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11.05.2005 European academics and politicians have proposed an alternative project to counter Google's plans to create an online library of digitized literature.

11.05.2005 Information Technologies and International Development (ITID) is a leading MIT Press journal that focuses on the intersection of information and communication technologies (ICTs) with international development. ITID invites submissions for a special issue titled “Information Technology, Higher Education, and Sustainable Development: The Role of Universities in Building Knowledge Societies in Africa, Asia, and Latin America.”

11.05.2005 This interactive CD-ROM outlines how to use entertainment-education methodologies to produce radio serial dramas that are culturally sensitive and research-based.

11.05.2005 The Zimbabwean SW Radio Africa has been awarded the International Press Institute (IPI) 2005 Free Media Pioneer Award.

11.05.2005 Technology Review's Emerging Technologies Conference at MIT showcases the technologies that are poised to make a dramatic impact on our world.

11.05.2005 FOSSFP is a non-profit, charitable ICT foundation set up for assisting the enhancment of the abilities and capacity of individuals, groups, institutions, organizations, societies, and government in Pakistan by using Free/Open Source Software Solutions (FOSS) for their sustained economic and social development.

11.05.2005 UNEP's Global Environmental Monitoring System (GEMS) Water Programme launches GEMStat: a new online searchable database of global water quality data and statistics.