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THAILAND: Three Years On, Cyber Crime Law Stifling Debate - Critics
Inter Press Services ICT News - 25 July 2010 - 7:57pm
Many netizens worldwide have long realised that the Internet is not completely without fetters, but those in Thailand say a three-year-old law is now practically choking Thai self-expression and right to information in cyberspace.
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CHINA: Cyberlives Thrive Under the State's Watchful Eyes
Inter Press Services ICT News - 5 July 2010 - 4:32pm
Twenty-four-year-old Li Jun sits where he sits most nights of the week, in front of a computer in his local Internet cafe in the east of the Chinese capital, playing ‘World of Warcraft'.
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THAILAND: ‘Reforms', Emergency Situation Weigh Heavily on Media
Inter Press Services ICT News - 4 July 2010 - 9:24pm
Thailand's media are not very happy these days, and it's not only because of an emergency decree that turns three months old next week.
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MALDIVES: Education Reforms Herald Digital Learning, Radical Changes
Inter Press Services ICT News - 4 July 2010 - 8:35pm
When students walk into the Majeediya Boys School in this capital of the Maldives every morning, they are invariably drawn to the digital notice board in the courtyard that carries important announcements.
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URUGUAY: Incubating Businesses and ICT Job Prospects
Inter Press Services ICT News - 3 July 2010 - 11:01am
"Without this opportunity, I might never have been able to get a higher education," says Paolo Carabajal, one of the beneficiaries of a digital development plan in this city in northwestern Uruguay.
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ASIA: English-Language Media a Double-Edged Sword?
Inter Press Services ICT News - 20 June 2010 - 8:38am
HONG KONG, Apr 26 (IPS/Asia Media Forum) - The English language, as a medium for reporting in the region, is both a boon and a bane for many countries in the Asia-Pacific region in terms of getting ‘heard’ or generally being ignored by the global community.
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MEDIA-ASIA: Parents Try to Keep Up with Net-savvy Youngsters
Inter Press Services ICT News - 20 June 2010 - 8:38am
BANGKOK, Apr 21 (IPS) - Many parents are scratching their heads as they watch youngsters in the Asia- Pacific region create often-private online worlds, feeling lost over how to be a part of it and oversee their Internet lives.
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THAILAND: Media Crackdown a Mistake, Say Analysts
Inter Press Services ICT News - 20 June 2010 - 8:38am
BANGKOK, Apr 9 (Asia Media Forum) - For press freedom advocates, it was bad enough, though not totally surprising, to hear that the government had shut down the opposition media amid the state of emergency in the Thai capital. But alarming to them is the gagging even of independent news sites.
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CUBA: Skilful Surfing by Digital Culture Project
Inter Press Services ICT News - 20 June 2010 - 8:38am
HAVANA, Apr 6 (IPS) - Buoyant in the storm and sailing for new horizons, the Cuban cultural project Esquife (Skiff) has spent over a decade navigating the rough waters of thought-provoking digital journalism, stirring up opinions rather than wallowing in complacency.
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ZAMBIA: Bringing Phones to the Countryside
Inter Press Services ICT News - 20 June 2010 - 8:38am
LUSAKA, Jan 5 (IPS) - Cellular phones have quickly become a popular and effective means of communication in Zambia, but their use has been concentrated in urban areas. Government and NGOs are now trying to extend these services to rural people.
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SPAIN: A Princely Prize for Creators of Email, Cell-Phones
Inter Press Services ICT News - 20 June 2010 - 8:38am
OVIEDO, Spain, Oct 23 (IPS) - U.S. engineers Martin Cooper and Raymond Tomlinson, considered the fathers of the mobile phone and email, respectively, received Spain's prestigious Prince of Asturias Award for Technical and Scientific Research from Crown Prince Felipe on Friday.
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DEVELOPMENT: Rural India Set to Ring in 3G Mobile Technology
Inter Press Services ICT News - 20 June 2010 - 8:38am
NEW DELHI, Oct 8 (IPS) - As India prepares to roll out third-generation (3G) mobile services in the world's fastest growing telecom market, there are high expectations that it will benefit people in the vast, impoverished rural hinterland most.
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ENVIRONMENT-SOUTH AFRICA: Opportunities Spring From e-Waste
Inter Press Services ICT News - 20 June 2010 - 8:38am
CAPE TOWN, Oct 6 (IPS) - There was an audible gasp when Kirsten McIntyre told the audience that e-waste is the third fastest growing waste stream in the world, with between 40 and 50 million tons of computers, TVs and washing machines being "thrown away" each year.
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MEDIA-ASIA: Senior Citizens Log On to the Wide, Wired World
Inter Press Services ICT News - 20 June 2010 - 8:38am
BANGKOK, Sep 11 (IPS) - They may be in their twilight years but Asia’s senior citizens are not ready to be left behind — and forgotten — by the wide, wired world.
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Q&A: "Blogmailing" to Foment Debate on Cuban Filmmaking
Inter Press Services ICT News - 20 June 2010 - 8:38am
HAVANA, Sep 2 (IPS) - Blogging has taught him to share his deepest concerns with people who think differently, to treat others and himself more compassionately, to learn from even the most impassioned disputes, and above all, to show that far from being the sole possessor of truth, he is desperately seeking it.
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PERU: Rural Highlands Communities Coming Online
Inter Press Services ICT News - 20 June 2010 - 8:38am
CUZCO, Peru, Aug 27 (IPS) - Little by little, rural communities in southern Peru are beginning to take advantage of the internet to acquire new knowledge and increase their income. But the use of computers in rural areas faces numerous challenges, from illiteracy to fear of the unknown or questions about the sustainability of these new communications initiatives once they are left in local hands.
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EDUCATION: Liberty, e-Quality, Humanity
Inter Press Services ICT News - 20 June 2010 - 8:38am
BENTO GONÇALVES, Brazil, Jul 31 (IPS) - This city of 100,000 people in the southernmost Brazilian state of Rio Grande do Sul is named after the leader of the 1835-1845 Revoluçao Farroupilha (Ragged Revolution), which under the slogan "Liberty, Equality, Humanity" resulted in the independence of the state from the Brazilian empire. At an international conference here today, peaceful revolutionaries are furthering similar ideals.
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URUGUAY: Schoolgirls Access Computers but Can’t Shake Gender Stereotypes
Inter Press Services ICT News - 20 June 2010 - 8:38am
MONTEVIDEO, Jul 30 (IPS) - The girls who attend the school of Villa García, a township on the outskirts of the Uruguayan capital, are still playing dolls and dress up - only now they do it on their laptop computers.
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Q&A: "Massive Transfer of Power to the Poor" Needed In Crisis
Inter Press Services ICT News - 20 June 2010 - 8:38am
LA PAZ, Jul 8 (IPS) - Innovative solutions at a time of crisis, extending services and technology to the poor and building democracy around the initiatives of ordinary citizens are the prescription to combat poverty that Roberto Haudry, head of IFAD for the Andean subregion, would suggest to Latin American governments.
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TRADE-MAURITIUS: Paradise Island, Pirates’ Den
Inter Press Services ICT News - 20 June 2010 - 8:38am
PORT LOUIS, Jun 25 (IPS) - Pirated goods - from music and vehicle parts to clothes, perfumes and software - are sold at ridiculously low prices on the streets or in local shops. This is big business in the paradise-like island state of Mauritius.
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