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If It's Tuesday, It Must Be the National Broadband Plan–If Your Connection Isn't Too Slow, You Can Tune In Online

in News on March 11, 2010 at 11:33 am PT

Finally, after much advance leakage, the Federal Communications Commission will unveil its National Broadband Plan on Tuesday, March 16. The two key questions about the effort to get the United States up to speed, so to speak, with decent digital access: Will it be toothless or not and will there be any money to pay for it, given the cash-strapped federal government? And, of course, will the greedy telecoms quash the plan if it is too helpful to consumers?

New FCC Report: Reaching the “Digitally Distant,” but “Digital Hopefuls” Too (We’ll Ask Chairman Genachowski About It and More at D8)

in D8 on February 23, 2010 at 4:42 am PT

There is a new report out today by the Federal Communications Commission about high-speed access in the U.S., with all sorts of lovely data. It is all part of an effort by the FCC to ferret away on a plan to get Americans better hooked up to the Internet. Part of a newish government push to digitize this country, it will be spearheaded by Chairman Julius Genachowski, who is now coming to D8, so we can ask him all about it.

New FCC Report: Reaching the "Digitally Distant," but "Digital Hopefuls" Too (We'll Ask Chairman Genachowski About It and More at D8)

in News on February 23, 2010 at 4:42 am PT

There is a new report out today by the Federal Communications Commission about high-speed access in the U.S., with all sorts of lovely data. It is all part of an effort by the FCC to ferret away on a plan to get Americans better hooked up to the Internet. Part of a newish government push to digitize this country, it will be spearheaded by Chairman Julius Genachowski, who is now coming to D8, so we can ask him all about it.

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Indian Firms Shift Focus to the Poor

in News on October 20, 2009 at 1:50 pm PT

Indian companies, long dependent on hand-me-down technology from developed nations, are becoming cutting-edge innovators as they target one of the world’s last untapped markets: the poor.

WSJ.com Video: Microsoft's Bill Gates Pushes "Creative Capitalism" in Davos

in News on January 25, 2008 at 12:01 am PT

In his speech yesterday at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, Microsoft chairman Bill Gates talked about a new form of capitalism, which he called “creative capitalism.” By that, one of the world’s richest men said the market had to find a way to help poorer countries in new and more benevolent ways. Obviously, [...]