Research and Learning (2006)
Orange, Vodafone and VOIP - reduced functionality of multi-function devices
Here's an interesting article:
Orange and Vodafone cripple Nokia's flagship
I do understand why some service providers might wish to cripple handsets in this way, but I don't agree that it should be done. The Orange model is particularly odd. They'll encourage you to subscribe to their Internet service, with a Livebox to make calls via the Internet, but if you take a Nokia N95 from them they'll prevent it from making calls via the Internet.
social networks providing their own storage - TFS
Following a recent seminar Taking sides: STS research as policy leader or tool for evil (or both) I wrote to colleagues:
> ... Visualise: a future in which communities become Internet service providers to themselves ... application providers to themselves ...
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Integration Value Chains and Profits: Drivers of Development
The document and presentation related to the seminar presented by Professor Sherman Robinson - 8 March 2007
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Integration, Value Chains, and Profits: Drivers of Development
Dear research and student community,
The next Technology and Development Group Seminar will be presented by Professor Sherman Robinson, from School of Cultural and Social Studies and Institute of Development Studies.
40 Years of SPRU – Video Documentary
News
During the SPRU 40th Anniversary Conference a group of volunteers interviewed some of SPRU most distinguished friends present to the occasion. These interviews aimed to register in video stories about significant events in different generations of SPRU history, as well as aspects of its research impact and culture that have made it a vibrant place to work for the past four decades.
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Project on video game development process mapping and improvement at CENTRIM
In one of the most anticipated gadget announcements in recent years, Apple has introduced the "iPhone", a mobile device that CEO Steve Jobs promised will reinvent the phone.
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