I was mentioning in a previous post the Technology Quarterly section of the most recent Economist edition. In that same section The Economist is announcing this year’s innovation awards. Below the excerpts describing my favourites among the winners:
Computing and communications: Janus Friis and Niklas Zennström of Skype, for the development of internet file-sharing and telephony using peer-to-peer technology, which allows millions of computers to link up over the internet without central co-ordination.
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