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Wiki's worth, on a different turf

Wiki's worth, on a different turf

by Sunil Abraham last modified Oct 23, 2012 08:33 AM

An Indian duo–a programmer and a mathematician–have developed a tool to expose anonymous writers and cleanse Wikipedia of rogue editors

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Time Out Bengaluru - Software Patenting

by Pranesh Prakash last modified Jan 16, 2013 06:39 AM

An article by Akhila Seetharaman published as a precursor to the national public meeting on software patents held on 4th in Bangalore.

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World Day Against Software Patents

by Pranesh Prakash last modified Jan 16, 2013 07:15 AM

A 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 software patents and software freedom. Deepa Kurup contributed written two articles titled "Will patenting take the byte out of IT here?" and "How would it be if you read only one type of book?" which reflects some of the concerns of the Free/Libre/Open Source Software community.

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Drawing maps for change

by Radha Rao last modified Apr 04, 2011 06:49 AM

Digital maps can hold immense academic value – an article by Deepa Kurup, The Hindu, 3rd Jan, 2010.

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Native plays

Native plays

by Radha Rao last modified Jan 03, 2012 11:08 AM

Online activist groups are helping change perceptions about the internet generation, says Shweta Taneja, Time Out Bengaluru.

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Pushing Buttons

Pushing Buttons

by Radha Rao last modified Apr 02, 2011 01:56 PM

The 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.

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Bridging the Divide

by Prasad last modified Apr 02, 2011 01:56 PM

Video clipping of the National Conference on ICT's for the differently abled held in Loyola College, Chennai from 1 December to 3 December, 2009.

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Wired state of mind

by Radha Rao last modified Apr 02, 2011 01:56 PM

Information 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 friendships, the future indubitably belongs to linking-up on the web, writes Malvika Tegta , DNA - Digital Edition, Monday - 28th December, 2009.

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When the virtual world gets a room

When the virtual world gets a room

by Prasad last modified Apr 02, 2011 02:09 PM

Wikipedians 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.

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Want to bring social change? This map shows the way

Want to bring social change? This map shows the way

by Radha Rao last modified Dec 21, 2009 07:55 AM

By siliconindia news bureau, Tuesday,08 December 2009, 14:13 hrs

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Newspapers should empower citizen journalism

by Sunil Abraham last modified Oct 23, 2012 08:47 AM

A 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 databases such as photos, video and audio recordings, and documents to the public using web technologies.

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Watch what you read on that website

by Prasad last modified Apr 02, 2011 02:10 PM

Google 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

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Present, tense: Future classrooms

Present, tense: Future classrooms

by Radha Rao last modified Apr 02, 2011 02:11 PM

An article by Nishant Shah in the December issue of Teacher Plus - the magazine for the contemporary teacher.

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Techies mapping change

Techies mapping change

by Radha Rao last modified Apr 04, 2011 06:51 AM

A 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.

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Books shut by law blinkers

Books shut by law blinkers

by Radha Rao last modified Apr 02, 2011 02:20 PM

An article in The Telegraph (Kolkata) by Chandrima S Bhattacharya - 6th December, 2009

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Mumbai no longer ‘meri jaan’

by Radha Rao last modified Apr 04, 2011 06:52 AM

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

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Lawyers get socially involved: The Right to Read

Lawyers get socially involved: The Right to Read

by Radha Rao last modified Dec 03, 2009 09:49 AM

Thursday, 03 December 2009 by Tanuj Kalia (www.legallyindia.com)

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The disabled also grapple with copyright issues

The disabled also grapple with copyright issues

by Radha Rao last modified Dec 03, 2009 09:34 AM

An article in The Hindu by Deepa Kurup - 03rd December, 2009

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Shanty home

Shanty home

by Radha Rao last modified Apr 04, 2011 06:53 AM

A 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]

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Asia Source 3 Meeting

by Radha Rao last modified Apr 02, 2011 02:27 PM

The 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 this time the Main Theme of Asia Source 3 was: Building Capacities and Empowering Humanity through FOSS

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