Online surveys and interviews, the observations of chat rooms or online games, data mining, knowledge discovery in databases (KDD), collecting biomarkers, employing biometrics, using RFID technology - even as implants in the human body - and other related processes all seem to be more promising,...

Since Richard Stallman has founded the GNU project and the Free Software Foundation (FSF) and at least since Open Source – especially LINUX – gains more and more users, economical success (Wheeler 2003) and public awareness, benefits and risks of non-proprietary software are widely discussed...

Development and Digital Divide – Interdependencies and Priorities. After a brief introduction of definitions and causes of the digital divide, particularly with regard to developing coun-tries, the so-called “Simputer” and “One Laptop per Child” projects, which were designed to close...

Online surveys and interviews, the observations of chat rooms or online games, data mining, knowledge discovery in databases (KDD), collecting biomarkers, employing biometrics, using RFID technology - even as implants in the human body - and other related processes all seem to be more promising,...