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- Grooming the geek — by Prasad Krishna — last modified Feb 28, 2012 09:16 AM
- Generation 2.0, the iPad child, is enriched by technology, and many parents are embracing it wholeheartedly. But can technology transform the way a child’s abilities develop?
- FUEL Kannada - Workshop on Kannada Computing Terminology — by Prasad Krishna — last modified Feb 23, 2012 10:32 AM
- A two days workshop on the standardization of Kannada computing terminologies was organized on January 28th and 29th 2012 at the Centre for Internet and Society (CIS), Bangalore under the FUEL project. This FUEL Kannada workshop aimed at the community review and standardization of frequently encountered computing terminologies in Kannada. FUEL Kannada Evaluation meet aimed at solving the problem of inconsistency and lack of standardization in computer software translations in Kannada language. This workshop was hosted by CIS, sponsored by Red Hat and organized by Sanchaya (sanchaya.net).
- Will open access replace costly commercial publishing models? — by Prasad Krishna — last modified Feb 23, 2012 09:12 AM
- Cost of research journals going up while funds available are coming down, writes Vasudha Venugopal in an article published in the Hindu on February 19, 2012.
- All India Privacy Symposium — by Natasha Vaz — last modified Mar 01, 2012 06:16 AM
- Are we citizens or subjects? Experts gather in Delhi for public symposium on privacy, transparency, e-governance and national security in India.
- The High Level Privacy Conclave — by Natasha Vaz — last modified Mar 01, 2012 06:09 AM
- India in dire need of privacy law; experts say government is ironically creating huge national security risks in attempts to prevent crime and terrorism.
- How to Put Up a Facebook Resistance — by Oliver Leistert — last modified Feb 21, 2012 08:47 AM
- Review of Marc Stumpel’s essay, "Mapping the Politics of Web 2.0: Facebook Resistance", in Digital Alternatives with a Cause Book 2: To Think, pp.24-31 by Oliver Leistert.
- Analysis of Copyright Expansion in the India-EU FTA (July 2010) — by Snehashish Ghosh — last modified Feb 20, 2012 08:21 AM
- In this blog post, Snehashish Ghosh examines the copyright clauses in the July 2010 leak of the India-EU FTA, and points out how the EU's demands go beyond India's international obligations, and necessitate harmful changes in Indian law.
- An Interview with Dr. Francis Jayakanth — by Prasad Krishna — last modified Nov 24, 2012 06:09 AM
- India has been losing out its best talents to the West, however, this trend could be reversed if we create adequate number of world-class institutions and research facilities, and our scientific productivity and quality of research will improve significantly, says Dr. Francis Jayakanth in an email interview with the Centre for Internet and Society, Bangalore.
- Research papers will be available in public domain — by Prasad Krishna — last modified Feb 17, 2012 05:38 AM
- IIT-Madras intends to make circle of knowledge complete, writes Vasudha Venugopal in this article published in the Hindu on 15 February 2012. Prof. Subbiah Arunachalam is quoted in the article.
- OurSay: how India’s technology is cutting into corruption — by Prasad Krishna — last modified Feb 17, 2012 02:40 AM
- In the world’s largest democracy, corruption has long been part of the system of governance. However, transformative new technologies are playing an exciting and powerful role in citizen engagement, good governance and in the mobilisation of the masses for social action.
- Digital Natives Video Contest — by Prasad Krishna — last modified May 08, 2015 12:35 PM
- The Everyday Digital Native Video Contest has its top five winners through public voting.
- India won't censor social media: Telecom Minister — by Prasad Krishna — last modified Mar 01, 2012 07:15 AM
- India does not intend to censor online social networks such as Facebook, a minister said Tuesday, but he demanded that they obey the same rules governing the press and other media. The article by AFP was published in the Tribune on February 14, 2012.
- Govt set to gain ‘back-door’ access to corporate email — by Prasad Krishna — last modified Feb 14, 2012 12:55 PM
- The government is just a step away from gaining access to RIM’s widely used BlackBerry Messenger (BBM) service, writes Shauvik Ghosh in an article published in LiveMint on 14 February 2012.
- Personal Data, Public Profile — by Nishant Shah — last modified Feb 14, 2012 06:19 AM
- Whether we like it or not, we live in a world that is rapidly being Googlised, writes Nishant Shah in an article published by the Financial Express on February 13, 2012.
- Indian law caught in web — by Prasad Krishna — last modified Feb 14, 2012 05:41 AM
- Can Information Technology Act deal with the dynamics of the Net? Lawrence Liang, Pranesh Prakash and Nishant Shah have been quoted in this article by Moyna which was published in Down to Earth magazine Issue: February 15, 2012.
- Prometheus bound and gagged — by Prasad Krishna — last modified Feb 14, 2012 04:47 AM
- Funny how a healthy person like me can collapse one day and end up in the hospital. The doctor who made me go through every lab test available, finally diagnosed the cause after a chat with me. Apparently, I collapsed because I’m getting angry, increasing my blood pressure. The only solution he said is to stop reading newspapers, as I’m getting agitated by headlines like ‘India can go the China way and block sites’, or by how the government says there’s no Internet censorship while all it’s actions point the other way.
- Internet Curbs — by Prasad Krishna — last modified Feb 13, 2012 12:29 PM
- A Delhi high court judge threatens to go the China way. The IT act is closing in. The war on the web is a war on us, writes Rishi Majumder in an article that was published in Tehelka on 18 February 2012.
- World Narrow Web — by Pranesh Prakash — last modified Mar 27, 2012 04:00 PM
- Censorship and how govt reacts to it may push us to country-specific networks, writes Pranesh Prakash in an article published in the Indian Express on 4 February 2012.
- Tweeple say it pithily with hash tags — by Prasad Krishna — last modified Feb 13, 2012 05:06 AM
- Twitter best captures public irreverence to pomposity and the powers-that-be, writes Deepa Kurup in this article published in the Hindu on February 11, 2012. Nishant Shah is quoted in this article.
- New Bill to decide on individual’s right to privacy — by Prasad Krishna — last modified Feb 07, 2012 07:19 AM
- A group of experts would identify issues relating to privacy and prepare a report to facilitate authoring the Privacy Bill. Vishwajoy Mukherjee's article was published in Tehelka on 6 February 2012.
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