Can Greed Save Africa?

Can Greed Save Africa?: "Thanks to the global commodities boom of the past few years, sub-Saharan Africa's economies, after decades of stagnation, are expanding by an average of 6% annually—twice the U.S. pace. And like bees to honey, investors are swarming into the region in search of the enormous returns that ultra-early-stage investments can bring."

Zenfolio | Thomas H. Hahn Docu-Images

Zenfolio | Thomas H. Hahn Docu-Images
Photographs of China, taken by Professor Thomas H. Hahn of Cornell University. Themes in the collection include Chinese modern art, urbanization and architecture, cityscapes, sacred sites and mountains.

The Big Brother State

Hiding in Plain Sight, Google Seeks More Power - New York Times

Hiding in Plain Sight, Google Seeks More Power - New York Times

The rate at which the Google computing system has grown is as remarkable as its size. In March 2001, when the company was serving about 70 million Web pages daily, it had 8,000 computers, according to a Microsoft researcher granted anonymity to talk about a detailed tour he was given at one of Google's Silicon Valley computing centers. By 2003 the number had grown to 100,000.

Today even the closest Google watchers have lost precise count of how big the system is. The best guess is that Google now has more than 450,000 servers spread over at least 25 locations around the world. The company has major operations in Ireland, and a big computing center has recently been completed in Atlanta. Connecting these centers is a high-capacity fiber optic network that the company has assembled over the last few years.

WiMAXTrends :: Articles

WiMAXTrends :: Articles: "However, Wan Yi, director of the wireless and mobile department at the China Communications Standards Association (CCSA), has said in a statement that approval of WiMAX as a 3G technology would “unbalance” the mobile industry, and that is has been politically driven by the US government in a bid to promote a US-dominated platform in a sector where American vendors have not always held the reins. He told China Comms: “3G technology sits on a triangle of W-CDMA, CDMA and TD-SCMDA, and WiMAX would have a big impact on this triangular structure. Major W-CDMA and CDMA vendors are all opposed to it.” In fact, the main opposition predictably comes from the only two majors to remain entirely outside the WiMAX fold, Ericsson and Qualcomm."

The Appeal of Mobile WiMAX in Emerging Countries — WIMAX

The Appeal of Mobile WiMAX in Emerging Countries — WIMAX: "Emerging countries may take the lead in mobile WiMAX growth due to two trends:
* Demand for affordable, flexible broadband, coupled with the lack of wired broadband.
* Widespread 3G, lack of spectrum, and non-committal operators will delay mobile WiMAX in many developed markets."

Asia seen as proving ground for WiMax - Communications - News - ZDNet Asia

Asia seen as proving ground for WiMax - Communications - News - ZDNet Asia: "For his presentation to the ICT expo, he used the case study of Pakistani operator Wateen Telecom, which was able to rollout a nationwide WiMax network in just nine months. Yet another proving ground for WiMax is Taiwan, where Motorola was recently awarded network contracts with WiMax licence holder Far EasTone Telecom. 'To get the sense of WiMax you have to visit Taiwan and see how the IT world is getting behind it,' he said."