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- Wikipedia writes a new script — by Prasad Krishna — last modified Sep 04, 2013 06:27 AM
- Wikipedia is available in over 30 Indian languages. Add Konkani to that list. The Centre for Internet and Society has just completed a programme of training students to write for Konkani Wikipedia.
- Workshop on e-Content Development — by Prasad Krishna — last modified Sep 04, 2013 05:56 AM
- T. Vishnu Vardhan, A2K Programme Director at CIS will be teaching at Dr. B.R. Ambedkar Open University, Hyderabad from September 4 to 6, 2013.
- Konkani Wikipedia makes headway — by Prasad Krishna — last modified Sep 17, 2013 06:07 AM
- The first floor of the Krishnadas Central Library has been bustling with activity for the last four days. A closer look reveals the concentration, thought and precision that is put into each letter of the Devnagri script Konkani they type. Still further and you realise it’s a Wikipedia site that final year MA Konkani students of Goa University are busy with.
- Dear Milind Deora, Prakash Javadekar Deserved The Truth — by Prasad Krishna — last modified Sep 05, 2013 10:38 AM
- Milind Deora, the Minister of State for Communications, Information Technology and Shipping, isn’t your typical politician.
- Copyrights and Copywrongs Why the Government Should Embrace the Public Domain — by Pranesh Prakash — last modified Sep 06, 2013 04:56 AM
- Each of you reading this article is a criminal and should be jailed for up to three years. Yes, you. "Why?," you may ask.
- Freedom from Monitoring: India Inc Should Push For Privacy Laws — by Sunil Abraham — last modified Aug 21, 2013 07:04 AM
- More surveillance than absolutely necessary actually undermines the security objective.
- Balancing vigilance and privacy — by Prasad Krishna — last modified Sep 05, 2013 10:53 AM
- As the government steps up its surveillance capabilities, the entire social contract between the state and citizens is being reformulated, with worrying consequences.
- How Next-Gen Smartphone Users are Being Bought and Sold — by Prasad Krishna — last modified Sep 05, 2013 10:48 AM
- After facebook and google, Twitter became the latest to buy millions of Indian smartphone users in July.
- Wikimania 2013: Wikipedians represent Indian Languages in Hong Kong — by Subhashish Panigrahi — last modified Sep 13, 2013 06:03 AM
- The 7th, 8th and 9th of August 2013 saw over 600 Wikipedians across the world participating Wikimania at Hong Kong. The three day annual international conference for users and contributors of Wikipedia brought many debates about open educational research, open source technologies, gender gap, documenting the history of mankind in a free and open platform like Wikipedia and its sister sites in collaboration with Galleries, Libraries, Archives and Museums and all of these in 286 world languages. More and more volunteers are joining this movement and it is expanding the media of accessing and disseminating knowledge.
- Extending The Spectrum Of Openness To Include The Moral Right To Share — by Prasad Krishna — last modified Aug 19, 2013 04:50 AM
- from the now-there's-a-thought dept.
- Surveillance: Privacy Vs Security — by Prasad Krishna — last modified Aug 19, 2013 05:32 AM
- The Foundation for Media Professionals is organizing a debate at the India International Centre, New Delhi on August 17, 2013. Shri Kapil Sibal will give the opening speech. Natgrid chief Raghu Raman is one of the debaters. Pranesh Prakash is participating in this event as a panelist.
- Copy 'N' Paste: Ausstellung — by Prasad Krishna — last modified Aug 28, 2013 09:36 AM
- Dr. Nishant Shah was a speaker at this event hosted by Post Media Lab on August 12, 2013. He spoke on "About the Violence of Knowledge Cartels".
- A Kannada Wikipedia Workshop at Krishnarajapet — by U.B.Pavanaja — last modified Sep 05, 2013 06:46 AM
- On Sunday, August 11, 2013, a day-long Kannada Wikipedia workshop was conducted at Shyam Computers, Krishnarajapet, Karnataka. The workshop was co-organized by the CIS-A2K team along with Kannada Sahitya Parishat of KR Pet. This report summarizes the proceedings of that workshop and subsequent research into relevant questions flowing from the discussions.
- A Kannada Wikipedia Workshop in Mysore — by U.B.Pavanaja — last modified Oct 04, 2013 04:40 AM
- On Tuesday, August 6, 2013, a day-long Kannada Wikipedia workshop was conducted at the Centre for Proficiency Development and Placement Services (CPDPS), Manasa Gangotri campus, University of Mysore, Karnataka by the Centre for Internet and Society's Access to Knowledge (CIS-A2K) team. Dr. U.B.Pavanaja conducted the workshop.
- FinFisher in India and the Myth of Harmless Metadata — by Maria Xynou — last modified Aug 13, 2013 11:30 AM
- In this article, Maria Xynou argues that metadata is anything but harmless, especially since FinFisher — one of the world's most controversial types of spyware — uses metadata to target individuals.
- Krishnarajapet Wikipedia Workshop (Coverage in Prajavani) — by Prasad Krishna — last modified Sep 05, 2013 05:50 AM
- Prajavani covered the Kannada Wikipedia workshop organised by the CIS-A2K team and the Kannada Sahitya Parishat of KR Pet., on August 12, 2013. A scanned version of the report is produced below.
- Krishnarajapet Wikipedia Workshop (Coverage in Suvarna Times of Karnataka) — by Prasad Krishna — last modified Sep 05, 2013 06:10 AM
- Suvarna Times of Karnataka covered the Kannada Wikipedia workshop organised by the CIS-A2K team and the Kannada Sahitya Parishat of KR Pet., on August 12, 2013. A scanned version of the report is produced below.
- Krishnarajapet Wikipedia Workshop (Coverage in Vijaya Vani) — by Prasad Krishna — last modified Sep 05, 2013 06:45 AM
- Prajavani covered the Kannada Wikipedia workshop organised by the CIS-A2K team and the Kannada Sahitya Parishat of KR Pet., on August 12, 2013. A scanned version of the report is produced below.
- Banking and Accessibility in India: A Report by CIS — by Nirmita Narasimhan — last modified Aug 13, 2013 04:00 AM
- The report gives an analysis of banking accessibility for persons with disabilities in India. Besides a detailed look at the legal provisions and guidelines on banking and technology, the report also provides a view on different disabilities in relation to banking and accessibility in India and contains case studies and guidelines from countries such as New Zealand, Australia, the United States of America, Canada and the Netherlands. The report sums up the analysis with suggestions and recommendations to improve banking accessibility for persons with disabilities in India.
- Breaking into the Closed Circle: Domestic High-Tech Manufacturing Needs Access To Markets — by Shyam Ponappa — last modified Sep 03, 2013 07:32 AM
- The deferral of India's preferential market access (PMA) policy for locally manufactured high-tech products indicates some lack of clarity and/or confusion in the government.
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