It is time we begin to celebrate the impact of IT on education. Earlier this year, I wrote an opinion piece for IDG Connect about the increasing importance of science, technology, engineering and maths (STEM) qualifications. But even if we manage to attract greater numbers of STEM students, there is a growing gap between academic knowledge and the type of role-specific knowledge that makes it easy for...

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While web-based video streaming and digital audio has become increasingly sophisticated, the quality of photograph images viewed online has lagged behind. At the moment, if someone was to try to upload a high quality image for viewing on a PC, tablet or smartphone, the size of the image would compromise the delivery speed. So, what usually has to happen is that the quality and size of the image is reduced,...

Now is a good time to take stock of Internet Governance discussions: it is only a few weeks since ITU’s now-famed World Conference on International Telecommunications (WCIT) concluded in Dubai, and the U.S. House of Representatives is discussing an “Internet Governance Bill” which proposes to make it the “policy of the United States to promote a global Internet free from government...