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IT Didn't Fail Myanmar During Cyclone, People Did - 9th May 2008
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The storm warning systems and cyclone watch centers in place were all up and running, but the cyclone's path to Myanmar across the Bay of Bengal on the Indian Ocean rim has been left out of the storm warning system, said Surin Pitsuwan, Secretary-General of ASEAN in a speech in Jakarta.
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A Cell Phone Civil War in Lebanon - 9th May 2008
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Although Hizballah is known for its massive Iran-funded social welfare system that provides everything from soup to education, construction materials and matchmaking services for Lebanon's Shi'ite underclass, cell-phone service is not part of the package — except for those who join its guerrilla army.
(Time)
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Zimbabwe: New Technologies in Fight for Democracy - 9th May 2008
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In countries such as Zimbabwe where media and political freedom is extremely restricted, new technologies have become powerful tools for political campaigning, communication, advocacy and mobilisation. Bloggers and civic organisations have resorted to using new tools and applications such as Flickr, Facebook, SMS text messages, YouTube and mashups to fight for democracy, media freedom and good governance.
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Everyone Is Talking About Mobile Social Networking - 9th May 2008
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eMarketer forecasts that mobile social networking will grow from 82 million users in 2007 to over 800 million worldwide by 2012.
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The truth about the ‘surveillance society’ - 9th May 2008
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In the very process of developing the ‘surveillance society’ and new forms of ‘information governance’, the government is actually degrading what it means to be a citizen. It is denigrating the traditional ideal of citizenship, and it is chipping away at the free society and weakening community bonds.
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Critical Factors in an Electronic Democracy: a Study of Municipal Managers - 8th May 2008
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The findings emphasize the role of e-democracy as more of an ideological innovation than as a functional innovation. Many of the predicted variables based on e-government research were found to be insignificant when it comes to e-democracy. e-Democracy becomes more a function of a manager’s view toward the practice of online democracy than as a function of resources, planning, size and having an IT department. This study was limited in scope, and has some generalizing limitations, but the findings are still able to highlight the unique nature of e-democracy in small-populated municipalities.
(Electronic Journal of e-government)
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Brazilian Digital Inclusion Public Policy: achievements and challenges - 8th May 2008
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To date, several digital inclusion initiatives under the responsibility of different governmental institutions have been implemented by the Brazilian Federal Government. These initiatives can be grouped in three strategies: a) incentives for personal acquisition of equipments; b) equipping public schools with ICT and access; c) implementation of public/community access centers for universal use.
(Journal of Community Informatics)
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Why the future's green for IT - 8th May 2008
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The report being written for the Joint Information System Committee (Jisc) says green IT is best achieved through the collaboration of IT and estates management. It finds that increased energy and computing costs can be offset by technologies such as grid computing and virtualisation. The need to reduce carbon the footprint is behind a cull of wasteful IT practices.
(The Guardian)
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China won't guarantee Web freedom over Olympics - 8th May 2008
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"We will guarantee as much as possible" that sites will not be blocked over the Olympics, he added. "Every country limits access to some websites. Even in developed countries not every site can be accessed."
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The great digital divide - 6th May 2008
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No doubt, India is acknowledged as the Mecca of IT and software services' industry. But the digital divide is as wide as in any developing country. For instance, in Bangalore considered the Silicon Valley of India, the gap between those having access to computers and those forced to do without it is quite striking.
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