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Prasad Krishna
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17 Dec 2010
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Transforming urbanscapes: ATM in citiesThis is the first in series of posts where I will try and articulate the transformation in the urban landscape that one can attribute either directly or in-directly to information and communication technologies. I am keen in discussing …
17 Dec 2010
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From the Stock Market to Neighbourhood MohallaThe stock markets have been the symbol of trade and commerce of the city and the region. In this post I will analyze the stock market; an important commercial institution and try and articulate its changing architectural configuration and …
16 Dec 2010
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Self-regulation in media and society meet to gain legal perspectivesWith electronic media generally expressing its opposition to government imposed regulations, a two-day workshop is being organised here from tomorrow on 'Comparative Perspectives on Media Self-Regulation and Society'.
16 Dec 2010
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Enabling Access to Education through ICT - Conference ReportThe Centre for Internet and Society (CIS), Bangalore in cooperation G3ict, UNESCO, ITU, WIPO, The Deafway Foundation, DEF and SPACE with the gracious support of The Hans Foundation and the Department of Information Technology, MICT, New …
16 Dec 2010
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'Pakistan' hackers target India's top police agencyCyber-attackers who identified themselves as the "Pakistan Cyber Army" have hacked the website of India's top police agency, officials said on Saturday. The website of the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) was hacked by programmers who …
14 Dec 2010
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The Leap of Rhodes or, How India Dealt with the Last Mile Problem - An Inquiry into Technology and Governance: Call for ReviewRe-thinking the Last Mile Problem research project by Ashish Rajadhyaksha is a part of the Researchers @ Work Programme at the Centre for Internet and Society, Bangalore. The ‘last mile’ is a communications term which has a specific Indian …
14 Dec 2010
14 Dec 2010
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An online community platform for people with different needsAn online community platform designed for the print-impaired, probably the first such in the country, seeks to make the internet accessible to people with different needs.
7 Dec 2010
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UID Meeting in Bangalore – A ReportOn 23 November 2010 a public meeting was held for the UID in Bangalore. The speakers included B.K Chandrashekar, former Chairman of the Karnataka Legislature Council, Mr. Vidyashankar, Principal Secretary to Government of e-commerce, Sunil …
3 Dec 2010
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Digital Natives with a Cause? Thinkathon: Position PapersThe Digital Natives with a Cause? Thinkathon conference co-organised by Hivos and the Centre for Internet and Society is being held from 6 to 8 December at the Hague Museum for Communication. The position papers are now available online.
2 Dec 2010
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Meeting on the Refreshable Braille Displays and Copyright Frameworks for Open Hardware DevelopmentA meeting on Refreshable Braille Displays and Copyright Frameworks for Open Hardware Development will be held in the office of the Centre for Internet and Society on 4 December 2010.
2 Dec 2010
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Intellectual Property Rights as seen in a graphic novelWhile most engagements with the issue of Intellectual Property Rights take the form of academic papers and scholarly articles, the Centre for Internet and Society is approaching the subject through another medium – an online graphic novel. …
1 Dec 2010
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UID elicits mixed responseWhich is the root cause for pilferage of welfare funds in India: fake identity or corruption?
30 Nov 2010
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This Is All India RadiaOur news media blanked it out, but the Internet forced the issue, says Debarshi Dasgupta in an article published in the Outlook Magazine.
30 Nov 2010
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The Niira Radia Tapes: Scrutinizing the SnoopersThere’s been plenty of outrage in India over taped phone calls between corporate lobbyist Niira Radia and local journalists, revealing what some people believe is evidence that star reporters at the country’s newspapers and TV channels are …
30 Nov 2010
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Information Security Summit 2010The Information Security Summit 2010 will be held between 2-3 December 2010 in Chennai. The following is the agenda for the event.
29 Nov 2010
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Time to bury e-mail?Earlier this week, Mark Zuckerberg, founder of Facebook, had a simple message to the world: email is outdated since it can no longer handle the sort of digital communication that we’ve got used to. Facebook Messages, which integrates email, …
29 Nov 2010
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Mobile banking set to get a boost from IMPSCustomers will now be able to transfer money from their accounts to any other account in the country using their cellphones, through the National Payment Corporation of India's Inter-bank Mobile Payment Service (IMPS). The facility allows …
29 Nov 2010
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City in the Internet 1: Geography Imagined (Part 2)In the last post, I have articulated the nature of understanding and imagination of our urban and rural geography. As mentioned, the understanding of the land, its water and people is an essentially one, that comes through living and …
23 Nov 2010
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The internet’s new billionNew web users — in countries like Brazil and China — are changing the culture of the internet.
23 Nov 2010
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Open standards policy in India: A long, but successful journeyLast week, India became another major country to join the growing, global open standards movement. After three years of intense debate and discussion, India's Department of IT in India finalized its Policy on Open Standards for …
23 Nov 2010
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‘Piracy is now a mainstream political phenomenon'“Piracy has become a mainstream political phenomenon,” said Sunil Abraham, executive director of the Centre for Internet and Society in the city. The piracy that he was referring to was not the piracy of the high seas but the piracy of …
22 Nov 2010
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Just Where We Like ItThe micro space for status updates might become the new public space for discussion. Nishant Shah's column on Digital Natives was published in the Sunday Eye of the Indian Express on 21 November 2010.
22 Nov 2010
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Information, the world's new capital - Digital NativesInformation is the new capital and currency of the world, Nishant Shah, of the India-based Digital Natives with a Cause, told Bizcommunity.com yesterday, 10 November 2010, as the three-day workshop on digital and internet technologies that …
18 Nov 2010
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Archive and Access: Call for ReviewThe Archive and Access research project by Rochelle Pinto, Aparna Balachandran and Abhijit Bhattacharya is a part of the Researchers @ Work Programme at the Centre for Internet and Society, Bangalore. The project that attempts to look at …
17 Nov 2010
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What it means to be a child todayThey move seamlessly between reality and virtual reality. The digital landscape they inhabit comprises generations — not of family — but of technology such as Web 2.0, 3G, PS4 and iPhone5. Their world has moved beyond their neighbourhood, …
15 Nov 2010
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Wi-Fi Direct promises range, bandwidth higher than BluetoothSharing, printing and connecting for Wi-Fi devices is going to be more convenient than ever with soon-to-be-launched technology Wi-Fi Direct, which enables devices to connect to each other without a conventional Wi-Fi hub. This article by …
15 Nov 2010
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Report: Digitally Open: Innovation and Open Access Forum, 23 Oct 2010, Doha, QatarA summary of the event "Digitally Open: Innovation and Open Access Forum" held in Doha.
15 Nov 2010
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DOC 2.0: A Resources Sharing Mela by NGO Documentation CentresA Resource Sharing Mela and Meet of DCM (Document Centres Meet) at the Centre for Education & Documentation in Domlur, Bangalore.
15 Nov 2010
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Access to Knowledge in the Age of Intellectual PropertyAccess to Knowledge in the Age of Intellectual Property charts the rise of the access to knowledge movement, a movement in which Open Society Foundations have played a key role. It maps the vast terrain of legal, cultural, and technical …