Tuesday, March 31, 2009

Green IT is central in green growth policy

The Korean Herald
The following is the 18th in a series of articles focusing on the Korean government's "green growth" strategy. The series will also introduce the increasing efforts of major advanced countries of the world to promote a green economy.
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Sunday, March 29, 2009

Microsoft: broadband stimulus should help schools, hospitals

Ars Technica
Microsoft and other companies take a stance of enlightened self-interest when advising the government on how to spend its broadband stimulus money.
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Friday, March 27, 2009

Stimulus bill to bring rural areas a faster InternetBy

The Courier-Journal
March 27, 2009
When surveyor Brad Andrew Jr. needs to get maps and other large files off the Internet, he drives from his home near Bedford, Ky., to the Trimble County Public Library, where he can get high-speed service. Link to Article

Thursday, March 5, 2009

Farmers eye broadband in stimulus package

The Associated Press for the Topeka Capital-Journal
WICHITA — With the nation in the grip of the Great Depression, then-President Franklin Roosevelt used rural electrification as part of his New Deal relief package — gambling that supplying isolated farmsteads with inexpensive power would modernize agriculture, create jobs and stimulate the rural economy. Link to Article

Wednesday, March 4, 2009

Farmers eye broadband in stimulus package

The Associated Press for the Topeka Capital-Journal
WICHITA — With the nation in the grip of the Great Depression, then-President Franklin Roosevelt used rural electrification as part of his New Deal relief package — gambling that supplying isolated farmsteads with inexpensive power would modernize agriculture, create jobs and stimulate the rural economy. Link to Article

Farmers eye broadband in stimulus package

The Associated Press
WICHITA — With the nation in the grip of the Great Depression, then-President Franklin Roosevelt used rural electrification as part of his New Deal relief package — gambling that supplying isolated farmsteads with inexpensive power would modernize agriculture, create jobs and stimulate the rural economy. Link to Article

Farmers eye broadband in stimulus package

The Associated Press
The Topeka Capital-Journal
WICHITA — With the nation in the grip of the Great Depression, then-President Franklin Roosevelt used rural electrification as part of his New Deal relief package — gambling that supplying isolated farmsteads with inexpensive power would modernize agriculture, create jobs and stimulate the rural economy. Link to Article

US agencies face broadband stimulus challenges

Network World
By Grant Gross
U.S. government agencies may have a difficult time promptly allocating the US$7.2 billion for broadband deployment in an economic stimulus package recently passed by the U.S. Congress, two broadband experts said. Link to Article