Full coverage: ICT

31.07.2006 AMARC Asia-Pacific – http://asiapacific.amarc.org/ – is part of an international non-governmental organisation serving the community radio movement, with almost 3,000 members and associates in 110 countries.

31.07.2006 Greenpeace, a non-governmental organisation working for the conservation of the environment, on Tuesday alleged that the information technology (IT) company, Wipro, had failed to keep its promise to develop a policy to phase out toxins from its products.

31.07.2006 Radio is the most accessible medium to reach the greatest number of population in the rural areas. Supported by ENRAP, the Cordillera Highland Agricultural Resources Management (CHARM) Project implemented a school-on-air program to disseminate among farmers the best lessons learned during the project’s implementation in the provinces of Abra, Benguet and Mountain Province.

28.07.2006 The Minister of Panchayati Raj Shri Mani Shankar Aiyar informed the Lok Sabha today that his Ministry is preparing a mission mode project for e-governance at the Gram Panchayat level under the National e-Governance Plan.

28.07.2006 In a bid to establish a communication channel to support all its e-governance initiatives, the State Government of Haryana is planning to deploy a statewide area network that will connect the state head quarter office at Chandigarh to all the district head quarters at the Block/ Sub-Division/ Tehsil/ Sub- Tehsil levels.

28.07.2006 The UN theme for this year's International Day of Disabled Persons on December 3 - Improving access to new information technology for persons with disabilities - will help open up opportunities for the disabled and also integrate them better into the society.

25.07.2006 An important meeting is being organized at the United Nations in its New York City Secretariat on 29 August on the use of Free and Open Source Software (FOSS) in United Nations' programmes and at the UN itself. About 50-100 attendees are expected this important meeting.

25.07.2006 With these words from Constantine Cavafy’s poem Ithaca, she set out on what she hoped would be the beginning of some wonderful friendships on the Net. Instead, she is now living out a nightmare on the Net.

25.07.2006 The government is publishing guidelines to help schools, parents and pupils tackle the issue of "cyber-bullying".

24.07.2006 Can information technology be used to prevent and counter acts of terrorism? The question has gained utmost significance against the backdrop of the serial bomb blasts across Mumbai’s rail network.

24.07.2006 The Forest Survey of India (FSI) has vastly underestimated forest loss from degradation, according to scientists who used software instead of human eyes to interpret satellite images of forest cover.

22.07.2006 NEW YORK, July 22 (OneWorld) - A prominent rights advocacy group has launched a worldwide campaign this week against "big brothers" trying to block information on the Internet.

19.07.2006 Free Software Foundation Europe (FSFE) accoglie favorevolmente la decisione della Commissione Europea di comminare a Microsoft una multa di 1.5 milioni di euro al giorno retroattivamente dal 16 dicembre 2005, in totale 280.5 milioni di euro. Se Microsoft non si adeguasse entro la fine di luglio 2006, la multa giornaliera potrebbe essere raddoppiata. Queste multe sono una reazione alla mancanza continuata di adeguamento di Microsoft alla decisione della Commissione Europea di rendere le informazioni per l'interoperabilità disponibili ai concorrenti come precondizione necessaria per permettere un'equa concorrenza. "Microsoft è ancora lontana dal permettere la concorrenza tanto quanto lo era il giorno della decisione iniziale della Commissione nel 2004. Tutte le proposte fatte da Microsoft escludono deliberatamente Samba, il principale concorrente ancora rimasto. Sotto questa luce, le multe non sembrano essere né premature, né troppo elevate" - ha commentato Carlo Piana, avvocato milanese della FSFE.

19.07.2006 Hello. I’m sorry I can’t be with you today, but I’m grateful for the opportunity to say a few words about growth in Africa and the role of Information and Communication Technology.

19.07.2006 Me 12 Korrik, Qeveria e Kroacisë miratoi një document zyrtar të titulluar Direktivat për Zhvillimin dhe Përdorimin e programeve FOS në Institucionet dhe Administratën Shtetërore. Në dokument, qeveria pranon përgjegjësinë për zhvillimin, përgatitjen dhe sigurimin e zgjidhjeve FOS në zhvillimin e sistemeve të informacionit të administrates shtetërore.

18.07.2006 Last week, on July 12, the Government of Croatia adopted an official document titled Directions for Development and Use of Open Source Code Computer Programmes in Bodies and Institutions of State Administration. In the document, the Government accepts the responsibility to develop, prepare and procure open-source software solutions in the development of information systems of state administration bodies.

18.07.2006 Vlada Republike Hrvatske prošli je tjedan (12. 7.) usvojila dokument pod nazivom Odrednice razvitka i uporabe računalnih programa s otvorenim kodom u tijelima državne uprave kojim se obavezala da će u razvoju informacijskih sustava tijela državne uprave najvećoj mogućoj mjeri razvijati, izrađivati i nabavljati programska rješenja temeljena na upotrebi otvorenih normi.

18.07.2006 International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) has published a book on - Information and Communication Technologies for Development and Poverty Reduction: The Potential of Telecommunications.Drawing upon a series of case studies exploring the relationship between telecommunications and development in Bangladesh, China, India, Ghana, Laos, Peru, and East Africa, editors Joachim von Braun and Maximo Torero seek to answer critical questions that can help guide policymakers on how information technology affects the development of low-income countries.

17.07.2006 Radio content must be made more relevant to its audience to preserve the medium’s market share, told a Pacific media executive an international broadcasting conference in Singapore recently.

17.07.2006 The government will allocate RM3 million to help visually impaired students, mainly to provide access to Information Communication and Technology (ICT) facilities, Education Minister Datuk Seri Hishammuddin Tun Hussein said Sunday.