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Intel pulls out of One Laptop Per Child Project.

It would seem that a 'philisophical difference' between Intel and the One Laptop Per Child (OLPC) Project has ended in divorce. It was well known that whilst Intel was on the board of the OLPC project, it was also touting its own solution, the Classmate...

Minor handheld skirmish in Nigeria?

Two competing initiatives aimed at providing cheap computers to children in emerging economies appear to be slugging it out over the same turf. Abuja in Nigeria is where the action is ... apparently! The interesting thing is that two competing projects...

Panorama Wi-Fi - Complaint against the BBC upheld

The BBC Editorial Complaints Unit (ECU) have reported back on complaints that their Panorama programme of wi-fi was unbalanced and misleading. I have read the response, and its woolier than the Panorama programme. Suffice to say though that the gist of...
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"Piggybacking" school wi-fi theft - pair cautioned in Maidstone!

In this weeks Kent Messenger (Maidstone Edition) there is a story about wi-fi bandwidth theft from a school ... "Piggy Backing", more formally known as 'dishonestly obtaining an electronic communication service" is an increasing problem, especially as...

Here we go again ... wi-fi!

My colleagues and I spend an inordinate amount of time reacting to the scare stories about the potential health effects of wi-fi. Despite the facts, and all of the evidence to the contrary, the issue just keeps re-emerging. The Health Protection Agency...
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Wi-Fi? Pathology V Psychology

There is an interesting article in the TES this week that explores recent research by University of Essex. The research by Prof. Elaine Fox involved volunteers who are convinced they are sensitive to wi-fi. Interestingly the research concludes that the...
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Wi-Fi Panorama / Melodrama - Wow that was really scientific!! ... Not!

Having seen the BBC news item this morning even I was intrigued. Well, Panorama has already been criticised for its piece on wi-fi by the Guardian . They quote leading scientists, and call it a scare story! Here are some excerpts ... "... the experiment...
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