History of Computer Technology
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History of world telecommunications and media
Privatization of Internet
- Closing the Information Highway
- By Richard K. Moore, from "Toward Freedom", Dec 97/Jan 98. Elite domination of cyberspace
as crucial to globalization (imperialism).
- Wall Street Journal lies promote privatization of Internet essential functions
- 27 October 1998. Wall Street Joural's misrepresentation of the character of Internet to obscure its
privatization to preclude democratic control.
The Y2K problem
- The Year 2000 Bug Is a Menace, No Doubt About It
- By James P. Bond, coordinator of year 2000 operational initiatives at the World Bank,
International Herald Tribune, 27 January 1999. Developing countries are
ill-prepared, and are particularly sensitive.
- Y2K Trade Problems Loom For Poor Countries - UNCTAD
- Reuters, 3 July 1999. A senior official of U.N. Conference on Trade and
Development (UNCTAD) fears a lengthy trade disrupion for developing countries.
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