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12.08.2005 This article will explore the relation of search engines to the freedom they invoke in human subjects.

12.08.2005 Search engines have become an integral part of our Internet use. They shape the way we look at the world, they provide orientation where there is none; but the maps they draw are too often hijacked by commercial interest.

12.08.2005 Search engines play an increasingly pivotal role in the distribution and eventual construction of knowledge, yet they are largely unnoticed, their procedures are opaque, and they are almost completely devoid of independent oversight.

12.08.2005 This article criticizes current research on the digital divide as being mainly descriptive, starting from a too simple criterion of access and failing to consider the many origins and consequences of differences in IT access.

12.08.2005 By virtue of their physical make-up, their cultural and linguistic diversity, and the relative isolation and spread of their population, Pacific Island countries are faced with a multitude of challenges in the delivery of information services.

12.08.2005 The diffusion of the Internet (and its accompanying digital divides) has occurred at the intersection of both international and within-country differences in socioeconomic, technological and linguistic factors.