Commons launched a new standalone license, dubbed Developing Nations. The deed lays it out simply: it's an attribution-only license that applies within developing nations. The le gal code defines developing nations as "any nation that is not classified as a 'high-income economy' by the World Bank." which according to the World Bank's site means it does not apply in these countries.

This license can be used in a few ways. It can be combined with something currently licensed under a more restrictive license, so that your photographs could be protected from commercial use in the United States, but if it also carried a Developing Nations license, those same photos could be used commerically in say, Brazil. You might also be a musician or photographer that wants to maintain full copyright in North America and Western Europe, but welcome use by others in the countries of Southeast Asia. More information can be found in today's press release.

The Internet in Developing Nations:
Grand Challenges

The Internet in Developing Nations:
Grand Challenges 04/11/2004 06:42 AM
The Internet in Developing Nations: Grand Challenges by Larry Press
http://firstmonda y.org/issues/issue9_4/press/

Abstract by Author:
This is a call for a "Grand Challenge" project for achieving truly global connectivity. For over a decade, we have hypothesized that the Internet could raise the quality of life in developing nations. We have conducted hundreds of studies of the state of the Internet and "e–readiness," done extensive training of technicians and policy makers, run pilot studies, and held local, regional and global conferences and workshops. After all of this activity, Internet connectivity is nearly non–existent in rural areas of developing nations, and far below that of developed nations in the urban areas of developing nations. This is not to say the activity of the past decade has been a waste. We have demonstrated the value of the Internet and raised awareness. The United Nations and the administrations of nearly all nations have acknowledged the potential of the Internet. The way has been paved, and it is time to act on what we have learned.

After outlining the work of the last decade, we explore one possible Grand Challenge: Connecting every village in the rural developing world to the Internet using a strategy similar to that used in building the NSFNet. We speculate on wireless technologies that might play a role in working toward that goal: Terrestrial, high–altitude platform, and satellite. We conclude with a brief discussion of alternative Grand Challenges and a call for action. The time is ripe for an audacious project. What could we achieve with US$15 billion and ten years time?

Creative Commons Developing Nations
license

Creative Commons Developing Nations
license 09/14/2004 08:19 PM

Creative Commons

Develop ing Nations license launched

Today the Creative Commons launched a new standalone license, dubbed Developing Nations. The deed lays it out simply: it's an attribution-only license that applies within developing nations. The le gal code defines developing nations as "any nation that is not classified as a 'high-income economy' by the World Bank." which according to the World Bank's site means it does not apply in these countries.

This license can be used in a few ways. It can be combined with something currently licensed under a more restrictive license, so that your photographs could be protected from commercial use in the United States, but if it also carried a Developing Nations license, those same photos could be used commerically in say, Brazil. You might also be a musician or photographer that wants to maintain full copyright in North America and Western Europe, but welcome use by others in the countries of Southeast Asia. More information can be found in today's press release.

This is a very important development. People have been asking for this. Many people choose non-commercial use because they worry about NBC or CBS ripping off their work. This provides the ability for countries with less Internet penetration to allow local entrepreneurs to print and distribute things that would not reach many of these people otherwise.

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China to train developing nations in
solar technologies

China to train developing nations in
solar technologies 08/27/2004 01:51 PM
China is positioning itself to profit from the response to global warming and the eventual shift away from foss il fuels. [Via WorldChanging.]

Sun Alters Its Pricing Strategy for
Sales to Developing Nations

Sun Alters Its Pricing Strategy for
Sales to Developing Nations 06/01/2004 01:05 AM
New York Times Jun 1 2004 5:19AM GMT

Developing nations shouldn't respect US
copyright unless farm subsidies end

Developing nations shouldn't respect US
copyright unless farm subsidies end 01/16/2004 11:35 AM
Lessig points out that the US spent a hundred years ripping off everyone else's copyrights and now expects that no one else will ever do the same: moreover, we're demanding onerous IP regimes from developing nations in the name of "free trade" even as we engage in unfair trade subsidies ourselves.

The dirty little secret, however, is that we don't respect the free trade rules that we impose on others. While the US sings the virtues of free trade to defend maximalist intellectual property regulation, we poison the free trade that developing nations care about most - agriculture - by subsidizing farming in the industrialized world to the tune of $300 billion annually. Rhetoric about family farmers aside, most of that money passes quickly to agribusiness. This is not Adam Smith; it is corporate welfare par excellence...

A block of powerful developing nations should first take a page from the US Copyright Act of 1790 and enact national laws that explicitly protect their own rights only. It would not protect foreigners. Second, these nations should add a provision that would relax this exemption to the extent that developed nations really opened their borders. If we reduce, for example, the subsidy to agribusiness by 10 percent, then they would permit 10 percent of our copyrights to be enforced (say, copyrights from the period 1923 to 1931). Reduce the subsidy by another 10 percent, then another 10 percent could be enforced. And so on.

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Developing nations will have to fight
for Internet rights: study

Developing nations will have to fight
for Internet rights: study 12/22/2004 01:56 AM
Daily Times Dec 22 2004 6:45AM GMT

U.S. lags beef exporter nations in
developing cattle ID system

U.S. lags beef exporter nations in
developing cattle ID system 12/30/2003 05:21 PM
The U.S. lags behind other major beef-exporting nations in the development and operation of national electronic livestock ID systems key to ensure safe beef exports.

Watermark Learning Announces IT Training
Expansion to Phoenix, AZ - Twin Cities
Tech Training Success Paves Way for New
Facility in Phoenix

Watermark Learning Announces IT Training
Expansion to Phoenix, AZ - Twin Cities
Tech Training Success Paves Way for New
Facility in Phoenix 08/09/2004 02:05 AM
Watermark Learning today announced national expansion with the opening of its second training center at the Tech One facility in Phoenix, Arizona. [PRWEB Aug 9, 2004]

Some journalists give money to political
campaigns, defying news-organization
rules... Developing

Some journalists give money to political
campaigns, defying news-organization
rules... Developing 01/18/2004 03:50 PM
stupid or deliberately deceptive .. Howard Kurtz .. good read

washingtonpost.com/ac2/wp-dyn/A26386-2004Jan17?language=printer
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Rehabilitation through technology
training Dubai Prisons inaugurate
Microsoft training facilities

Rehabilitation through technology
training Dubai Prisons inaugurate
Microsoft training facilities 01/19/2004 01:45 AM
AME Info Jan 19 2004 5:40AM GMT

Give a book, a low-tech gift in a
high-tech world

Give a book, a low-tech gift in a
high-tech world 12/03/2003 07:32 AM
SiliconValley.com Dec 3 2003 6:54AM ET

Tame the Tech Training at the Next SLS
Tech Summit

Tame the Tech Training at the Next SLS
Tech Summit 04/27/2004 12:31 AM

I am most pleased to announce that Michael Stephens and Bob Lewandowski from the St. Joseph County Public Library will be presenting at the next SLS Tech Summit! Come see their infamous SJCPL Staff Day 2003 video if nothing else, but I guarantee you'll come away with a lot more. Oh, and we'll be taking them out for dinner afterwards if you'd like to join us.

Staff and User Technology Training

"Two technology trainers from the St. Joseph County Public Library in South Bend, IN, will discuss how they motivate staff and library users for technology training, including Internet basics, Web searching and applications. How do we engage our learners? How do we design training that carries with them back to their desks or homes and translates to useful skills. Session will include examples and a sample training module."

Wednesday, May 19, 2004
1:30 p.m. - 4:00 p.m.
At SLS Headquarters, Burr Ridge
Cost: Free!

Africa backs tech tax to help poor
nations

Africa backs tech tax to help poor
nations 03/17/2005 03:46 AM
The New Zealand Herald Mar 15 2005 6:10PM GMT

African Leaders Back Tech Tax to Help
Poor Nations

African Leaders Back Tech Tax to Help
Poor Nations 03/14/2005 05:59 PM
Reuters UK Mar 14 2005 9:20PM GMT

Gates, U.N. to Partner for Tech in
Developing Countries

Gates, U.N. to Partner for Tech in
Developing Countries 01/23/2004 05:21 PM
Microsoft Chairman Bill Gates on Friday pledged software, computer training and cash to establish computer centers in poor communities, starting with pilot projects in Egypt, Mozambique and Morocco.

United Nations Tech Summit Ends With
Internet Expansion Plans

United Nations Tech Summit Ends With
Internet Expansion Plans 12/13/2003 01:50 PM
Red Nova Dec 13 2003 12:31PM ET

Reseachers Developing High-Tech Measures
Against Airliner Terror Attacks

Reseachers Developing High-Tech Measures
Against Airliner Terror Attacks 12/07/2003 10:34 AM
VOA Dec 7 2003 9:45AM ET

Developing A Strategy For Saving
High-Tech:Defense Science Board Wrestles
A Political Hot Potato

Developing A Strategy For Saving
High-Tech:Defense Science Board Wrestles
A Political Hot Potato 04/13/2005 07:29 PM
Manufacturing News Apr 13 2005 11:24PM GMT

Tech training tax-credit bill introduced

Tech training tax-credit bill introduced 05/21/2004 05:17 PM
The Technology Retraining and Investment Now Act of 2004 would allow a tax credit of up to $4,000 on qualified expenses used for technology-related training.

New Bill Proposes Tech Training Tax
Credit

New Bill Proposes Tech Training Tax
Credit 05/20/2004 08:33 PM
Internet News May 21 2004 0:26AM GMT

Tech training tax credit bill introduced

Tech training tax credit bill introduced 05/21/2004 05:19 AM
Industry Standard May 21 2004 8:40AM GMT

Training Classes - The Training
Directory Launches UK Training Portal

Training Classes - The Training
Directory Launches UK Training Portal 06/05/2005 11:37 PM
Connecting people who want to learn with people who love to teach - Training-Classes.com expands coverage to the United Kingdom - launching http://www.training-classes.co.uk/ specifically for Training in the U.K. The UK training portal provides all the features of http://www.training-classes.com/ but focuses on training providers and training courses in England, Northern Ireland, Scotland and Wales. [PRWEB Jun 5, 2005]

High-tech training tools add muscle to
motivation

High-tech training tools add muscle to
motivation 09/18/2004 04:07 AM
Seattle Times Sep 18 2004 8:27AM GMT

Tech Co. to Give Computers to Kids

Tech Co. to Give Computers to Kids 05/24/2004 10:38 AM
San Jose Mercury News May 24 2004 2:30PM GMT

US government to give $11 bln in tech
grants

US government to give $11 bln in tech
grants 03/27/2005 02:33 AM
ZDNet Mar 27 2005 5:54AM GMT

Tech execs give Congress wish list

Tech execs give Congress wish list 06/17/2004 07:47 PM
globetechnology.com Jun 18 2004 0:34AM GMT

Tech Execs Give Congress a List of Wants
(AP)

Tech Execs Give Congress a List of Wants
(AP) 06/16/2004 04:34 PM
AP - Chief executives of leading technology companies urged Congress on Wednesday to promote math and science in U.S. schools, avoid interfering with industry efforts to hire more workers overseas and crack down on foreign software piracy.

Tech Execs Give Congress a List of Wants

Tech Execs Give Congress a List of Wants 06/16/2004 06:08 PM
San Jose Mercury News Jun 16 2004 9:32PM GMT

Microsoft to aid developing countries

Microsoft to aid developing countries 01/23/2004 11:00 PM
Melbourne Age Jan 24 2004 2:55AM GMT

Gains in Tech Shares Give Wall Street a
Lift

Gains in Tech Shares Give Wall Street a
Lift 06/23/2004 03:00 AM
Los Angeles Times Jun 23 2004 7:04AM GMT

Force Companies To Give Free Tech
Support For Life

Force Companies To Give Free Tech
Support For Life 12/22/2003 12:42 PM
Last week we talked about one idea to improve computer security issues: threa ten to put executives of software companies in jail if their products are not secure. That seemed a bit extreme. This week, however, the Washington Post's Rob Pegoraro has another interesting idea to improve technology product quality: require companies to provide free tech support for life. This way, he argues, the companies will quickly learn about problems, and it will be in their own best interest to get working fixes out there as quickly as possible. It will also give them incentive to do things better the first time around. He argues this is beneficial to the companies as well, as with better products, people will be more willing to spend money on them. I would add one adjustment to this suggestion: make an exception for companies or individuals who give away software for free. This would make it so anyone shopping for software can get a real benefit for paying for a product, and also doesn't unfairly burden those who prefer to just give away software.

Microsoft Developing New Windows Server
for the Mid-Market

Microsoft Developing New Windows Server
for the Mid-Market 03/22/2005 09:55 PM
Move over, Small Business Server. Microsoft's concocting a version of Windows Server expressly for mid-size companies.

Microsoft developing its own paid-search
program

Microsoft developing its own paid-search
program 03/17/2005 02:59 AM
Looking to become a player in a lucrative market where rivals Google and Yahoo have been busy for years, Microsoft is developing its own paid-search advertising program.

NuMatrix and Tech 2000 Partner to
Deliver Authorized Cisco® Training in
Detroit MI and Colombo Sri Lanka

NuMatrix and Tech 2000 Partner to
Deliver Authorized Cisco® Training in
Detroit MI and Colombo Sri Lanka 06/09/2004 07:21 AM
NuMatrix, a Detroit based provider of information technology services and solutions, announces that it now delivers Authorized Cisco® training in Detriot and Sri Lanka as a sponsored organization of Tech2000, a Cisco® Learning Solutions Partner and a leading provider of e-learning solutions for business and technology skills. This sponsorship allows NuMatrix to offer its customers up-to-date, authorized Cisco® training and Cisco® Authorized Curriculum and provide its students with the highest quality training in the industry. [PRWEB Jun 9, 2004]

Developing countries localizing
Microsoft products for their people

Developing countries localizing
Microsoft products for their people 08/09/2004 07:48 AM
MENAFN Aug 9 2004 12:03PM GMT

Microsoft Developing Linux Policy, Plan
of Attack

Microsoft Developing Linux Policy, Plan
of Attack 08/10/2004 10:20 AM

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