It didn’t take long for wireless computing and the mobility it affords to become an accepted part of the landscape of public spaces, offices and homes. But there was still a catch: you couldn’t stay connected outside of the hotspots [See the full post…]

In a surprise announcement at the 16th World Congress on Information Technology (WCIT) in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, Intel Chairman Craig Barrett informed a keynote audience that the world’s biggest chipmaker would work together with Grameen Bank. The financial institution [See the full post…]

Broadband connectivity is rapidly becoming a bottleneck issue for economic development around the world. As nations move into knowledge-based economies, an emphasis on information and communication technologies, or ICTs, is critical to addressing poverty and development concerns ranging from health [See the full post…]

Broadband access for the developing world was a key topic at the Third Global Knowledge Conference, held in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia in December 2007. Attendees there called for action items to to bring underdeveloped nations – including populations sometimes [See the full post…]

Nigerians are optimistic that basic technologies like mobile telephony and the Internet can change their country and their lives. As knowledge becomes power in emerging countries, people are making these technologies their own. In Nigeria, local companies are offering IT [See the full post…]

Nigeria is a country in need of fast solutions and perhaps the fastest solution is needed in healthcare. Conferencing technologies, which many in the developed world yawn at, are critical to making telemedicine work. But there’s more to deploying it [See the full post…]

Nigeria’s education system is one of the targets of the UN’s Millenium Development Goals. Some of those goals are to reduce infant mortality, combat AIDS, malaria & other diseases, and of course improve education worldwide. The millennium goal for education [See the full post…]

In a country marked by influences — Berber, Arab, Jewish, French, Spanish — Morocco faces the challenge of absorbing one more: information technology. Countries like India, China, Brazil and Nigeria have seen the astonishing impact that simple PCs can have [See the full post…]

Intel Chairman Craig Barrett is traveling this week in Africa, as part of an ongoing effort by the United Nations, the International Telecommunication Union and private enterprise to improve Africa’s Information and Communication Technology, or ICT infrastructure. Barrett, who heads [See the full post…]

Broadband, connectivity, Wi-Fi, accessibility and education efforts are all priorities for the ongoing efforts in developing nations and regions around the globe. Intel, along with the United Nations and International Telecommunication Union (ITU), among others, is participating this month in [See the full post…]

Intel research is a curious thing. The company is obviously known for making computer chips in which it invests billions of dollars on research and development every year. But lesser known and endlessly fascinating is the company’s investigation into human [See the full post…]

Three high school students, Dayan Li of Greenbelt, Md.; Dmitry Vaintrob of Eugene, Ore.; and Philip Streich of Platteville, Wisc.; were the winners of the Intel Foundation Young Scientists Awards at the Intel Science and Engineering Fair 2007 in Albuquerque, [See the full post…]

Do remember what you were doing at 17? For high school seniors JinJu Yi and Vijay Jain they’ll look back at the integrated smart chip they developed for the early diagnosis of cancer. In this podcast they spoke with PodTech’s [See the full post…]

Can science do anything? Patrick Dalton used it to settle a difference with his mother. Then he created a hypothesis and a methodology. He lost. But the point is, he asked questions and tested his assumptions. Dalton was one of [See the full post…]

The high school kids who participate in Intel’s International Science and Engineering Fair 2007 are certainly focused on their entry projects. Many will use their research in college, which could become the basis of future careers. For Atlanta, Georgia high [See the full post…]

One can’t have a science fair these days without Google — at the Intel International Science and Engineering Fair 2007 in Albuquerque, New Mexico. Pictured is the brainchild of South Korean high school student Ukseong Moon, 16, who has come [See the full post…]

Humans understanding (or misunderstanding) other humans couldn’t be a bigger topic as the world gets smaller and the global population grows. One high school student looked at the abilities of elementary school children, from a mostly white community, to understand [See the full post…]

From the floor of the Albuquerque Convention Center, Intel’s International Science and Engineering Fair provided a day full of compelling ideas. Listen to this podcast of three Malaysian high school students who have begun to study the possibility of using [See the full post…]

Intel’s International Science and Engineering Fair has been described as a junior Nobel Prize competition, as more than a thousand high school kids from around the world come together to show their work and make connections. Intel Chairman Craig Barrett, [See the full post…]

At the Intel Research Labs in Berkeley, Calif., Alan Mainwaring told PodTech’s Jason Lopez that technologies such as steerable antennas can give the poorest people in third world regions access to wireless services. Steerable antennas help reduce the cost of [See the full post…]

Intel Chairman Craig Barrett says Silicon Valley IT companies are in the right place at the right time to help the United Nations address the world’s health, education, and economic problems. Barrett, who has been appointed the chairman of the [See the full post…]

The United Nations is embarking on something new: a partnership with the private sector to address some of the developing world’s most vexing issues in areas such as education, health care, economic development and government. Craig Barret, the chairman of [See the full post…]

Intel will host a meeting between representatives of the the United Nations and business leaders in Silicon Valley to discuss ways of solving global problems such as access to health care, education and economic development. Craig Barrett, chairman of Intel, [See the full post…]

Intel chairman Craig Barrett discusses the World Ahead Program which the company established in May 2006. Intel has pledged over $1 billion over the next five years, to bring internet coverage to various regions around the world. According to Barrett, [See the full post…]

SANTA CLARA, Calif., September 20, 2006 (PodTech News) — Intel has chosen to help develop the the IT infrastructure of the Amazon — not the online seller but a portion of the actual river. The initiative is a part of [See the full post…]