Cyberspeak antidote cuts through technobabble
Larry Blasko reviews Andy Ihnatko's Cyberspeak An Online Dictionary praising its humorous clear explanations of terms like PCMCIA and Internet Explorer. The piece notes the book fits general readers, not engineers, and reflects on tech language and the Internet boom.
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United States
Tower of Babel
Berlitz
Andy Ihnatko
MacUser Magazine
Random House
Ihnatko
Pcmcia
Personal Computer Memory Card International Association
Microsoft
Global Internet links lift poor nations to profit and aid
The Associated Press reports how entrepreneurs in poor countries tap the Internet to win German fashion contracts, post rainforest prices, assist healthcare, and attract donors. Examples include Edgar Panduro's tropical fish business, Brazilian rubber tappers, African doctors, Indian programmers, and Benin's push to use cyberspace for development and political outreach.
Internet fosters growth in developing nations and Africa
The article surveys Internet use in Africa and Asia showing lifesaving advice via Healthnet in Kenya and a UK doctor’s input for sickle cell care. It notes Oukasie in South Africa and Tanzania plan to use the Internet for development and tourism, Cambodian cafes offering public access, and wide access barriers in poor countries.
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South Africa
Jacob Moatshe
Oukasie
Johannesburg
Moatshe
Montshe
U.S
Berkeley
Calif
Tanzania
European Union
World Wide Web sites bridging gaps for developing nations
A roundup of Internet pages from Benin, Egypt, Kenya, Venezuela, Brazil, Peru and beyond. It notes Kerekou era fundraising, Benin geography pages, Cairo textile commerce, Healthnet work at Kenyatta Hospital, a Venezuelan small-loan cooperative, rubber tappers promoting rain forest products, and Peru’s Red Cientifica Peruana expanding low-cost connections to spur local business in the global economy.
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Cambodia
Costa Rica
Sri Lanka
Developing World
Hemisphere
Michael Stein
Institute For Global Concern
India
Granddad
Five & Dime
Shamsi Group
Cairo
Harrods
London
Shamsi
Nader Lahry
Rep
Red Cientifica Peruana
Peru
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Red Cientificia Peruana
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