Half-Life Broadband Penetration
I have no idea if Half-Life 2 players are a representative sample of the penetration of Broadband Access into society, but if they are this “survey(Valve Survey...
View ArticleBroadband Speed
I got the chance to upgrade my home DSL connection from 1.5 to 3.0 and lower the cost at the same time. Whether the fact this coincided with the arrival of cable broadband access in our area is a...
View ArticleInternet Access @ your library
bq.Virtually every U.S. public library now offers free Internet access but most ration it, inhibiting the ability of lower-income families to benefit from the Information Age. – “Anick Jesdanun(Library...
View ArticleShared Computer Toolkit
Microsoft has released the “Shared Computer Toolkit for Windows XP(Shared Computer Toolkit for Windows XP)”:http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/sharedaccess/default.mspx. This is not to be confused with...
View ArticleIE-Only Copyright
bq.The U.S. Copyright Office is soliciting opinions, through August 22d, about it’s planned website upgrade that will require the use of Microsoft Internet Explorer, effectively banning most...
View ArticleOpenOffice 2.0
I looked at OpenOffice early in the development, and it was definitely not ready for primetime. The “newly-released 2.0(OpenOffice.org 2.0 Final...
View ArticleGiddy over Gates
Last year, I “asked(Shared Computer Toolkit)”:http://www.libraryplanet.com/2005/06/29/shared what the introduction of the “Shared Computer Toolkit(Shared Computer Toolkit for Windows...
View ArticleE-Government Access
bq.In Florida, the financial support for public libraries with economic need dropped from 11 cents per dollar in the mid-1990s to 3.9 cents per dollar during the last budget year. The burden keeps...
View ArticleFee-Free Tax Filing
Did your taxes yet? If you did, how did you file them? bq.Increasing numbers of technology-savvy filers prepare their tax forms using Intuit’s TurboTax or H&R Block’s TaxCut software. But when it...
View ArticleDigital Divide 2007
I have been making a point about the Digital Divide for a long point. While I believe socio-economic status is a contributing factor, it isn’t the sole reason. bq.A new study published by the Pew...
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