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Prasad Krishna
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4 Aug 2014
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We the goondasYou can now be arrested in Karnataka even before you commit an offence under the IT Act. You could be in jail under the Goonda Act even if not guilty under the Indian Copyright Act. If govt thinks you are planning to send a 'lascivious' …
4 Aug 2014
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Connecting the Next Two Billion: The Role of FOSSSunil Abraham was a speaker at this event organized by ICFOSS at the APrIGF in Noida on August 4, 2014.
4 Aug 2014
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APrIGF Delhi 2014 (Towards an Accessible Internet for People with Disabilities)Sunil Abraham was a speaker at this event organized by International Centre for Free and Open Source Software and ISOC, Australia on August 4, 2014.
3 Aug 2014
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'I'm going to ruin you, dear'Revenge porn is sweeping across the developed world. And now it's being seen in India. The culprit, says Prasun Chaudhuri, is often a former friend, partner, relative or colleague.
31 Jul 2014
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Kannada Wikipedia Presentation for Kannada Science WritersThe following is the media coverage for the Kannada Wikipedia presentation at the Central University at Gulbarga on July 30,2014, in Gulbarga edition of Prajavani Kannada daily, dated July 31.
30 Jul 2014
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The joys of being a WikipedianRadha Krishna, an engineer, had always wanted to share information online so that people who wanted to learn more could just log in and benefit by reading his articles. Eight years ago he started his own website for this very purpose. But …
30 Jul 2014
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Kannada Wikipedia PresentationThe following is a scanned copy of the media coverage for the Kannada Wikipedia presentation at the Kannada Science Writers workshop at Gulbarga on July 29,2014, in Gulbarga edition of Vijayavani Kannada daily, dated July 30.
29 Jul 2014
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India’s dedicated Cryptology centre gets Rs. 115 crore fundingWork on India's first dedicated cryptology centre – plans for which were first announced in June 2012 – will likely accelerate as the project has gained initial funding of Rs. 115 crore from the federal government, stepping up the nation's …
28 Jul 2014
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The trouble with trollsSocial networking sites give trolls the ability to hide their real identity and cause grief to others. Here is what you need to do if you face an online attack.
28 Jul 2014
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Telugu Wikipedia struggles to stay afloatFor a language that is spoken by 10 crore people, content is sparse.
28 Jul 2014
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Open Knowledge Festival 2014Subhashish Panigrahi represented India as the India Ambassador of OpenGLAM local in Berlin. The event was organized by Google, Omidyar, et.al., in Berlin from July 15 to 17, 2014.
28 Jul 2014
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Ministry of Science makes open access to research mandatoryResearchers who fail to meet the requirements would not considered for promotions, fellowships, future grants or appointments.
28 Jul 2014
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Information Influx ConferenceMalavika Jayaram was a speaker at the event organized by the Institute for Information Law, University of Amsterdam from July 2 to 4, 2014.
28 Jul 2014
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Indian Govt looks to provide free access to publicly-funded research worksSunil Abraham gave his inputs to the blog entry published in Medianama on July 23, 2014.
28 Jul 2014
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'Trolled' from US Congress, Wikipedia bans editsOnline encyclopaedia Wikipedia has issued a ten-day ban against an anonymous editor of its website located on the premises of the U.S. Congress, after the latter engaged in “disruptive editing,” on a wide range of subjects, from …
27 Jul 2014
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ICT Awareness Program for Myanmar Parliamentarians in YangonMyanmar ICT for Development Organization-MIDO conducted ICT policy training for multi- party parliamentarian representatives in Yangon on July 26 and 27, 2014. Sunil Abraham presented on Innovation Ecosystem and Thinking about Internet …
25 Jul 2014
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Plan for open access to science researchThe policy is open to comments from the public till July 25.
25 Jul 2014
24 Jul 2014
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#NAMA: The Future of Indic LanguagesMedianama is hosting an open house session on "The Digital Future of Indic Languages" at the Oberoi in Bangalore on Thursday, July 24, 2014. The event will begin at 4.30pm and be followed by cocktails and dinner. Subhashish Panigrahi will …
18 Jul 2014
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ವಿಕಿಪೀಡಿಯಾದಲ್ಲಿ kannada ವಿಶ್ವಕೋಶ : ಈಗ ಆನ್ ಲೈನ್ ನಲ್ಲಿ 6 ಸಂಪುಟಗಳು ಮುಕ್ತ…ಮುಕ್ತ…….ಮೈಸೂರು ವಿಶ್ವವಿದ್ಯಾನಿಲಯದ ಮೂರು ದಶಕಗಳ ಶ್ರಮದ ಫಲವಾಗಿರುವ ` ಕನ್ನಡ ವಿಶ್ವಕೋಶ’ ಇನ್ನು ಮುಂದೆ ಅಂತರ್ಜಾಲದಲ್ಲೇ ಉಚಿತವಾಗಿ ವೀಕ್ಷಿಸಬಹುದು. ಹೌದು, ಮೈಸೂರು ವಿವಿಯ ಈ ಮಹತ್ವಾಕಾಂಕ್ಷಿ ಯೋಜನೆಯನ್ನು ವಿಕಿಪೀಡಿಯಾ ಈಗ ಆನ್ ಲೈನ್ ಮೂಲಕವು ಲಭಿಸುವಂತೆ ಮಾಡಿದೆ.
18 Jul 2014
18 Jul 2014
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Terror recruiters target Indians on internetWhat's in a name? If it indicates your religious identity, then you could get trolled by strangers wanting to draw you in with videos on the importance of archaic customs and doctored accounts of world history.
18 Jul 2014
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Six Kannada encyclopaedias releasedThe first six online volumes of the University of Mysore's Kannada Encyclopaedia were launched on wikipedia's Creative Commons (CC) to mark the 'Muktha Jana Dina Dayu' (Dissemination of Knowledge) today.
18 Jul 2014
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Region as Frame: Politics, Presence, PracticeIAMCR's 2014 conference will take place in Hyderabad, India from 15-19 July. The conference theme is Region as Frame: Politics, Presence, Practice. The event is organized by International Association for Media and Communication Research.
18 Jul 2014
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Information & Communication Technology in Making a Healthy Information Society with special reference to use of ICTS in Educational TechnologyThe Department of Computer Science, Andhra Loyola College in collaboration with the Department of Computer Science, Krishna University will be organizing a UGC-sponsored National Seminar on August 11 and 12, 2014 at Andhra Loyola College in …
18 Jul 2014
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150 Rare Books Get New Lease of Life Online, Courtesy StudentsYou might have heard about Samkshepa Vedartham by Clement Pianius, the first book printed in Malayalam but might not have got a chance to read it.
16 Jul 2014
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ವಿಕಿಪಿಡಿಯಾಗೆ ಕನ್ನಡ ವಿಶ್ವಕೋಶಮೈಸೂರು ವಿಶ್ವವಿದ್ಯಾನಿಲಯವು ಇದೀಗ ವಿಕಿಪಿಡಿಯಾದಲ್ಲೂ ಹೆಸರು ಮಾಡುತ್ತಿದೆ. ಹಲವಾರು ವಿದ್ವಾಂಸರ ಅವಿರತ ಶ್ರಮದಿಂದ ರೂಪುಗೊಂಡಿರುವ ವಿಶ್ವಕೋಶಗಳು ವಿಕಿಪಿಡಿಯಾದಲ್ಲಿ ಲಭ್ಯವಾಗುವಂತೆ ಮಾಡುವಲ್ಲಿ ವಿವಿ ಯಶಸ್ವಿಯಾಗಿದೆ.
16 Jul 2014
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The Fifth Elephant in BangaloreHasGeek is organizing the Fifth Elephant in Bangalore at NIMHANS Convention Centre on July 25 and 26, 2014. The Centre for Internet and Society is a community outreach partner with HasGeek.
16 Jul 2014
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Soon, all 14 volumes of Kannada encyclopaedia to be onlineFour volumes have been uploaded so far on a pilot basis.
16 Jul 2014
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Living in a Fish BowlThough India needs a comprehensive law on the right to privacy, it may not be ready for something as avant garde as the “right to be forgotten” on the Internet, argues Shuma Raha