Thursday, March 31, 2005

Tuesday, March 29, 2005

Firefox Extensions For Google Users

Firefox Extensions For Google Users

Good tips for making your Google search really efficient!

Faster firefox

ipkonfig.com

How to make the Firefox 2-3 times faster to load web pages.

A Google OS by 2010? - OSNews.com

A Google OS by 2010? - OSNews.com: "Start with the world's best search engine with access to the largest body of searchable information and media. Add Gmail: a clean, javascript-based application, stored on a server, accessed via the internet, from which a user can not only compose, read, organize, and search their email, but also quickly access Google's search and other services. Now, look at Google News: a world of online news sources, which can be customized to an individual users preferences. Throw in Google's desktop search, the Picasa photo software, and Firefox (Mozilla and Google have significant overlap in their employed workforces) with live bookmarks, and cool research extensions such as dictionary and thesaurus lookup, linky, launchy, and the like. Extend all of this technology to typical desktop applications like office software, then combine them all into one interface and bundle the OS. Simple, powerful, and totally Google."

RED HERRING | The hundred-buck PC

RED HERRING | The hundred-buck PC "An engineering prototype is nearly ready, with alpha units expected by year’s end and real production around 18 months from now, he said. The portable PCs will be shipped directly to education ministries, with China first on the list. Only orders of 1 million or more units will be accepted."

This is an old dream that hopefully will come true. In combinantion with Wimax and GNU/Linux one can just guess the speed of economic growth in Africa. Instead of educating people for braindrain or no jobs, there will be many new opportunities in e-healt, e-education, e-business, e-engineering, e-government...

digi.no - Hele Danmark f�r Wimax

digi.no - Hele Danmark f�r Wimax

digi.no - Første norske Wimax-nett til sommeren

digi.no - F�rste norske Wimax-nett til sommeren

På Gjøvik og Toten!

WiMAX - a technology well suited for the developing world

WiMAX Trends - Feature Article: "Another interesting aspect of BWA landscape is that WiMax is a lot like WiFi, but unlike WiFi's 200 Meter range, WiMax has a reach of one to 25 to 30 KM, offering a way to bring the Internet to entire communities without having to invest billions of dollars to install phone or cable networks."

WiMAX - a technology well suited for the developing world

WiMAX Trends - Feature Article: "Another interesting aspect of BWA landscape is that WiMax is a lot like WiFi, but unlike WiFi's 200 Meter range, WiMax has a reach of one to 25 to 30 KM, offering a way to bring the Internet to entire communities without having to invest billions of dollars to install phone or cable networks."

Technology News: Open Source: South Korea Steps Up Linux Use in Public Sector

Technology News: Open Source: South Korea Steps Up Linux Use in Public Sector: "Last year, the Ministry of Information and Communication in South Korea encouraged eight government agencies to adopt the Linux operating system and it is now gaining traction, the ministry said in a statement."

Technology News : MIT Backs Open Source in Brazil Computers for Poor, ( Breaking News,Kerala news, India News,Us,UK,Kerala Shopping,Onam Special, Kera

Technology News : MIT Backs Open Source in Brazil Computers for Poor

MIT Media Lab playing an important role in bridging the digital gap.

The New York Times > Technology > Brazil: Free Software's Biggest and Best Friend

The New York Times > Technology > Brazil: Free Software's Biggest and Best Friend

The worlds fifth most populated country goes for Linux.

Beagle desktop search

Beagle

Search even among websites one have visited. In combination with Google Toolbar and Firefox SFX extension should be a powerful packet.

4 Million Ghanian get internet access

"HP's Digital Village Initiative aims to help South Africans, Ghanaians with information technology training to build job skills."

http://www.cooltown.com/cooltown/mpulse/0602-africa.asp

Monday, March 28, 2005

South Africa and Human Language Technology

South Africa

Arabeyes

Islam Online- Science

The biggest language in the world right now is spanish, not english, and with GNU/Linux it will become more and more local constructed software that local people can make use of in their own way. A good example is Arabeyes.

Sunday, March 27, 2005

News from Iraq one seldom find in western media

http://www.grain.org/nfg/?id=253

"The US has been imposing patents on life around the world through trade deals. In this case, they invaded the country first, then imposed their patents. This is both immoral and unacceptable", said Shalini Bhutani, one of the report's authors.