January 27, 2008 by alikat.

poptech.org

“Pop!Tech is a one-of-a-kind conference, a community of remarkable people, and an ongoing conversation about science, technology and the future of ideas.”

You can listen to some inspirational podcasts like a presentation by Jessica Flannery the cofounder of Kiva.org, the first peer-to-peer microloan website. podcast

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January 16, 2008 by alikat.

Steve Jobs shows off the world’s thinnest laptop in Macworld 2008.more

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January 11, 2008 by alikat.

bbc.com

Sir Edmund Hillary, the first climber to scale the world’s highest peak, Mount Everest, has died aged 88. more

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January 8, 2008 by alikat.

2008 International Consumer Electronics Show January 7-10, Las Vegas

Check out CNET.com coverage of CES 2008. more

Official CES Site

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January 5, 2008 by alikat.

webscience.org

According to Sir Tim Berners-Lee and his colleagues at WSRI (Web Science Research Initiative), In order to

understand what the Web is
engineer its future
ensure its social benefit

we need a new interdisciplinary field that they call Web Science. more

2007 Lovelace Lecture

‘The Web: Looking Back, Looking Forward’

This lecture was held on Tuesday 13th March 2007 in London.

The speaker was Sir Tim Berners-Lee, director of the World Wide Web Consortium.

Watch the lecture (run time 1:29:23)

Sir Tim Berners-Lee’s Blog

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January 5, 2008 by alikat.

The MIT Program in Developmental Entrepreneurship (DE) focuses on design and implementation of commercially sustainable products and services for low-income communities around the world. more

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