07-23-2007 “Island Tech”
On the Radar:
Google wants to buy the 700Mhz spectrum to create Open-Access Wireless
If you P2P you hate corn farmers
America is falling behind on broadband speeds
iPhone gets iPwned.
Microsoft wants you to pay a monthly fee for the next version of Windows
Interview:
Lee Klejnot joins us from St. Lucia in the Caribbean. He is there with the Peace Corps on a 2 year tour. We discuss how tech is relevant in a small fishing village. Topics include: the OLPC, island DSL, and how urgent it is to fill the digital divide.
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If you’d like to donate to the work Lee is doing in St. Lucia visit his blog at http://bigcountryleo.blogspot.com
If you are interested in volunteering in the Peace Corp visit http://www.peacecorps.gov