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Technology is often seen in the West as a way of making our lives more efficient or as a way of having fun


But researchers have found big cultural differences between East and West when it comes to what people actually do with their computers and mobiles phones.

In many Asian countries, technology has become a tool for learning, religion and politics, says Intel ethnographer Genevieve Bell.



She has spent the past two years travelling in Asia, looking at how people are adapting technology to suit their own needs and priorities.

"We see all kinds of local reinventions of technology," says Dr Bell, "whether it is people in China using their mobile phones to get the lunar calendar or people using the digital version of the Times of India newspaper matrimonial section to find a spouse."

She says this kind of research is important in helping technology companies tap into social trends and influence the kind of products they offer.
 
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mini notebooks (computer laptops)
for poor students in hong kong

meanwhile in other reports:

Thailand along with

Brazil, Argentina, Libya, Nigeria, and Israel
have expressed interest in the machines
which have received support from Google, AMD,
Brightstar, News Corporation, and Red Hat.

Negroponte told Silicon.com
at the ITU Telecom World conference in
[b]Hong Kong that some wealthy countries,
including Finland, United Arab Emirates,
and France, have stepped forward
with offers to buy the computers
for developing countries including
Namibia, Pakistan,
and French-speaking African countries, respectively.

http://news.mongabay.com/2006/1206-olpc.html
 
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1st Japan-made communications satellite to be launched in August
Sunday 20th July, 05:53 AM JST


TOKYO —
Mitsubishi Electric Corp it has finished building the first Japanese-made communications satellite and started preparations for its launch on Aug 13.

The Superbird-7 satellite for Space Communications Corp, a unit of Sky Perfect JSAT Holdings Inc, has been transported to the Guiana Space Center, the launch site in French Guiana, Mitsubishi Electric said.

The new satellite will be the successor to Space Communications’ Superbird-C used for broadcasts. It will be launched on an Ariane 5 rocket of France’s Arianespace SA. It will remain at an altitude of 36,000 kilometers, 144 degrees east longitude in a geostationary orbit for 15-year operations.

All 18 satellites now used by Japanese broadcasters and telecommunications carriers are U.S. made.

Mitsubishi Electric is in charge of the design and construction of the new satellite as well as its launch and performance tests. The satellite was manufactured at the company’s Kamakura plant in Kanagawa Prefecture, southwest of Tokyo
http://www.japantoday.com/category/technology/view/1st-japan-made- communications-satellite-to-be-launched-in-august
 
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The Philippines has the third largest user base for YouTube in the Asia Pacific region, next to Japan and Australia, said Dipchand Nishar, senior director of Google for Asia Pacific products, in an interview here Friday..
http://newsinfo.inquirer.net/breakingnews/infotech/view/20080817- 155192/Google-focuses-on-mobile-apps-user-generated-content-in-RP
 
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