Internet

31.08.2007 The second Internet Governance Forum is taking place in Rio de Janeiro from 12 to 15 November, the participants of the event will gather in Geneva at the Palais des Nations on Monday, 3 September to discuss the details of the agenda and programme of the four-day meeting in Brazil.

30.08.2007 The government of an Indian state, Rajasthan has started putting in place a plan to make Jaipur a WiFi city by providing wireless Internet access throughout the city, as was announced by the Chief Minister in the budget speech earlier this year.

29.08.2007 British House of Lords has found in an inquiry of a personal online security that the internet supports a criminal economy, though the incidences of e-crime are huge but with no existence of accurate data. So the governments, the manufacturers of hardware and software, internet service providers, and the criminal justice system must act against burgeoning e-crime.

22.08.2007 An NGO in the South Indian state of Chennai has set up an Internet centre for visually challenged people to use cyber space for free. This is the only centre in the country, where visual challenged people can walk and brows.

21.08.2007 According to researchers at Tel Aviv University, the people who crave for computers first thing in the morning and obsessively check emails in the middle of the night are suffering from "Internet addiction disorder". They said that Internet addiction can be better diagnosed if treated like any other extreme and menacing addiction, such as kleptomania and pathological gambling.

21.08.2007 The mandate of the Advisory Group for the Internet Governance Forum (IGF) was renewed in order to assist in preparations for the next Forum meeting, to be held in Rio de Janeiro from 12 to 15 November.

13.08.2007 The All-India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) of India is moving one step forward by becoming paperless institute. The program aims to provide information and records of patients anywhere and anytime.

10.08.2007 The Kenyan Internet market is set for a big change as the players transform their strategies to take advantage of new opportunities. With legal VoIP, they are now no longer looking at just offering Internet access. Once the long-delayed interconnect agreements are sorted out, these newcomers will start making inroads into the voice market.

07.08.2007 Chennai City Corporation in the southern Indian state of Tamil Nadu will go paperless. It has proposed an e-governance plan with the help of Electronics Corporation of Tamil Nadu (ELCOT) on a budget of Rs 6.9 crores.

06.08.2007 Myanmar will implement a cyber village project that aims to enable every village in the country to have access to the Internet. Investment is being invited from the private sector for the establishment of public access centers in villages