Full coverage: Internet
August 2005
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31.08.2005
Nigerian techies are developing the Solo, a computer that can withstand the dust, heat, and unreliable power supply common in their part of the world, and hoping the tropicalised PCs can connect greatly underserved Nigerians in rural areas with the rest of the country and the world.
Story linkFrom: Association for Progressive Communications Related topics/regions: [Nigeria] [capacity building] [Internet] |
29.08.2005
The MOST Ngo invited its partners, colleagues and the general public to take active participation in the preparation of the National Sustainable Development Strategy of Montenegro (NSDS) and to contribute with their ideas, visions, suggestions and criticism, to the improved work on this important document.
Story linkRelated topics/regions: [Serbia and Montenegro] [communications] [Internet] Image: NVO MOST
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29.08.2005
Afrikan mantereen tietoverkkoliikenne kulkee pian entistä lyhyemmän matkan ja tulee täten edullisemmaksi käyttäjälle. Tarjouskilpailussa Afrikan sisäisestä tietoliikenteestä karsiutui kaksi palveluntarjoajaa. Parempien yhteyksien uskotaan tuovan mukanaan kasvua ja lisäävän Afrikan sisäistä kauppaa.
Story linkFrom: OneWorld Canada Related topics/regions: [Africa] Image: © Radio Netherlands Wereldomroep
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29.08.2005
The European ministers of Justice and the European Commission want to keep all telephone and internet traffic data of all 450 million Europeans. If you are concerned about this plan, please sign the petition.
Story linkRelated topics/regions: [Europe] [civil society & ICT] [Internet] |
25.08.2005
Fondacioni Metamorphosis nga Shkupi ka publikuar, në faqen e saj të internetit, Udhëzuesin mbi Teknologjitë Komunikative dhe Informative (TKI-të), i pari në vargun e dokumenteve të dedikuara për TKI.
Story linkRelated topics/regions: [Macedonia (FYROM)] [communications] [Internet] [media technologies] |
25.08.2005
Internet traffic on the African continent will soon be travelling shorter — and, therefore, cheaper — routes. Transtel, one of the largest private telecommunication network operators in the southern hemisphere and a division of Transnet Limited was a successful bidder. The other was a joint bid from Africa Online, a pan-African ISP, and Sky Vision, a leading provider of international Internet services over satellite and terrestrial fibre optic systems.
Story linkFrom: International Development Research Centre Related topics/regions: [Africa] |
23.08.2005
Quand, dès l'âge de la maternelle, des enfants s’assoient pour la première fois devant un ordinateur équipé d’un logiciel en kiché, leur langue maternelle maya, les leçons dépassent de loin la maîtrise de connaissances élémentaires en informatique. Les élèves apprennent que leur langue et leur culture autochtones occupent une place essentielle dans leur société.
Story linkFrom: International Development Research Centre Related topics/regions: [capacity building] [culture] [education & ICT] [Internet] [knowledge & ICT] |
19.08.2005
Indian telecom expert Sam Pitroda feels that technology can build bridges between the masses and knowledge systems. Broadband, Internet portals, satellites, and so on could help revamp education and thereby allow India to be truly a part of the globalisation sweepstake that is sweeping the world.
Story linkRelated topics/regions: [India] |
17.08.2005
The International Fund for Animal Welfare, IFAW, warns that a number of rare species may face extinction due to the illegal Internet trade in exotic animals. Within one week the organisation found 146 live mammals for sale on the Internet black market including a two-year-old giraffe, an adult gorilla and baby chimpanzees.
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17.08.2005
Wi-Fi (Wireless Fidelity) Internet service, provided through BSNL’s Wi-Fi hotspots, are wireless broadband access points which allows people with laptops and wireless LAN PC cards to send and receive data at broadband speed — as long as they are close to one of these ‘‘hotspots’’.
Story linkRelated topics/regions: [India] [Internet] |
17.08.2005
Computer Aid International has shipped over 50,000 PCs to more than 90 developing countries. They have gone to educational institutions and community organisations working in HIV/Aids, environment, human rights, and primary healthcare.
Story linkFrom: Computer Aid International |
16.08.2005
This study investigates the Web Impact Factors (WIFs) for Iranian universities and introduces a new system of measurement. Counts of links to the web sites of Iranian universities were calculated from the output of AltaVista search engine.
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16.08.2005
This article reports a survey on the search habits of Internet users at the Medical University of Isfahan (MUI), a governmental university in Isfahan city, Iran. Efforts are on to find the search requirements related to the use of the Internet information.
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16.08.2005
The ability to effectively search and locate information on the Internet is an important skill for education and essential for success in the 21st century.
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16.08.2005
CNRI has been the home to the D-Lib Magazine since its inception in 1995. However, the Magazine’s evolution can be traced directly to efforts in the early 1990s, when CNRI executed the Computer Science Technical Reports (CSTR) project supported by DARPA leading to the multi-agency Digital Libraries Initiative (DLI).
Story linkRelated topics/regions: [Internet] |
15.08.2005
The traditional system of copyright protection is completely inadequate and unsustainable in the era of internet and new digital technology, concluded the seminar on information and communication technology held at the “Dom Omladine” in Belgrade.
Story linkRelated topics/regions: [Serbia and Montenegro] [Internet] [media technologies] Image: Copyrights set limits
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15.08.2005
Tradicionalni sistem zaštite autorskih prava potpuno je neodrživ u eri interneta i novih digitalnih tehnologija, ocenjeno je u Domu omladine Beograda, na seminaru o informacionim i komunikacionim tehnologijama.
Story linkRelated topics/regions: [Serbia and Montenegro] [culture] [Internet] |
15.08.2005
Companies that take the plunge into China's cyber-media market expect big dividends in return, but the price paid by ordinary Chinese is just as high. Wendy Ginsberg looks at the virtual and real-world environments that drive Western business to apply the kind of censorship that would never pass at home.
Story linkFrom: Index on Censorship Related topics/regions: [China] |
12.08.2005
The search machine operators inform the users about the way in which the search machine works; particularly the basic criteria of ranking are explained.
Story linkRelated topics/regions: [Internet] |
12.08.2005
This paper shall give a review of some recently published and some older books, which were published as second or third edition, on Information Ethics and Internet related topics.
Story linkRelated topics/regions: [Internet] |
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