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It didn’t take long for wireless computing and the mobility it affords to become an accepted part of the landscape of public spaces, offices and homes. But there was still a catch: you couldn’t stay connected outside of the hotspots offered at cafes, airports and hotel lobbies. WiMAX changes all of that as Baltimore becomes the first city in the country where a full-scale commercial wireless broadband rollout (offered by Xohm) will mean that users can actually roam wherever they want and connect to the Internet with notebook computers and Mobile Internet Devices. It opens the door for a wide range of embedded devices in things like parking meters, kiosks and anything else you can think of that would benefit from Internet connectivity. The launch features not only new WiMAX products from Xohm, but devices from handhelds to laptops that feature Intel’s new WiMAX enabled chips. You can follow WiMAX stories on blogs.intel.com/technology and scoop.intel.com. New to WiMAX? Learn more about WiMAX here and here. And see how WiMAX is being used to connect people with education, healthcare and new opportunities in developing countries. Tags: Baltimore WiMAX, Intel, Mobile Internet Devices, WiMax, Xohm

Intel s Craig Barrett says that private companies can t go it alone when trying to make a difference in developing markets, and neither can governments. In a visit to Malaysia, the chairman of the chip giant stopped off at Penang, where the company has committed itself to help local schools. Barrett, a former professor at Stanford University, is a big believer in education, especially in developing teachers. Barrett also appeared at the 16th World Congress on Information Technology where he delivered a keynote reaffirming his belief that real change can happen when governments and private industry team up. In this video podcast PodTech producer Jason Lopez captured Barrett s visits in Penang and in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. World Congress on Information Technology Blog Tags: Intel, Craig Barrett, Malaysia, ICT

In a surprise announcement at the 16th World Congress on Information Technology (WCIT) in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, Intel Chairman Craig Barrett informed a keynote audience that the world s biggest chipmaker would work together with Grameen Bank. The financial institution was started by Professor Muhammad Yunus as a way to provide credit to the rural poor in Bangladesh without collateral. Yunus was awarded the Nobel Prize for his efforts in 2006. In this podcast Barrett, along with Yunus via pre-recorded video, unveil the joint venture. Tags: Craig Barrett, Grameen, Intel, Muhammad Yunus, WCIT, World Ahead, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

Broadband connectivity is rapidly becoming a bottleneck issue for economic development around the world. As nations move into knowledge-based economies, an emphasis on information and communication technologies, or ICTs, is critical to addressing poverty and development concerns ranging from health and education to economic and industrial growth. Knowledge is the driving engine for economic growth, social development, cultural enrichment, and for political empowerment, according to Abdul Waheed Kahn, assistant director-general for communication and information at UNESCO. In this video podcast, he makes the case that enabling a knowledge workforce increasingly requires reliable access to information. As Intel s John Davies explains, more and more, that means bringing broadband to parts of the world where even basic economic development remains a challenge. IICD Communication Coordinator Hilde Eugelink explains how even simple, relatively small investments in education can have a significant impact on communities and economies. Hilde Eugelink is communication coordinator with the International Institute for Communication and Development and John Davies is vice president of Intel s sales and marketing group and the general manager of Intel s World Ahead initiative. Tags: Broadband connectivity, economic development, ICTs, Abdul Waheed Kahn, UNESCO, Intel, Hilde Eugelink, Hilde Eugelink, John Davies, World Ahead

Broadband access for the developing world was a key topic at the Third Global Knowledge Conference, held in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia in December 2007. Attendees there called for action items to to bring underdeveloped nations - including populations sometimes referred to as "the next billion" - into the connected world. Broadband services are an important component in the United Nation's Millenium Development Goals and have been identified as essential for social and economic development. Without broadband, PCs are useless. Without PCs, broadband is less needed. In this video podcast: broadband provider Alcatel-Lucent and chipmaker Intel forge a partnership at the GK3 Conference to help bring connectivity and PCs to the developing world.Tags: Broadband access, developing world, Third Global Knowledge Conference, the next billion, Broadband services, Millenium Development Goals, economic development, Alcatel-Lucent, Intel, connectivity

Nigerians are optimistic that basic technologies like mobile telephony and the Internet can change their country and their lives. As knowledge becomes power in emerging countries, people are making these technologies their own. In Nigeria, local companies are offering IT services to the developing market. One has even launched a mapping services for drivers in Lagos. The photograph pictured is of the Nigerian wireless communications regulatory agency -- equivalent to the FCC in the U.S. -- and figures prominently in the country's technological direction. PodTech's Jason Lopez traveled to Abuja, Nigeria and filed this podcast. Related Stories: Intel, IntelWorldAheadTags: mobile telephony, Nigeria, IT services, Lagos, wireless, Intel, IntelWorldAhead

Nigeria is a country in need of fast solutions and perhaps the fastest solution is needed in healthcare. Conferencing technologies, which many in the developed world yawn at, are critical to making telemedicine work. But there's more to deploying it than setting up cameras and laptops, otherwise companies like Intel--which is sponsoring such projects in the developing world--would have considered its mission complete years ago. There are other issues. PodTech's Jason Lopez witnessed a project while shadowing Intel Chairman Craig Barrett on a tour of the National Hospital in Abuja, Nigeria. Related Stories: Intel, IntelWorldAheadTags: Intel, IntelWorldAhead, Intel, intel world ahead, telemedicine, Craig Barrett, Nigeria

Nigeria’s education system is one of the targets of the UN’s Millenium Development Goals. Some of those goals are to reduce infant mortality, combat AIDS, malaria & other diseases, and of course improve education worldwide. The millennium goal for education is to ensure, by 2015, that all boys and girls complete a full course of primary schooling. In Nigeria only about 6 out of 10 kids attends primary school. In the poorest bracket many children who do go to school start late in terms of their ages and end up chronically behind. Intel's push to bring low cost laptops to school children in Nigeria is an effort to help the country meet the millenium development goals. PodTech's Jason Lopez was in Abuja, Nigeria for Intel covering Chairman Craig Barrett's visit and filed this podcast. Tags: Nigeria, Millenium Development Goals, infant mortality, AIDS, malaria, Abuja, Intel, Craig Barrett

In a country marked by influences -- Berber, Arab, Jewish, French, Spanish -- Morocco faces the challenge of absorbing one more: information technology. Countries like India, China, Brazil and Nigeria have seen the astonishing impact that simple PCs can have on an economy - but the key to unlocking the potential of an information-driven workforce is always the same -- education. Morocco wants to create its own Silicon Valley. Intel Chairman Craig Barrett visited the country to reaffirm the company's commitment to helping Morocco shorten its road to literacy. PodTech's Jason Lopez filed this podcastTags: Morocco, information technology, education, Silicon Valley, Intel, Craig Barrett, literacy, PodTech, Jason Lopez

Intel Chairman Craig Barrett, fresh from the Connect Africa Summit in Kigali, Rwanda, toured Nigeria's National Hospital in the country's capitol of Abuja, as well as a school in the Jabi district of the city. Barrett also serves as chairman of the UN's Global Alliance for ICT and Development (UN GAID). PodTech's Jason Lopez followed along and posted this audio podcast. More about the Connect Africa effort. Related Stories: IntelWorldAhead More info from Intel's World AheadTags: Intel, Craig Barrett, Connect Africa Summit, Kigali, Rwanda, Nigeria, Abuja, Jason Lopez, Connect Africa, IntelWorldAhead

Intel Chairman Craig Barrett is traveling this week in Africa, as part of an ongoing effort by the United Nations, the International Telecommunication Union and private enterprise to improve Africa's Information and Communication Technology, or ICT infrastructure. Barrett, who heads up the UN's Global Alliance for ICT and Development (UN GAID), is accompanied by PodTech's Jason Lopez, who files this podcast report from Lagos, Nigeria. The digital divide is at the heart of this week's Connect Africa Summit, but from Lopez's reporting so far, it's not just a digital divide. More about the Connect Africa effort Related Stories: IntelWorldAhead More info from Intel's World Ahead Photo by Zouzou Wizman, via Flickr/Creative CommonsTags: Intel, Craig Barrett, International Telecommunication Union, Information and Communication Technology, ICT infrastructure, Global Alliance for ICT and Development, UN GAID, Jason Lopez, Lagos, Nigeria, digital divide, Connect Africa Summit, Connect Africa, IntelWorldAhead

Broadband, connectivity, Wi-Fi, accessibility and education efforts are all priorities for the ongoing efforts in developing nations and regions around the globe. Intel, along with the United Nations and International Telecommunication Union (ITU), among others, is participating this month in the Connect Africa Summit, which aims to bring together human, technical and financial resources to speed development and improvement of Africa's Information and Communication Technology, or ICT infrastructure. Expanding broadband, wireless and mobile access technologies is the current push, after indications that Africa's general ICT development is lagging behind its unprecedented adoption of mobile phone technology (400 percent in just a few years - well ahead of projections). Dr. Hamadoun Tour is secretary-general of the International Telecommunication Union. His call for what he refers to as a "Marshall Plan for ICT infrastructure development in Africa," has been heard by the United Nations, and particularly by Intel Chairman Craig Barrett who, leading the UN's Global Alliance for ICT and Development, or UN GAID, is working to bring the leading ICT companies in Silicon Valley and around the world to the challenges in Africa. The United Nations's Millennium Development Goals are driving innovation around the world, as the challenge of reducing global poverty by half by 2015 looms. The Connect Africa effort brings together private enterprise and non-governmental organizations for a two-day summit in Kigali, Rwanda, beginning on October 29, hosted by Rwanda President Paul Kagame and John Kufour, president of Ghana and chairman of the African Union. Intel's World Ahead Program, established in May 2006, has already seen the chip maker pledge more than $1 billion over five years to bridge the digital divide and bring full access to technology to the developing world. Related Stories: IntelWorldAhead More info from Intel's World Ahead Some photos in video courtesy of: Paula Rey, ottmarliebert.com, Steve Evans, David Dennis, Lars Plougmann, BigBlonde, Dylan Walters, Paul IJsendoorn, Angela Sevin, Manuel Ebert, Andy Young, Nir Nussbaum, LindsayStark, Caroll Mitchell, futureatlas.com, Eric Lin, WRI Staff, Stig Nygaard, MadBursts, abaporu, and Miles Rausch of www.newsbleep.com via Flickr/Creative Commons LicenseTags: Broadband, connectivity, Wi-Fi, accessibility, Intel, United Nations, International Telecommunication Union, Connect Africa Summit, Information and Communication Technology, ICT infrastructure, mobile access technologies, Hamadoun Tour , Craig Barrett, UN GAID, Silicon Valley, Millennium Development Goals, Connect Africa, Kigali, Paul Kagame, John Kufour, World Ahead Program, digital divide, IntelWorldAhead

Intel research is a curious thing. The company is obviously known for making computer chips in which it invests billions of dollars on research and development every year. But lesser known and endlessly fascinating is the company's investigation into human activity itself. The chipmaking industry has gone from asking how to make faster chips, to asking how to make chips do exactly what users expect them to do. To achieve that is very difficult. In this podcast, Intel researcher Scott Manwairing investigates how people use money, especially as it transitions from a hard currency state to a digital one, and Hsain Ilahiane asks whether Muslim charities can reveal how to distribute technology access to the poor in the Islamic world. It's more than just about numbers. Tags: Intel, Scott Manwairing, Hsain Ilahiane

Three high school students, Dayan Li of Greenbelt, Md.; Dmitry Vaintrob of Eugene, Ore.; and Philip Streich of Platteville, Wisc.; were the winners of the Intel Foundation Young Scientists Awards at the Intel Science and Engineering Fair 2007 in Albuquerque, New Mexico. Li studied tumors and a way to monitor tumor marker genes in human cells. Vaintrob, a mathematician, evaluated ways to associate algebraic structures to topological spaces. Streich investigated carbon nanotubes and discovered properties that could make them useful as a supermaterial. PodTech's Jason Lopez was at the award ceremony and produced this podcast. Tags: Dayan Li, Dmitry Vaintrob, Philip Streich, Intel Foundation Young Scientists Awards, Intel Science and Engineering Fair, PodTech, Jason Lopez

At the Intel International Science and Engineering Fair 2007 in Albuquerque, New Mexico, one can't help but notice some very practical ideas that could land some enterprising 17 year-old a nice business deal. High school senior Ruby Kanda says she's got one. PodTech's Jason Lopez has the history of a gear set that could become a standard car part on hybrid automobiles. Tags: Intel, International Science and Engineering Fair, Ruby Kanda, PodTech, Jason Lopez

Do remember what you were doing at 17? For high school seniors JinJu Yi and Vijay Jain they'll look back at the integrated smart chip they developed for the early diagnosis of cancer. In this podcast they spoke with PodTech's Jason Lopez at the Intel International Science and Engineering Fair 2007 in Albuquerque, New Mexico. Tags: integrated smart chip, Jason Lopez, Intel, International Science and Engineering Fair

Can science do anything? Patrick Dalton used it to settle a difference with his mother. Then he created a hypothesis and a methodology. He lost. But the point is, he asked questions and tested his assumptions. Dalton was one of more than 1,000 high schoolers from more than 45 countries participating in Intel's International Science and Engineering Fair 2007 in Albuquerque, New Mexico. He spoke with PodTech's Jason Lopez. Tags: Intel, International Science and Engineering Fair, Jason Lopez

The high school kids who participate in Intel's International Science and Engineering Fair 2007 are certainly focused on their entry projects. Many will use their research in college, which could become the basis of future careers. For Atlanta, Georgia high school student Kari Jackson, helping to control insect pests is a step along the way toward working in space. Jackson talked about his project with PodTech's Jason Lopez at ISEF, which is underway in Albuquerque, New Mexico. Tags: Intel, International Science and Engineering Fair, Jason Lopez, ISEF

One can't have a science fair these days without Google or make that Gooclé at the Intel International Science and Engineering Fair 2007 in Albuquerque, New Mexico. Pictured is the brainchild of South Korean high school student Ukseong Moon, 16, who has come up with a way to use keywords to improve search relevance. He spoke with PodTech's Jason Lopez. Tags: Gooclé, Intel, International Science and Engineering Fair, keywords, search, Jason Lopez

Humans understanding (or misunderstanding) other humans couldn't be a bigger topic as the world gets smaller and the global population grows. One high school student looked at the abilities of elementary school children, from a mostly white community, to understand the facial expressions of other children of color. Brandy Buchanan is pictured in front of her booth at the Intel International Science and Engineering Fair 2007 in Albuquerque, New Mexico. PodTech's Jason Lopez posted this podcast interview. Tags: Intel, International Science and Engineering Fair, Jason Lopez

From the floor of the Albuquerque Convention Center, Intel's International Science and Engineering Fair provided a day full of compelling ideas. Listen to this podcast of three Malaysian high school students who have begun to study the possibility of using bananas to make ethanol for the Southeast Asian market. Pictured are Muhammad Naim As-siddiq, Mohammad Ashraaf Raiez and Aminuddin Bin Abdul Raheem. They spoke with PodTech's Jason Lopez. Tags: Intel, International Science and Engineering Fair, bananas, ethanol, Jason Lopez

At the Intel Research Labs in Berkeley, Calif., Alan Mainwaring told PodTech's Jason Lopez that technologies such as steerable antennas can give the poorest people in third world regions access to wireless services. Steerable antennas help reduce the cost of wireless infrastructure by allowing fewer antennas to serve more people. Tags: Intel, Alan Mainwaring, Jason Lopez

Intel Chairman Craig Barrett says Silicon Valley IT companies are in the right place at the right time to help the United Nations address the world's health, education, and economic problems. Barrett, who has been appointed the chairman of the U.N.'s Global Alliance for ICT and Development, says, "My job is to make sure that we don't talk a lot, but we do a lot." The Alliance will meet today at the the Computer History Museum in Mountain View, Calif., to discuss the role of Silicon Valley in the U.N.'s information technology goals. PodTech's Jason Lopez interviewed Intel's chairman at the company's headquarters in Santa Clara. Intel made this video possible. Related Stories: IntelWorldAhead More info from Intel's World Ahead Tags: Intel, Craig Barrett, United Nations, IntelWorldAhead

The United Nations is embarking on something new: a partnership with the private sector to address some of the developing world's most vexing issues in areas such as education, health care, economic development and government. Craig Barret, the chairman of Intel, has been appointed to chair the UN initiative called the Global Alliance for ICT and Development. GAID meets with Silicon Valley leaders for the first time at the Computer History Museum in Mountain View, Calif., for a series of panels and discussions about the ways IT solutions can help the U.N.'s efforts. PodTech's Jason Lopez spoke with Sarbuland Khan, executive coordinator for GAID. The podcast was made possible by Intel. Related Stories: IntelWorldAhead More info from Intel's World Ahead Tags: United Nations, Craig Barret, Intel, Global Alliance for ICT and Development, Sarbuland Khan, IntelWorldAhead

Intel will host a meeting between representatives of the the United Nations and business leaders in Silicon Valley to discuss ways of solving global problems such as access to health care, education and economic development. Craig Barrett, chairman of Intel, is also serving as the chairman of the UN group, The Global Alliance for ICT and Development. PodTech's Jason Lopez has this podcast preview. Commissioned by Intel. Photo used under Creative Commons license Tags: Intel, United Nations, Silicon Valley, Craig Barrett, The Global Alliance for ICT and Development, Jason Lopez