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25.10.2007 The second Internet Governance Forum to be held at Rio, Brazil from 12-15 November will discuss related issues and make relevant recommendations to the international community.

14.09.2006 The Prime Minister of India and the Presidents of Brazil and South Africa underscored the importance of working together towards a people-centered, inclusive and development-oriented Information Society and renewed their support for the results of the World Summit on Information Society (WSIS), held in Geneva and Tunis, in 2003 and 2005, respectively.

02.05.2006 When we talk about TV in Brazil, we mean something big, really big. Television has ultra high penetration and influence in this country -- 98% of the population watches it at least once in the week (anatel). And soon this household electronic unit will be the central icon in the national mobilization of attention to the World Cup games in Germany. As the Brazilian soccer team fights in the German fields in June to maintain global sovereignty most of the population will be glued to the TV. This is the context in which the debate about the digital TV implementation is arriving and the open network is again holding the most productive exchange of ideas and arguments on the issue.

21.02.2006 This work sets out to explore the Brazilian information society and sustainable development programs, in an effort to locate intersection points and to identify how information society polices can collaborate in the reduction of regional inequalities in Brazil.

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07.07.2005 What do dot-ORG projects in Mali, Brazil, Macedonia and Uganda have in common beyond the fact that they all involve the provision of some form of information technology?

05.07.2005 The Global Networked Readiness in Education survey seeks to aid school leaders and policymakers by helping them to examine the role and effects of integrating information and communication technologies (ICTs) into formal learning.

06.06.2005 "The number one reason for this change is economic," says Sergio Amadeu, who runs the government's National Institute for Information Technology.

26.05.2005 The second Latin American and the Caribbean Conference on Free and Open Source Software Development and Usage will be held from 28 September to 1st October 2005 Recife and Olinda, Brazil.

04.02.2005 Rural community projects in Brazil, Bolivia, and South India are all inaugural winners of the Yeomans Award for Local Content, demonstrating how new technologies can benefit poor communities.
From: Open Knowledge Network

08.11.2004 The Information Network for the Third Sector (RITS) is drawing up a blueprint for 1,000 telecentres across poor municipalities of Brazil. RITS is already working in Sao Paolo to establish more than 100 free internet access points by providing human resource and free software courses.

08.11.2004 A low-income settlement in Rio de Janeiro is using the web to fight social inequality and resolve issues that concern the community. Residents double up as journalists and photographers for the Viva Favela website to produce stories that are giving researchers rare insights into urban life.

04.11.2004 Private and government representatives met in Brazil to discuss and strengthen the security of information and communications technologies. The meeting agreed that increased use has made ICTs more vulnerable to security threats and suggested a strong technical and regulatory framework.

03.11.2004 The Brazilian government has started a lengthy process of shifting its 300,000 computers from proprietary to open source software, which it hopes will cut down costs by 97 per cent. Despite the technological difficulties and resistance from IT giants, the government aims to install the software in 30 per cent of its computers by September 2005.

25.10.2004 Brasilian julkisen sektorin käytössä olevat noin 300 000 tietokonetta siirtyvät vapaisiin ohjelmistoihin, jotka perustuvat Linuxin tavoin kaikille avoimeen lähdekoodiin. Taloudelliset säästöt ovat tärkein motiivi, mutta presidentti Lula da Silvan johtama vasemmistohallitus tavoittelee myös teknologista riippumattomuutta kaupallisista yrityksistä.

12.10.2004 Police have shut down Radio Restinga, a community station broadcasting in a Brazilian neighbourhood from where the World Social Forum was launched. Ironically, the radio station had a few months ago been hailed as an example of a successful community media channel.

03.09.2004 The government of Brazil is opting for open source software under a plan to reduce IT expenditure and dependence on licensed software. The plan, hopes the government, will help it save millions of dollars being paid as licence fees.

13.05.2004 Some 20000 Portuguese titles can be accessed online thanks to a new initiative launched by the UNESCO and the Brazilian government.

22.04.2004 Dinamismo e cooperação. Unindo forças e tendo estes dois valores como lema, ex-alunos de uma EIC do CDI criaram junto com profissionais do centro comunitário uma cooperativa que oferece serviços de informática e manutenção de redes. A Dinamicoop já está proporcionando uma série de novas possibilidades de trabalho aos integrantes do CEACA, - Centro Comunitário Lídia dos Santos, no Rio de Janeiro, com perspectivas de expansão de suas atividades.

08.03.2004 India, Brazil and SA have planned a number of collaborative projects in the areas of distance education, bio-energy, e-medicine and e-commerce. These will form part of a range of projects intended to promote deeper international co-operation.