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Getting Girls Into Tech
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| Most kids need a lot of encouragement and support to discover and pursue
| their real dreams. It's the rare maverick who is born with enough inner
| strength and stubbornness to persist in the face of continual opposition, and
| the most difficult kind to resist is the gentle, well-meaning kind from
| people who think they know what is best for you. The FOSS world is the best
| playground of all for anyone who is seriously interested in high-tech; I'd
| like to see it become a lot more child-friendly, and especially
| girl-friendly.
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http://blog.linuxtoday.com/blog/2009/02/getting-girls-i.html
Experts work to unlock PCs for African users
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| The ANLoc Network is encouraging African language speakers in African and the
| diaspora to celebrate International Mother Language Day by helping to develop
| a locale for their language.
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http://www.tectonic.co.za/?p=4148
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Technology and the developing world
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| Software
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| When it comes to software, many in the developing world are
| excited about the potential of open source to speed the
| technologization of resource-poor economies. Open source
| software is, by definition, free. And the range of software
| available is now staggering - spanning everything from the
| most basic applications for individuals to the most
| sophisticated server infrastructure for large businesses.
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http://money.cnn.com/2006/12/20/magazines/fortune/kirkpatrick_UN_speech.fortune/index.htm?source=yahoo_quote
Tech targets the Third World
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| This PC wants to save the world
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| Another example is the so-called $100 laptop for students in
| developing countries championed by Nicholas Negroponte of MIT's
| Media Lab. Negroponte's team has made breakthroughs in the screen,
| power source and physical design, among other things. People will
| salivate for it in the United States and Europe even as it gets
| launched next year in Latin America, Africa and rural Asia.
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http://money.cnn.com/2006/12/20/technology/fastforward_thirdworld.fortune/index.htm?source=yahoo_quote
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