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15 Jan 2010
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Wiki's worth, on a different turfAn Indian duo–a programmer and a mathematician–have developed a tool to expose anonymous writers and cleanse Wikipedia of rogue editors
11 Jan 2010
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World Day Against Software PatentsA global coalition of more than 80 software companies, associations and developers has declared the 24th of September to be the "World Day Against Software Patents". The Hindu, a national daily dedicated one page of its Bangalore edition to …
11 Jan 2010
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Time Out Bengaluru - Software PatentingAn article by Akhila Seetharaman published as a precursor to the national public meeting on software patents held on 4th in Bangalore.
4 Jan 2010
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Pushing ButtonsThe coolest device of the decade – From brick-sized to size zero, the cell phone changed our lives forever – an article by Deepa Kurup, The Hindu, 1st Jan, 2010.
4 Jan 2010
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Native playsOnline activist groups are helping change perceptions about the internet generation, says Shweta Taneja, Time Out Bengaluru.
4 Jan 2010
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Drawing maps for changeDigital maps can hold immense academic value – an article by Deepa Kurup, The Hindu, 3rd Jan, 2010.
30 Dec 2009
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Bridging the DivideVideo clipping of the National Conference on ICT's for the differently abled held in Loyola College, Chennai from 1 December to 3 December, 2009.
28 Dec 2009
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Wired state of mindInformation technology is the driver of society today — the basic block of innovation and growth in organisations, the mainstay of the 21st century. The decade bygone was only an indicator of the things to come. Whether its ideas or …
22 Dec 2009
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When the virtual world gets a roomWikipedians have found a permanent abode, and the comfort of increasing numbers, at the office of the Centre for Internet and Society, a research and advocacy organisation.
21 Dec 2009
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Watch what you read on that websiteGoogle has decided to give newspapers better control over their content appearing on the search engine but netizens don’t seem too pleased about it, says an article by NT Balanarayan of DNA on December 9, 2009
21 Dec 2009
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Want to bring social change? This map shows the wayBy siliconindia news bureau, Tuesday,08 December 2009, 14:13 hrs
21 Dec 2009
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Newspapers should empower citizen journalismA single content-management system can be used to publish highly-targeted and customised content. Sunil Abraham, director, Centre for Internet and Society (CIS India), believes traditional newspapers should expose their primary research …
8 Dec 2009
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Techies mapping changeA group of 40 Bangaloreans, including techies and social activists, are creating digital maps that will be used to bring social change in India - an article in the Bangalore Mirror by Renuka Phadnis - Monday, December 07, 2009.
8 Dec 2009
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Present, tense: Future classroomsAn article by Nishant Shah in the December issue of Teacher Plus - the magazine for the contemporary teacher.
7 Dec 2009
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Mumbai no longer ‘meri jaan’Why online (and offline) activism after 26/11 never took off; what should have been done to mobilize people - an article in the Livemint by Seema Chowdhry and Samanth Subramanian - 20th November, 2009
7 Dec 2009
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Books shut by law blinkersAn article in The Telegraph (Kolkata) by Chandrima S Bhattacharya - 6th December, 2009
3 Dec 2009
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The disabled also grapple with copyright issuesAn article in The Hindu by Deepa Kurup - 03rd December, 2009
3 Dec 2009
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Lawyers get socially involved: The Right to ReadThursday, 03 December 2009 by Tanuj Kalia (www.legallyindia.com)
1 Dec 2009
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Shanty homeA nationwide initiative is imploring that you look closely at the greyed-out areas on your GPS maps, says Jaideep Sen in an article in the Time Out Bengaluru Magazine, November 13-26 2009 [Vol 2 Issue 9]
30 Nov 2009
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Asia Source 3 MeetingThe Asia Source 3 Meeting Reinforces Asian Free and Open Source Software Movement - More than 150 Asian Open Source activists met in the Philippines from 07th November to 12th November to discuss the latest IT-tools for NGOs and SMEs and …
23 Nov 2009
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Copyright Access for the Disabled and Collaborative IP PolicyA blog post on SPICY IP by Shamnad Basheer, November 18, 2009
18 Nov 2009
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Reading For AllRight To Read campaign has begun in India to voice the needs of the disabled to gain access to books - an article by Lubna Salim in Kolkata Mirror - Saturday, November 14, 2009
18 Nov 2009
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Imagining the Internet – A History and ForecastWorkshop: A Rights-Based Framework - Open Standards - A report on the workshop by Senior segment producer, Janna Anderson - IGF 2009 – Egypt – Sharm El Sheikh (Nov 15th, 2009)
13 Nov 2009
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WIPO Director General Pledges Support for India’s Visually Impaired CommunityAn article in the WIPO website on the “Right to Read of persons with print disabilities and copyright challenges” organized by the VIP community in cooperation with the Government of India in New Delhi on November 11, 2009.
13 Nov 2009
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UN Official pledges support to tackle Copyright Challenges for the Visually ImpairedArticle on the UN News Centre - New York, Nov 11 2009 6:10PM
11 Nov 2009
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Control shift?USA might have ceded the control of the Internet, but only partially - An article by Pranesh Prakash in Down to Earth (Issue: Nov 15th ,2009)
10 Nov 2009
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Copyright obstacle for Braille, audio booksAn article by Arpit Basu, The Times of India (Kolkata) Nov 7th, 2009
4 Nov 2009
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Open Source Peluang tidak Terbatas Industri TIK (GCOS 2009)JAKARTA--MI: Perangkat lunak Open Source membuka peluang tak terbatas untuk mengembangkan industri di bidang teknologi informasi dan komunikasi (TIK) dalam negeri sekaligus sumber daya manusia di sektor TIK. GCOS '09 was organized by AOSI …
4 Nov 2009
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Open DebateDeepa Kurup's article in Frontline on the battle over open standards in e-governance.
4 Nov 2009
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IPv6: The promises and challengesAn article by Pranesh Prakash, Programme Manager at the Centre for Internet and Society, in the DNA Mumbai edition (4th Nov '09)