World's digital divide tackled at UN-Silicon Valley meeting

United Nations officials, technology executives and venture capitalists met in Silicon Valley Wednesday to discuss how to best narrow the growing gap around the world between Internet haves and have-nots. Participants at the meeting -- organized by the UN's Global Alliance for Information and Communications Technology and Intel Corp. -- discussed, for instance, the building of computer centers in poor countries and how Africa can get inexpensive broadband Internet services.

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