Singapore Surpasses U.S. As Top Tech Nation - Forbes.com
Singapore has displaced the United States as the top economy in
information technology competitiveness, according to the World
Economic Forum's latest annual Global Information Technology Report
released today. The U.S. drops from first to fifth in the rankings,
which measures the propensity for countries to exploit the
opportunities offered by information and communications technology
(ICT). Iceland, Finland and Denmark occupy positions two, three and
four out of 104 countries surveyed, with Iceland achieving the most
improvement among the top countries, moving up from tenth last year.
India and China significantly improved their positions climbing to
numbers 39 and 45, compared to 45 and 51 in 2003, respectively.
-- Steven Buehler | swbuehler@gmail.com
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