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(I)legal file sharing

So, Mandy is proposing cutting off people from the Internet for file sharing copyrighted material so we need define the territory here a little.

A book is copyrighted as is a music CD or a movie and indeed a piece of software but do you not purchase the rights to that material when you [...]

IT Security – Insider risk problem revealed

In yet another stunning piece of journalism from aunty Beeb which can be read in full here, RSA have apparently proved that the perceived risk from insiders with regards IT Security breaches is unfounded as most respondents say that the majority of cases were accidental and without malice – but it was still a breach [...]

Security and Privacy: Email with expiry date…

Are you fed up with big brother knowing all about your life? Or you just sent that email in bad moment and regretted what you’ve said?

Well, now there is an answer at last, Email with expiry dates. Yes they delete all traces of themselves within a set time frame. Let me explain…

Roxana Geambasu and Professor [...]

The African Technology Divide – Rural Business

There are many programs for helping developing nations trade with the developed world including the Fair Trade program but these are limited in how many they can assist and to what level. What is needed is to provide these primarily rural communities with the ability to trade directly, without the middle men taking their cut [...]

The African Technology Divide – Telecoms

For all the hype in the developed world the truth of the matter is, half the worlds population have never made a telephone call…..

There has been an explosion in telecoms uptake in Africa in recent years mainly due to cell phone penetration with the majority of this business in the pre-paid market, but the cost [...]

The African Technology Divide – Why?

To answer this question will take several posts so let me give an outline here.

In a nutshell, the developed world only sees major infrastructure projects as being the answer to the issues of the developing world. Although one could argue these projects are necessary you must look at the lowest common denominators to the bigger [...]

Technology and the third world – The power divide.

As we have been progressing with our planned roll-out across sub-Saharan Africa, one thing which keeps cropping up is the issue of power particularly in the rural areas which is also where we have to build our data centers. So we decided upon Solar power but then the issue of what happens when the sun [...]

Connecting The Other 3 Billion

Have you ever considered the hype surrounding the title above not to mention the billions of Dollars proposed to resolve the problem?

One cannot help but question the the people and organizations acting upon the issue. For instance, how many have actually lived in one of these places to experience the issues involved let alone talk [...]