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United Nations e-government survey 2008: from e-government to connected governance
Ilan Tsekhman | August 7
ICTs are changing the way the government does business for people Authors: ; United Nations Publisher: UN, 2008 Full text of document: http://unpan1.un.org/intradoc/groups/public/documents/UN/UNPAN028607.pdf The United Nation’s e-Government Survey 2008 presents an assessment of governments in...
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KISHAN PATEL | August 7
Friend......It is a word by remembering we can enrich our melodies of our moments which we have spent with our spent. If you have Sincereness, Honesty and Ability to help to a Needed one.....Believe me You Can Be The Best And Forever Friends Of Kishan Patel. Do you know the full-form of...
Silicon Valley's Map of the World
Rebecca MacKinnon | August 7
Last week I wrote a post titled "Silicon Valley's benevolent dictatorship," in which I challenged Hugh McLeod, a.k.a. "Gapingvoid" to draw a map illustrating the world as viewed from Silicon Valley. This is the result. (Click to see the original, larger version.)...
The Middle East and North Africa (TC-MENA) distinctive mark in eINDIA 2008 Awards.
Nabil Eid | August 5
The Middle East and North Africa (TC-MENA) distinctive mark in eINDIA 2008 Awards. Three winners throught three development projects from Syria,Egypt and Sudan, leaders of Telecentre in MENA. Syira - Reefnet Project, has been chosen as the winner of the: Best Government Initiative of the year’...
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FEATURE STORY
Web 2.0 and Development
Web 2.0 and Development What prospects does the Web 2.0 revolution hold for ICT4D?
By: Ilan Tsekhman
July 30, 2008 | [more]
Access Denied
By: Kim Hart, Washington Post | June 19, 2008
The Blind or Deaf Can Feel Left Behind As the Tools of Technology Advance

$100 Laptop! Is it worth what it seems to be?
By: Alok Shrestha, TakingITGlobal | Community: Access | January 31, 2008
The project named, OLPC (One Laptop per Child), is gaining rapid popularity in developing as well as developed countries. This project was initially conceptualized by Nicholas Negroponte, founder chairman of MITs’ (Massachusetts Institute of Technology) Media Lab and was announced in The World Economic Forum, Davos, Switzerland on January 2005. The project aims to provide laptops worth $100 to each and every school age child of underdeveloped and developing countries so that children do not have to be deprived of basic education.

Thinking About Tomorrow
By: Vauhini Vara,Jessica E. Vascellaro, Wall Street Journal | Community: Cool Tools | February 7, 2008
. How will technology change the way we shop, learn and entertain ourselves? How will it change the way we get news, protect our privacy, connect with friends? We look ahead 10 years, and imagine a whole different world. January 28, 2008; Page R1

Story Telling:My Second Home at Salamieh Telecentre
By: Nabil Eid, Salamieh Telecentre | Community: ICT4 Development | February 6, 2008
Story Telling:My Second Home, Salamieh Telecentre ICTs4D Rural women with Disabilities Roza Al-Yazji a Twenty-two years old girl, ranking the third amongst four brothers, She was born and suffered from many health problems, including speech disorder and learning disabilities. At the beginning, her parents noticed that case. But when she reached the age of sixteen, her parents could see her delay in speech and learning, balance disorder when she walked. Her parents tried to get her into the state School but that was in vain. She was unable to continue learning with her colleagues in the classroom. Then she had no other choice but leave school and stay at home and rely on her relatives in learning.

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NITDA completes ICT4D Plan to Drive Vision 2020
Jidaw.com | Aug 6
ITU warns of widening digital divide
http://www.itweb.co.za/sect... | May 20
Inside the OLPC
http://radian.org/notebook/... | May 14
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Events
Investigating the Impact of Public Access to ICTs (Executive and International Advisory Committee Meeting)
8/07/08
Quebec, Canada
Power of Peace Network Global Forum of Universities
8/07/08 - 8/08/08
Waterloo, Ontario, Canada
World Library and Information Congress
8/10/08 - 8/15/08
Québec, Canada
3rd International Youth Media Summit
8/20/08 - 8/27/08
Belgrade, Serbia and Montenegro
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New Communities
Trinityictcentre
Zion's call
IT-3
WiderNet and eGranary Digital Library
Saklama Beni
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