Key Differences Between Web 1.0 and Web 2.0

Among Web 2.0’s key attributes are the growth of social networks, bi-directional communication, diverse content types, and various “glue” technologies, and the authors note that while most of Web 2.0 shares the same substrate as Web 1.0, there are some significant differences. Features typical of Web 2.0 Web sites include users as first class entities [...]

Designers on Quest to Build $12 Computer

A group of computer designers at MIT’s International Development Design Summit are trying to develop a $12 computer. Derek Lomas is basing the computer on a device he saw people using in Bangalore, India, in which a cheap keyboard was combined with a Nintendo-like device and connected to a home TV. Lomas and others at [...]