communications

26.12.2005 First Amazon, then Google, and now a number of other players have launched initiatives to digitise print publications for Web indexing (and, in some cases, potential future sales models). While publishers have welcomed the added visibility which search-engine indexing brings, they have been concerned both at those initiatives which do not involve seeking rightsholder permission to digitise in-copyright works, and at the implications of third-party sales of all or part of their works.

23.12.2005 Discussants at the FOSS-PDI e-forum agree that OpenOffice offers some limitations in terms of performarmance and its development process. Nevertheless, recent developments provides a promising picture for this popular open source application.

23.12.2005 The first-ever hearing by Central Information Commission on a particular matter is going to decide how much water does the RTI law hold.

23.12.2005 It was a regulation satellite launch, but one that signals a great leap for Indian TV broadcasting. Insat 4-A, India's heaviest and most powerful communication satellite, was launched into orbit from the European spaceport of Kourou in French Guiana on Thursday.

23.12.2005 With a view to strengthening media coverage about the role of science and technology in agricultural development, CGIAR, in cooperation with Reuters Foundation, organized a media workshop in Marrakech during December 4-7, 2005.

21.12.2005 UNDP Asia-Pacific Development Information Programme runs a Centre of Excellence for Free/Open Source Software (FOSS) in the Asia-Pacific region - the International Open Source Network (IOSN). As part of its myriad activities, IOSN hosts a community operated portal at http://www.iosn.net.

21.12.2005 Më shumë se gjysma e popullatës në Serbi (55 për qind) përdorë kompjuterë, përderisa rreth 300,000 qytetarë përdorin internetin në baza ditore, tregon anketa e kryer nga Telekomi Serb dhe Qendra për Zgjedhje të Lira dhe Demokraci - CESID.

20.12.2005 Lidhja e internetit për të gjitha shkollat e vendit do të përfundojë deri në vitin 2008. Ky është synimi sipas masterplanit, prezantuar dje nga ministri i Arsimit dhe Shkencës, z. Genc Pollo, me prani edhe të kryeministrit z. Sali Berisha. Në vitin 2006 synohet të mbulohen me shërbim informatik 75% e nxënësve të shkollave të mesme dhe rreth 10% e nxënësve në shkollat 9-vjeçare.

20.12.2005 The SDC has redesigned its Internet platform with the aim of presenting its activities more clearly and giving visitors easy access to the vast range of information on the site.

20.12.2005 Banned by the Nepali king through an Ordinance, the pioneering community radio network that gave voice to thousands of rural Nepalis faced extinction, early this year.

20.12.2005 The basic idea of the Free Software Movement is that the user of software deserves certain freedoms. There are four essential freedoms, which we label freedoms 0 through 3. Richard Stallman elaborates the concept behind the free software.

20.12.2005 The Mountain Forum's new website is now online. It was launched on October 1, 2005.

20.12.2005 The report is a rich and graphic presentation of rural life in the former homeland areas of Eastern Cape, Kwazulu-Natal and Limpopo with the subjects of the study themselves engaged in participatory action research (PAR).

20.12.2005 At a press conference in Delhi, India, IBM executives plan to announce Monday that the company's Workplace Managed Client will be able to read, write and save documents in the OpenDocument format. OpenDocument, or ODF, is a standard set of document formats for desktop productivity applications.

20.12.2005 InfoTicker is a desktop application which runs raltime to gather information from the MSSRF website www.mssrf.org.

20.12.2005 The Hindu Media Resource Centre of M S Swaminathan Research Foundation is organising the media workshop “Managing Tsunami:Lessons of 26 December 2004”.

20.12.2005 The purpose of UNCT India is to provide information on the Development Assistance programmes and projects of the UN System in India.

20.12.2005 This new infoDev Study by SPINTRACK AB explores (1) opportunities for leveraging new technologies to increase access and functionality of existing infrastructure; (2) the design and implementation of open access models for infrastructure; and (3) the potential role of public financing in expanding infrastructure roll-out in SSA.

20.12.2005 This document is a guideline for replicating the Village Phone program in a new country. infoDev along with several other partners, supported this publication.

20.12.2005 This report aims to highlight opportunities for achieving core development objectives, by bridging the gap between demand and supply of ICT services to meet the information and communication needs of rural and underserved communities in Sub-Saharan Africa.