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- Chinese hackers baiting Indian govt, corporate employees: report — by Prasad Krishna — last modified Sep 05, 2013 10:31 AM
- Hackers using fake subject headings to get users to open virus-laden email attachments.
- Wikimedia Asia Meeting — by Prasad Krishna — last modified Aug 29, 2013 10:14 AM
- T.Vishnu Vardhan and Subhashish Panigrahi from the Access to Knowledge team at CIS participated in the Wikimedia Asia meeting in Hong Kong on August 10, 2013.
- Are Indian Consumer Laws Ready for the Digital Age? — by Vipul Kharbanda — last modified Aug 08, 2013 11:52 AM
- The Economic and Social Council of the United Nations, recognizing the need for protection of the rights of consumers, drafted a set of model guidelines on consumer protection which were adopted by the General Assembly in 1985. The United Nations Guidelines for Consumer Protection (UNGCP) act as an international reference point of the consumer movement, however since it has been over a quarter of a century since they were first drafted, there is a strong argument for revising them to bring them in line with new developments in technology and business practices.
- India’s Indigenous Languages Drive Wikipedia’s Growth — by Prasad Krishna — last modified Aug 09, 2013 09:58 AM
- Despite accommodating the world’s second largest English-speaking population behind the United States, it is India’s indigenous language speakers that are creating and consuming the content that is driving Wikipedia’s growth on the subcontinent.
- Meme’s the word now — by Prasad Krishna — last modified Aug 08, 2013 04:27 AM
- Politicians are always seen doing things. Even if they are not doing something, they are talking about doing things. And so on oodles of internet memes and on Tumblr sites, especially, they are shown "doing things".
- e-DIRAP Google+ Hangout on Open Government — by Prasad Krishna — last modified Aug 08, 2013 04:20 AM
- The e-DIRAP Hangout on Open Government was held on Thursday, July 25, 2013. The Hangout brought together nine professionals from Australia, India, Indonesia, Japan, Malaysia and the Philippines to discuss open government initiatives in their respective countries, the challenges they face, and open source tools for open government.
- Facebook: Limiting access to social media can restrict freedom of speech — by Prasad Krishna — last modified Aug 08, 2013 04:07 AM
- In its counter-affidavit to the PIL in the Delhi high court, Facebook has argued that limiting access to social media can limit an individual's freedom of speech and expression.
- Beyond Property Rights: Thinking About Moral Definitions of Openness — by Prasad Krishna — last modified Aug 07, 2013 09:43 AM
- It is hard for Westerners to realize just how much we take for granted about intellectual property, and in particular, how much the property owner’s perspective--be it a corporation, government or creative artist--is embedded in our view of the world as the natural order of things.
- Token disclosures? — by Prasad Krishna — last modified Aug 07, 2013 09:30 AM
- Snowden’s Xkeyscore expose makes a mockery of Twitter’s transparency revelations.
- Ethical Issues in Open Data — by Kovey Coles — last modified Aug 07, 2013 09:19 AM
- On August 1, 2013, I took part in a web meeting, organized and hosted by Tim Davies of the World Wide Web foundation. The meeting, titled “Ethical issues in Open Data,” had an agenda focused around privacy considerations in the context of the open data movement.
- Do You Have the Right to Unlock Your Smart Phone? — by Puneeth Nagaraj — last modified Aug 07, 2013 07:32 AM
- In this blog post Puneeth Nagaraj looks at the recent controversy over the expiration of the exemption granted by the US Library of Congress for unlocking phones and compares the Indian position as per a 2005 Andhra Pradesh High Court judgment.
- Crypto Night — by Prasad Krishna — last modified Aug 06, 2013 06:04 AM
- Challenging government snooping at an all-night cryptography party.
- 'Ethical Hacker' Saket Modi Calls for Stronger Cyber Security Discussions — by Kovey Coles — last modified Aug 05, 2013 01:11 PM
- Twenty-two year old Saket Modi is the CEO and co-founder of Lucideus, a leading cyber security company in India which claims to have worked with 4 out of 5 top global e-commerce companies, 4 out of 10 top IT companies in the world, and 3 out of 5 top banks of the Asia Pacific.
- A Telegu Wiki Meetup @ CIS — by SJ Veera (Telugu Wikipedian) — last modified Sep 01, 2013 11:30 AM
- Telugu Wikipedians had their monthly meetup at the Centre for Internet and Society (CIS) in Bangalore on Saturday, July 13, 2013, 2.00 p.m. to 5.00 p.m.
- CIS Cybersecurity Series (Part 9) - Saikat Datta — by Purba Sarkar — last modified Aug 05, 2013 05:24 AM
- CIS interviews Saikat Datta, Resident Editor of DNA, Delhi, as part of the Cybersecurity Series.
- Theorizing the Digital Subaltern — by Sara Morais — last modified Aug 06, 2013 07:20 AM
- As digital humanities research at CIS proceeds, a number of critical positions have arisen, making it possible to reconcile questions of humanities with the digital realm. This blog entry focusses on race as a factor of research and how it is displayed in the digital.
- Stress on posting articles on Kannada Wikipedia — by Prasad Krishna — last modified Aug 02, 2013 06:27 AM
- A workshop to be held on CPDPS premises on August 6.
- Wikipedia boom in vernacular languages — by Prasad Krishna — last modified Aug 12, 2013 04:29 AM
- The number of Wikipedia entries in vernacular languages has grown substantially in the last eight months
- Digital Humanities Talk at CIS — by Sara Morais — last modified Aug 01, 2013 06:55 AM
- In an attempt to contextualize the digital humanities work within the CIS network of projects, Sara Morais held a talk on the advantages and problems in doing digital humanities work. Following is the transcript of the talk with a video of the presentation.
- Wikipedia boom in Marathi, Malayalam and other desi languages — by Prasad Krishna — last modified Aug 01, 2013 05:28 AM
- A vibrant vernacular Wikipedia seems to be taking root in India. In the last eight months, the number of Wikipedia entries has grown substantially in 20 Indian languages, says a study by the Bangalore-based Centre for Internet and Society (CIS).
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