Articles in the category opinion

The battle of words between a number of Internet pioneers on the one hand (De Morgen 7/2) and Minister Van Quickenborne on the other (De Morgen 8/2) about the openness of the Internet makes us feel hopeful. It proves that the obstacles to the openness of fixed and mobile Internet that have been present for a long time have finally entered the public forum. What has led to this discussion is the power given to Apple, for the iPad in this case, to impose all kinds of rules and taxes on our local media. Read more...

This article is about Digital Society Department, IBBT-MICT-UGent, IBBT-SMIT-VUB, iLab.o, Pieter Ballon in the category opinion.

All challenges are different, but explaining social networking sites to senior citizens is something else! Facebook for Seniors. It makes a nice change from researchers with double negatives and questions about PSAP. Read more...

This article is about Digimeter, Facebook, iLab.o, Social & Secure ICT, Youtube in the category opinion.

Evolutions and innovations in our knowledge based internet society, that was the recurring theme throughout the iMinds congress iBBT organized on Thursday December 16th in Gent. iMinds was part of the Future Internet Conference Week. How do we deal with all the data we created since the start of internet? How do companies implement these data in their business plan? Read more...

This article is about Alcatel-Lucent, Clear2Pay, Future Internet Conference Week, innovation, Neelie Kroes, Nico Verplancke, Peter Hirshberg, Plug & Play, Televic in the category opinion.

What will internet have to offer in the future? How will digital innovation change our lives? These and many other questions are focused in in the Future Internet Conference Week, from December the 13th till the 17th. José Delameilleure, our blog contributor will rouse your interest with a weekly teaser. Read more...

This article is about Future Internet Conference Week, innovation, Internet of the Future in the category opinion.

What will internet have to offer in the future? How will digital innovation change our lives? These and many other questions are focused in in the Future Internet Conference Week, from December the 13th till the 17th. José Delameilleure, our blog contributor will rouse your interest with a weekly teaser. Read more...

This article is about Future Internet Conference Week, Internet of the Future in the category opinion.

What will internet have to offer in the future? How will digital innovation change our lives? These and many other questions are focused in in the Future Internet Conference Week, from December the 13th till the 17th. José Delameilleure, our blog contributor will rouse your interest with a weekly teaser. Read more...

This article is about broadband, Future Internet Conference Week, Internet of the Future in the category opinion.

In the evening prior to the Co-summit of ITEA and Artemis, IBBT organized a Flemish Nocturne at the ICC in Ghent. Several speakers highlighted the importance of scientific research for companies both big and small. Wim De Waele of IBBT called out to scientists to undertake groundbreaking research. Read more...

This article is about Alcatel-Lucent, ARTEMIS, Flemish Nocturne, IBBT-IMEC-NES, ITEA, IWT, Spikes, Wim De Waele in the category opinion.

Do you still remember Second Life? The online virtual world national media seemed obsessed with hyping it up in 2007? You probably do, don’t you? In 2009 the Belgian media stated that SL had become a ghost town, with deserted companies and sleeping avatars. But SL is still alive. Only the hype ceased to exist. IBBT-SMIT-VUB researcher Katleen Gabriëls blogs about the way the traditional press handles new media such as Second Life. Read more...

This article is about IBBT-SMIT-VUB, Katleen Gabriëls, Second Life, Virtual Reality in the category opinion.

Tension between the Flemish television broadcasting companies and the network operators seems to be mounting. In recent months a letter from VRT, VMMA and SBS to Telenet and Belgacom TV was leaked.In this letter they stated that the facility offered by digital TV for recording programmes was undermining their relationship with viewers and decimating their revenues. Read more...

This article is about IBBT-SMIT-VUB, Olivier Braet, Pieter Ballon in the category opinion.

Clearly, it all begins with the way in which the proposition of Minister Smet is being announced in the media: deredactie.be headlines “Smet: Gaming should be allowed in class” on DSO we read: “Minister Smet pleads for games in the class”. Beside the article, there is a hungry-for-spectacle picture with gaming children in a some situation and one must think that the quote regards bloody, addictive playstation games. Not! Read more...

This article is about Pascal Smet, serious gaming in the category opinion.