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19 Feb 2011
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Copy, Left And RightCopyright laws are becoming more rigid and anti-sharing. But copyleft has a solution.
17 Feb 2011
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New Kids on the BlogAcross the world, the blogosphere is shrinking. But that might not be a bad thing. Look closer, self-indulgence has found newer platforms, and only the fittest and the smartest blogs have survived. This article was published by the Indian …
16 Feb 2011
16 Feb 2011
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Can the twitterati change the world?Whether it is the Ganapati immersion in Mumbai or a labour union dharna at Jantar Mantar or a hunger strike in Kolkata, India has had a rich history of people coming out on the streets. However, as cities are reshaped in the image of a …
15 Feb 2011
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Can the mouse be a tool of revolution in India?Do you consider yourself a ‘slacktivist’?” Vikram Sengupta considers the question for a couple of seconds, and then excuses himself. “I’ll call you back. I’m in the middle of something right now,” he says, and hangs up. Being called a …
2 Feb 2011
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What Are You Accused of? Find Out OnlineStarting Tuesday, police authorities in the Indian capital will make many crime reports, also known as First Information Reports, publicly accessible from its Web site. The report can be attained by entering details such as the name of the …
2 Feb 2011
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Digital WrongsProtecting Intellectual Property Rights. This article by Rohin Dharmakumar was published in Forbes India on January 28, 2011.
31 Jan 2011
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One among the clan of WikipediansIn 2005, I lived in Johannesburg and worked as an activist to make knowledge more accessible. Between fighting copyright treaties in Geneva that would give corporations an even bigger stranglehold on our minds and finding ways to supply …
24 Jan 2011
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Knowledge WarriorsDieci anni fa, quando Jimmy "Jumbo" Wales lanciò l'idea di una piattaforma della conoscenza partecipativa e plurilingue, di tipo enciclopedico, basata sul web, pochi erano pronti a raccoglierla. L'industria della conoscenza era rigidamente …
24 Jan 2011
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Digital Natives with a Cause? - Workshop in Chile seeks participantsThe third and final workshop in the Digital Natives with a Cause? research project will take place in Santiago, Chile, from the 8 to 10 February. An open call for participation follows.
24 Jan 2011
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A Refreshing Start!Parmesh Shahani enters the New Year inspired by the various ideas he’s been exposed to in The Hague and Lavasa.
11 Jan 2011
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Getting ConnectedNishant Shah of the Centre for Internet & Society talks about the growing adoption of social media, and what can constitute a "social media network"
7 Jan 2011
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Nishant Shah Quoted in Livemint 2011 Tweet-outLivemint, recently did a tweet-out which quoted people about what will be big in 2011. Nishant Shah was also quoted.
6 Jan 2011
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Clicktivism & a brave new world orderTHE FIRST decade of this century has been one of accelerated change. The proliferation of the Internet has ushered in ubiquitous transformations in the way we live. And yet, the more things change, the more they remain the same.
3 Jan 2011
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Would it be a unique identity crisis ?The UID project will centralise a humongous amount of data but the fear is that it might fall into the wrong hands.
3 Jan 2011
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Nel suk dei nativi digitali. Perché gli studenti 2.0 hanno bisogno di una bussola per orientarsiAddio al vecchio sapere lineare fondato sulla parola scritta e sulla trasmissione di conoscenza maestro-alunno: imparare oggi ha la forma di un suk arabo nell'ora di punta. Tra social network, video-racconti su YouTube, la musica di …
3 Jan 2011
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Civic hackers seek to find their feet in IndiaIn 2006, when Sushant Sinha,who holds a doctorate in Internet security from the University of Michigan, tried to use the Indian government’s judicial rulings website, Judis.nic.in, he found it difficult to get the data he was looking for. …
3 Jan 2011
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A Tweet and a poke from the CEOThe official grapevine has moved online, and Twitter is the new water-cooler.
26 Dec 2010
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Mothers discuss kids, music, fashions, on NetAmong the many conversations about behavioural problems seen among teenage children and the benefits of organic foods, there is one that raves about a baby-sitter who takes care of pets too, and one that reviews newly opened art classes in …
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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'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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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.
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 …