Are Girls The New Cyberpioneers?

New research in the USA suggests that 'the cyberpioneers of the moment are digitally effusive teenage girls'.

Is MySpace Good for Society?

A collection of short articles reflecting on the impact of social networking software over on the Freakonomics blog.

One Laptop per Child... in Australia

The newly elected Australian government has promised a 'digital education revolution', at the heart of which is their own version of having one laptop per child in Australia.

However, some of the media are unsure such a scheme will work in practice. Indeed, The Age suggest that 'Giving every high school student their own laptop is a recipe for disaster'.

Special Report on Technology and Government

I keep forgetting to include the link... :

http://www.economist.com/specialreports/displayStory.cfm?story_id=10638002

Special Report on Technology and Government

Once again The Economist, but this time its a 14 page special report on technology and government! There are about 6 different articles, including: the pros and cons of e-government, e-government is only the beginning etc... They're all REALLY relevant. Its also got some graphs such as broadband penetration stats and mobile phone subscribers. The graph on the left, also included in this report, compares the investment / success ratio of implementing e-government. Britain isn't in the ideal situation.

Machine to match man by 2029

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/americas/7248875.stm

This was an article on the bbc news website about claims made about the advancement of robots and machines. Although the predictions of nano robots that will make us more intelligent is interesting i found the "challenges facing humanity" very telling.

Make solar energy affordable

Provide energy from fusion

Develop carbon sequestration

Manage the nitrogen cycle

Provide access to clean water

Reverse engineer the brain

Prevent nuclear terror

Secure cyberspace

Enhance virtual reality

Improve urban infrastructure

Advance health informatics

Engineer better medicines

Advance personalised learning

Explore natural frontiers

Along with star trek type ones such as "Explore natural frontiers" and "Provide energy from fusion" there is "Provide access to clean water".

Is this evidence of an ever increasing technological divide between the poorest in the world and the richest?

Wikileaks

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/7250916.stm

An interesting article about a whistle blowing website that allowed people to anonymously upload dodgy government documents.