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The Internet as a tool for democracy? A survey of non-profit Internet decision-makers and Web users - 4th July 2008
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Although research has urged scholars and practitioners to develop the Internet as a democratic tool, little research has examined how users actually use the Internet and how the Internet is conceptualized by those who create its content — particularly in the non–profit sector where questions of democracy, interconnected communication and information gathering are often central to survival. This research surveys 688 people associated with non–profit organizations in the United States to better understand their perceptions and uses of the Internet as a tool for social change.
(First Monday)
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Seoul and New York Achieve Top Rankings in Municipal E-Governance in International Survey - 4th July 2008
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A global survey of city websites has identified Seoul, South Korea, as the top-ranked city in the performance of municipal e-governance. The research study was conducted jointly by the E-Governance Institute, School of Public Affairs and Administration at Rutgers University-Newark, USA and the Global e-Policy e-Government Institute at Sungkyunkwan University (SKKU), Korea.
(Prime News Wire)
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Science Dissemination using Open Access - 4th July 2008
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Open Access means aims to remove restrictions that exist on the access to articles and knowledge to the world-wide scholarly community, in particular to those in developing countries. Scientists in these countries still have difficulty in publishing their work due to the lack of access to the network, to their institutional economic difficulties or to the lack of awareness of available Open Access solutions.
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Our Paradoxical Attitudes Toward Privacy - 4th July 2008
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Our privacy principles are wobbly. We are more or less likely to open up depending on who is asking, how they ask and in what context. The scientists conducted several surveys of college students, asking them to provide an e-mail address and then indicate whether they had ever engaged in a list of wayward, or in some cases illegal, activities.
(New York Times)
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Observers criticise London e-vote/e-count - 2nd July 2008
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A major problem was that the screens set up by the scanners showed data that was almost meaningless to observers, party candidates and agents. ORG says that officials have admitted that the system was likely to be recording blank ballots as valid votes. This was caused by setting the scanners to a level of sensitivity that was likely to record specks on the ballot papers as votes.
(Register)
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South Africa's ICT budget is burgeoning - 1st July 2008
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South Africa's total estimated ICT expenditure is now R60 billion (about 7,2 billion US$) a year, meaning the provinces and municipality spend about R1 out of every R10 spent on ICT in the country. National government spends billions more.
(ITweb South Africa)
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Bloggers bemoan Zimbabwe's "stolen" election - 1st July 2008
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One blogger linked the election results to inflation. "Somehow, despite mass intimidation, gross violence, increasing poverty, murders, and hyper-inflation, Robert Mugabe's popularity accelerated faster than our inflation figures -- which is quite something".
(Reuters)
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Saving Resources to Save Growth
- 1st July 2008
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Reconciling global economic growth, especially in developing countries, with the intensifying constraints on global supplies of energy, food, land, and water is the great question of our time. A new global growth strategy is needed to maintain global economic progress. The basic issue is that the world economy is now so large that it is hitting against limits never before experienced.
(Project Syndicate)
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Digital Malthusianism - 1st July 2008
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Is there going to be an ‘internet crunch’? There is no doubt that demands on the internet are increasing and will continue to do so. It is estimated that, currently, total internet traffic is doubling every two years, or maybe even faster than that (1). The increased use of the web to download films and music will undoubtedly add to the strain on the existing system.
(Spiked Online)
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Existing Technologies Can Nearly Halve Energy Use - 1st July 2008
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Data center managers have technologies at their disposal that can nearly halve energy consumption and reduce associated greenhouse gas emissions by an amount equal to taking 8 million cars from the road, according to new research.
(GreenerComputing)
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