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Prasad Krishna
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10 Aug 2013
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Wikimedia Asia MeetingT.Vishnu Vardhan and Subhashish Panigrahi from the Access to Knowledge team at CIS participated in the Wikimedia Asia meeting in Hong Kong on August 10, 2013.
10 Aug 2013
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Chinese hackers baiting Indian govt, corporate employees: reportHackers using fake subject headings to get users to open virus-laden email attachments.
8 Aug 2013
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Meme’s the word nowPoliticians are always seen doing things. Even if they are not doing something, they are talking about doing things. And so on oodles of internet memes and on Tumblr sites, especially, they are shown "doing things".
8 Aug 2013
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India’s Indigenous Languages Drive Wikipedia’s GrowthDespite accommodating the world’s second largest English-speaking population behind the United States, it is India’s indigenous language speakers that are creating and consuming the content that is driving Wikipedia’s growth on the …
8 Aug 2013
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Facebook: Limiting access to social media can restrict freedom of speechIn its counter-affidavit to the PIL in the Delhi high court, Facebook has argued that limiting access to social media can limit an individual's freedom of speech and expression.
8 Aug 2013
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e-DIRAP Google+ Hangout on Open GovernmentThe e-DIRAP Hangout on Open Government was held on Thursday, July 25, 2013. The Hangout brought together nine professionals from Australia, India, Indonesia, Japan, Malaysia and the Philippines to discuss open government initiatives in …
7 Aug 2013
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Token disclosures?Snowden’s Xkeyscore expose makes a mockery of Twitter’s transparency revelations.
7 Aug 2013
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Beyond Property Rights: Thinking About Moral Definitions of OpennessIt is hard for Westerners to realize just how much we take for granted about intellectual property, and in particular, how much the property owner’s perspective--be it a corporation, government or creative artist--is embedded in our view of …
6 Aug 2013
2 Aug 2013
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Stress on posting articles on Kannada WikipediaA workshop to be held on CPDPS premises on August 6.
1 Aug 2013
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Wikipedia Gains Massive Traffic Thanks To Vernacular LanguagesThe blog post was published in Before It's News on August 1, 2013. T. Vishnu Vardhan is quoted.
1 Aug 2013
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Wikipedia boom in vernacular languagesThe number of Wikipedia entries in vernacular languages has grown substantially in the last eight months
1 Aug 2013
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Wikipedia boom in Marathi, Malayalam and other desi languagesA vibrant vernacular Wikipedia seems to be taking root in India. In the last eight months, the number of Wikipedia entries has grown substantially in 20 Indian languages, says a study by the Bangalore-based Centre for Internet and Society …
30 Jul 2013
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Your telco could help spy on youTelecom minister gives approval to changes in rules for mobile licences to enable such mass surveillance.
30 Jul 2013
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South Asia Conference on Higher EducationThe Higher Education Innovation and Research Applications (HEIRA), Centre for Study of Culture and Society is hosting the South Asia Conference on Higher Education at the Ford Foundation office in New Delhi from August 5 to 7, 2013. Sunil …
30 Jul 2013
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Konkani Wikipedia next?A quarter of the world’s Konkani speakers live in Goa. Which is why it should cheer us up to know that a Konkani Wikipedia is being shaped up. But unless more and more of us contribute, the project might never go online.
30 Jul 2013
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Google brings tabs to sneak advertisements into your inboxThe shift away from desktop browsing to mobile web has put the squeeze on Google's advertising revenues from traditional payper-click . But the tech giant is trying to set things right by sneaking ads into the user's inbox.
29 Jul 2013
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ଓଡିଆ ଉଇକିପିଡ଼ିଆର କର୍ମଶାଳା ଅନୁଷ୍ଠିତ ହୋଇଯାଇଛି ବୀର ସୁରେନ୍ଦ୍ର ସାଏ ବୈଷୟିକ ବିଶ୍ୱବିଦ୍ୟାଳୟ, ବୁର୍ଲାରେOdishan.com covered the Wikipedia event organized at Veer Surendra Sai University of Technology, Burla on July 26 and 27, 2013.
29 Jul 2013
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Odia Wikipedia Workshop at VSSUT, Burla (Coverage in the Sambad)An Odia Wikipedia workshop was organized on July 26 and 27, 2013 at Veer Surendra Sai University of Technology, Burla. The Sambad (Sambalpur edition) covered the event.
28 Jul 2013
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ଉଇକିପିଡ଼ିଆ:ମେଳଣ/ବୁର୍ଲା (ସମ୍ବଲପୁର)There was a news coverage on The Sambad, Sambalpur edition about the Odia Wikipedia workshop organized on July 26 and 27, 2013 at Veer Surendra Sai University of Technology, Burla.
28 Jul 2013
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Guilty until Proven Innocent: Pirates, Pornographers, Terrorists and the IT Act in IndiaThe Research Center of Media and Communication at the University of Hamburg organized the Summer School 2013 at Hamburg, Germany from July 29 to August 2, 2013. Dr. Nishant Shah was a panelist in the session on "Guilty until Proven …
26 Jul 2013
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Your life's an open FacebookThe jury's out on Facebook's newly introduced Graph Search. While some argue that it's a stalker's dream come true, others say it's a great tool for social research. Shikha Kumar jumps right into the debate.
26 Jul 2013
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Whats & Hows of WikiThe Kings School students of class 10 were blessed to have Nitika Tandon & Subhashish Panigrahi of Wikipedia Foundation to conduct a workshop on the whats & hows of Wiki, creating & editing Wiki pages, etc. Our students also got a hands on …
26 Jul 2013
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Meeting of a Sub-committee on DNA Profiling Bill in HyderabadA sub-committee has been constituted as per the recommendations of the Expert Committee of DNA Profiling Bill. The sub-committee will have a meeting in Hyderabad on August 6, 2013.
26 Jul 2013
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Connaught Summer Institute on Monitoring Internet Openness and RightsMalavika Jayaram is a speaker at this event being held at the Munk School of Global Affairs, Bloor Street West.
24 Jul 2013
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Free SoftwareTo spread awareness on free software and its philosophy, Free Software Movement of Karnataka (FSMK) in partnership with Jnana Vikas Institute of Technology, Bidadi, organized a 9-days workshop between July 20 and 28 at the Institute campus …
22 Jul 2013
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Snooping technology: Will CMS work in India?The Indian government plans to spend $132 million on setting up its brand new Central Monitoring System this year.
18 Jul 2013
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सावधान आपके प्रोफ़ाइल पर है पुलिस की नज़र!जन लोकपाल, दिल्ली रेप केस और बाबा रामदेव के आंदोलनों में उमड़ी भीड़ से घबराई सरकारी एजेंसियां अब सोशल मीडिया पर कड़ी नज़र रखने के लिए मैदान में उतरी हैं.
15 Jul 2013
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Is CMS a Compromise of Your Security?By secretly monitoring and recording all Indians through a Central Monitoring System, our government will end up making citizens and businesses less safe.
15 Jul 2013
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India’s Central Monitoring System: Security can’t come at cost of privacyDuring a Google hangout session in June this year, Milind Deora, minister of state for communications and information technology, addressed concerns related to the central monitoring system (CMS).