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One of the paradoxes of human nature is that we frequently use new technologies to speed up old tasks rather than as tools to explore new possibilities. In education, for example, many see the Internet simply as a way of putting their traditional texts,[...]

Internet for Education is a free online tutorial to help university students develop their Internet research skills.

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A month ago -- just ahead of the financial crisis -- it was calculated that the Internet, hedge funds and oil, among other sources of income, had resulted in more than 1,000 world-wide billionaires. A lot of books concern themselves with how such well-to-do[...]

The Internet has become an increasingly important feature of the learning environment for teenagers. Research by the Pew Internet & American Life Project in November and December 2000 shows that teens use the Internet as an essential study aid outside[...]

Exporting technology has always presented a dilemma for America. The country leads the world in most technologies and some of these give it a military advantage. If export rules are too lax, foreign powers will be able to put American technology in their[...]

Why worry about Internet access for poverty-stricken people in developing countries? Because a large disparity in income causes resentment, which may in turn lead to radicalism and to horrible attacks, such as occurred in New York, Washington and Pennsylvania.[...]