Tools & Technology Applications for Sustainability

Technology enabling sustainability metrics and reporting.

A brief introduction to recent technology trends related to the implementation of sustainability metrics and reporting, change management issues and product examples.

Taking the Pulse of Technology at Davos

At Davos, the Johnny Appleseed of the digital era shares his ambition to propagate a $100 laptop in developing countries.

NASA Dryden Flight Research Center Deploys Advanced Hazardous Material Management Program With Oracle Sensor Technology

Oracle and NASA Dryden Flight Research Center, Edwards, Calif., today announced the successful deployment of ChemSecure, an extensive pilot program aimed at improving the management of hazardous materials to enhance security and safety, while significantly reducing ongoing supply chain costs.

Tool for Thought

The word processor has already changed the way we write, but new software for searching personal documents may actually change the way we think.

Ask Jeeves Inc. to Be Bought for $2 Billion

IAC/InterActiveCorp, the Internet company headed by Barry Diller, is close to an agreement to acquire Ask Jeeves Inc., the nation's fourth-largest search engine company.

Whose Patent Is It, Anyway?

In one sector after another, companies warn that China's swift industrial rise is being greased by brazen and increasingly sophisticated theft of intellectual property.

An Update on Stuff That's Cool (Like Google's Photo Maps)

A "where are they now?" report on Skype telephone calls, Google Maps and access to National Weather Service data.

Marrying Maps to Data for a New Web Service

Yahoo, Google and Microsoft are creating map services that offer contextual advertisements tied to specific locations.

When the Blogger Blogs, Can the Employer Intervene?

After several high-profile incidents of bloggers being fired by their employers, companies are finally addressing the problems of employees who may be telling the world their business.

How to Make Phone Calls Without a Telephone

A variety of Internet phone calling, called PC-to-phone service, is gaining momentum, allowing PC users with high-speed connections to make calls and receive calls from regular phones. A look at some of the offerings.

Governments Tremble at Google's Bird's-Eye View

Google Earth, software that marries satellite images and mapping capabilities, has caused alarm over its display of sensitive sites.

Here's an Idea: Let Everyone Have Ideas

A Linux-style approach taps masses of people for inspiration.

The Many Voices of Wikipedia, Heard in One Place

About 400 people attended the second annual Wikimania conference, an event that showed far more professional trappings than the first.

From Digital Divide to Digital Dividend: What Will It Take?

Sir John Daniel and Paul West explore the difficulties inherent in bringing postsecondary education to developing countries. While current research points to online education as the best financial alternative for these impoverished countries, cross-border educational solutions are largely unavailable, making local solutions a necessity. Daniel and West advocate the use of open source educational resources (OERs), now more accessible than ever, in creating online postsecondary programs. They provide considerations to guide the use of OERs in developing nations, address infrastructure and policy issues that must be addressed to support widespread implementation of online learning, and provide suggestions for making good Internet bandwidth affordable to institutions and ensuring that students have access to it. They provide a useful plan for bridging the digital divide and making digital dividends accessible for economically disadvantaged populations worldwide. Note: This article was originally published in Innovate (http://www.innovateonline.info/) as: Daniel, J., and P. West. 2006. From Digital Divide to Digital Dividend: What will it take?. Innovate 2 (5). http://www.innovateonline.info/index.php?view=article&id=252 (accessed July 10, 2006). The article is reprinted here with permission of the publisher, The Fischler School of Education and Human Services at Nova Southeastern University.

Google Deal Will Give News Corp. Huge Payoff

Google has won a bidding war to provide search services and advertising to MySpace.com and other News Corporation sites.

Their Crime: Playing iTunes on Devices Not Named iPod

A protest in Paris reflects a growing concern that laws intended to prevent digital piracy place unacceptable limits on the use of legally purchased songs and videos.

In Web World, Rich Now Envy the Superrich

Envy may be a sin in some books, but it is a powerful driving force in Silicon Valley, especially with talk of a second dot-com boom.

Patent Lawsuit Names Leading Technology Firms

 

Young Turn to Web Sites Without Rules

While sites like YouTube and Myspace crack down on nudity and violence, new sites are treading into the realm of unfiltered live broadcasts.

Protecting Internet Democracy

Net neutrality is vital to preserve the Internet’s role in promoting entrepreneurship and free expression.

Social-Networking Sites Open Up

Facebook, Friendster, and others are starting to let third-party developers build new features to attract more users—and profits by Olga Kharif

At Social Site, Only the Businesslike Need Apply

In the midst of Silicon Valley’s recession-proof enthusiasm for community-oriented Web sites, LinkedIn, the most boring of the social networks, is grabbing the spotlight.