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02.06.2006 Foreign ministers from countries in Asia and the Middle East have backed a proposal to create an "electronic university" serving their regions by next year.

02.06.2006 Reuel Khoza, the chairperson of the Nepad Business Foundation says at least 21 African countries have now introduced e-schools. The initiative has the backing of President Thabo Mbeki.

01.06.2006 In this paper - 'Jefferson Rebuffed - The United States and the Future of Internet Governance', the authors have attempted at delineating the possible factors behind US resistance to internationalisation of internet governance through the WSIS process.

01.06.2006 I thank UDS-Telecentre and Plan-Uganda for setting up the first public access Internet services in Kamuli. Introduction of such services has saved a number of people the burden of travelling long distances to acquire the same elsewhere.

01.06.2006 Science and Technology Minister Prof. Tissa Vitharana while endorsing the importance of taking new technology to the rural sector pointed out that the poverty stricken community could not yet think of ICT getting into their homes.

01.06.2006 In this book entitled "Perceptions and practice: An anthology of impact assessment experiences" by Kay Sayce with Patricia Norrish provides the impact of several ICT-enabled developmental interventions in various regions of the world. Published by the Technical Centre for Agricultural and Rural Cooperation (CTA), the book explores the myriad effects of such projects through stories from the ground.

31.05.2006 A new cheap laptop trademark produced by an alliance of some local computer hardware companies in Viet Nam has been introduced to public.