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07.07.2005 President A P J Abdul Kalam launched the Amrita-ISRO Village Resource Centre (VRC), an innovative project for rural development utilising satellite technology, at the Amrita University campus at Coimbatore in Tamil Nadu.

07.07.2005 Bangladesh Government has already acquired 232 acres of land in Kaliakoir of Gazipur district to set up an IT (Information Technology) Village.

07.07.2005 Increasing numbers of people in different walks of life and professional roles are being confronted with the need to help others who are contemplating or attempting suicide as awareness and understanding of depression and suicide is growing.

06.07.2005 After years of struggle, the European Parliament finally rejected the software patent directive with 648 of 680 votes: A strong signal against patents on software logic, a sign of lost faith in the European Union and a clear request for the European Patent Office (EPO) to change its policy: the EPO must stop issuing software patents today.

06.07.2005 UGANDA Telecom (utl) has introduced a high-speed wireless Internet service.

06.07.2005 Computer society of India (CSI) in association with the Union Government and Nihilent Technologies have announced the e-Governance award 2004 in which Andhra Pradesh has bagged 5 five awards.

06.07.2005 The Hansard Society study points to research suggesting online activity has doubled since the 2001 polls and has made voters feel better informed.