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20.08.2007 According to reports by the World Bank, a number of countries in Africa have a low research and the trend was attributable to the minimal number of scientists and engineers. The reports recommended the attention on the development of scientific and industrial research base in the continent for significant progress in developing high-tech products export industry.

20.08.2007 Internet and IT law expert of Thailand condemned the government for illegally blocking of websites and the use of threats and intimidation tactics against webmasters by government officials. As per the law the Communications Technology Ministry should seek court orders for banning websites.

17.08.2007 The first conference on the use of Web 2.0 for rural development and natural resource management will take place from 25-27 September in Rome. 40 speakers have been selected from organisations with various backgrounds from North and South, among them the representatives will be from IBM, Oxfam and UNESCO.

17.08.2007 The government of the south Indian state of Karnataka will assist communities in setting up 12 community radio stations to empower rural people.

17.08.2007 Yahoo and Naver have launched user-friendly mobile services that offer more intuitive, personalized and easy-to-use searching and also increase competition among big Internet firms.

16.08.2007 The latest (2006-2007) World Economic Forum Global Information Technology report shows that African countries are still lagging behind in terms of using opportunities offered by ICT so needs to enlarge efforts in the development and application of ICT in all the sectors of the economy to compete globally.

16.08.2007 Ministry of Communications, Science and Technology, Botswana, will present a cyber crime bill in their parliament to guard against online crime in areas of e-commerce and for the Information and Communications Technology (ICT) Policy to succeed in business and other development transactions.