PricewaterhouseCoopers Endowment reports advise government officials designing e-government solutions to follow the lessons learned in the private sector. The African continent has more than 10 percent of the world's population but less than one percent are Internet users. The Africa Technology Forum outlines strategic initiatives to close this yawning gap. A new report says congressional offices are being swamped by a digital flood of e-mail led by grassroots organizers and lobbyists who are, in effect, spamming. While all around them others are losing their heads, or at least their employees, Web infrastructure company is riding the outsourcing boom by adding employees from the suddenly deep talent pool.
Internet companies miss quarterly financial targets.
Web-based firms lay off employees. World reconsiders Morse code as online alternative. Well, two out of three may be true, but they're not the only stories coming out of the high tech sector. Add in the tattered reputation of a shamed Bobby Knight, and the results could be a million new users for the interactive game site. New study by Generations on Line shows the rapidly growing online senior segment seeking travel news and current events along with computer information.