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Cyber Or -18 Virtual Kehillah
This is another in this series of blogs by Rabbi, Dr. Moshe Dror on the Cyber Or generation. " By Rabbi, Dr. Moshe Dror We are talking about the Jewish Community. We experience the community when we can be together and share all kinds of interests. We tend to think of... -1.jpg){kind=small}
Cyber Or 16 Jewish N-Gen vs Y Gen
This is another post by Dr. Rabbi Moshe Dror on Cyber Or and the N & Y generations. "By Moshe Dror I would like to suggest that the Generation Y and the Net Generation are much the same people. The N-gen is... 
CyberOr Boundary Crossing
CyberOr was created with the intent to help understand the human condition from the inspired texts. This is a new series by Dr. Rabbi Moshe Dror. He is a futurist, lecturer and teacher. In this series he will... Buy one laptop -- and a child gets one free
With Christmas just around the corner, I wanted to remind readers of the "One Laptop per Child" program, developed by Nicholas Negroponte, founder of MIT Media Lab. What better gift can your own child get, knowing they've helped another?"LONDON, England (CNN) -- For the... 
India Out Innovates the Americans...Even on Social Ventures
This is hilarious...the Indian government has decided that the folks at MIT who are supposed to be innovating and helping with the digital divide in countries like India, are just not good enough at it. So,...
created by Leonard Brody | 1 year ago | updated 1 year ago
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US warns China over weapon links in Iran, Iraq, Afghanistan
"The United States has warned Beijing over reported use of Chinese weapons by insurgents in Iraq and Afghanistan as well as the Asian giant's continued sale of arms to Iran, Deputy Secretary of State John Negroponte said Thursday.He said he conveyed the concerns personally to...
'$100 Laptop' Project Teams With Microsoft
The One Laptop Per Child project has undergone all kinds of trials and tribulations, both in terms of its price and functionality, and its public perception.OLPC has long been wary of trying to integrate a...
created by Jarrett Martineau | 1 year ago | updated 1 year ago
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EU ready for Cuba ties after Castro exit
"The European Union has said it is ready to seek ways to re-launch ties with Cuba following the announcement that President Fidel Castro will not return to power.
Some of the 27 EU states, led by Spain which normalised its relations with Havana last year, are in favour... 
'One Laptop per Child' Developer To Create $75 Version
Not to be undersold, Mary Lou Jepsen, the former CTO of the One Laptop per Child project (which intended to make a $100 laptop available to children in the developing world) is starting up a new company, Pixel Qi,...
created by Jarrett Martineau | 1 year ago | updated 1 year ago
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Intel Won't Give Laptops to Children
Will the One Laptop Per Child dream ever be fully-realized?"Intel Corp (INTC.O: Quote, Profile , Research) said on Thursday it will drop out of the One Laptop Per Child project and resign from the board after...
created by Jarrett Martineau | 2 years ago | updated 2 years ago
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Daughter of the West
" * LRB * 13 December 2007 * Tariq Ali more detail icon * printer icon print layout * mail icon tell a friend Daughter of the West Tariq Ali Arranged marriages can be a messy business. Designed principally as a means of accumulating wealth, circumventing...
Uruguay buys first $100 laptops
"The first official order for the so-called "$100 laptop" has been placed by the government of Uruguay. The South American country has bought 100,000 of the machines for schoolchildren aged six to 12. A further 300,000 may be purchased to provide a machine for every child in...
Canadian minister gets shirty at Asia summit
At least he didn't wear a fishing vest as his boss, Prime Minister Stephen Harper, did.Canada's deputy foreign minister was guilty of a diplomatic fashion crime when he showed up at a state dinner in the Philippines presidential palace wearing something looking like a cross...
created by Actual News Geezer | 2 years ago | updated 2 years ago
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Iran-Contra-Drugs revisited
Remembering a scandal too abhorrent to be forgotten, especially in these troubling times From our younger days: remember when we were kids, and saw Ollie North swearing oath on TV with his smart olive uniform, and all the jokes about shredding documents...
Cheap Laptops for a Third World
Opinion Barry Artiste, Now Public Contributor Years past the words "A Chicken in every Pot" got Politicians elected by a starving populace in the depression's dirty 30's. Today Corporate America's words "A...
created by Barry Artiste | 2 years ago | updated 2 years ago
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