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· July, 2006

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Stories about Technology from July, 2006

Singapore: GPS Tracking

Gayle Goh at i-speak blog is concerned about a new GPS based tracking system offered by a Singapore company. The company claims that the system provides peace of mind by...

Written by Preetam Rai
21 July 2006

African Women: Call for Nominations

African Women posts a call for nominations for the African Women of Distinction book and video exhibition scheduled for December 2006. The aim, the announcement says, is to profile the...

Written by Luisetta Mudie
21 July 2006

Bloggers on Virtual India

Virtual India is a different place, when compared to the real India. Bloggers cut through geographnical and physical barriers and come together and this week's blog ban highlighted this virtual India, and how different it is....

Written by Kamla Bhatt
21 July 2006

Voices from Kazakhstan

Welcome to our latest round-up of blog posts and online discussions that took place in the Kazakh blogosphere in the last two weeks. The “Zhumbaktas” (“Enigma”) rock in Borovoe, a...

Written by Leila Tanayeva
20 July 2006

Sri Lanka: Before we get censored

Greenhornet.lk looks at neighbour India's blogspot block and reflects on lessons for those online in Sri Lanka. “Preservation of free speech should be the Sri Lankan Internet community’s number one...

Written by Neha Viswanathan
20 July 2006

India: Censorship and the Government

Aishwarya outlines the fundamental problem with the government blocking any site. “What matters is that our government believe they have a right/duty to protect us all from anti-national activities, and...

Written by Neha Viswanathan
20 July 2006

Jordan: M.E. Podcasting

Zeid Nasser report that this is, probably, the first business news podcast service in the Middle East. Also he points out that more Arab bloggers are podcasting now.

Written by Haitham Sabbah
20 July 2006

Ghana: Wireless initiative

Timbuktu Chronicles notes the “Wireless Ghana” initiative, an affliate of the CUWIN project. The project's prime goal is to make Internet access in rural communites a reality, he writes.

Written by Luisetta Mudie
20 July 2006

Barbados: The government on blogs

Titlayo sees a Barbados government minister's call for blogs to have a “framework of accountability”, as a sign that blogs are beginning to be taken seriously by “people in high...

Written by Georgia Popplewell
19 July 2006

Guatemala: Returning Home Via the Web

Alfa notes that many Guatemalans living abroad use the internet (ES) to seek information about family members, recipes of favorite dishes, and photographs of their hometown. The post includes several...

Written by David Sasaki
19 July 2006

India: Podcast on the block

Kamla Bhatt does a podcast on the block on accessing blogspot in India. She interviews four people and gets information on the timeline, events and work arounds.

Written by Neha Viswanathan
19 July 2006

Japan: weather forecast

“Japan is planning to implement a new program that provides forecasts of typhoons, storms, blizzards, droughts and other inclement weather 30 years in advance!” JP reports on this in Japundit.

Written by Oiwan Lam
19 July 2006
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