Stories about Technology from October, 2006
Indonesia: IE7 Review
Indonesian tech blogger Willy Sudiarto Raharjo reviews the latest version of Internet Explorer browser from Microsoft.
Iran:Government Bans Fast Internet
According to media, service providers have been told to restrict online speeds to 128 kilobytes a second and been forbidden from offering fast broadband packages. A teenage blogger, Kourosh Ziabary wrote an open letter in his blog to Minister of Communication and criticised government on this subject [Fa].
Slovenia: Fighting Piracy
“The essential tools of pirates: blank CDs, blank DVDs, external hard drives, and other copy-related technology, are about to get more expensive in Slovenia,” reports The Glory of Carniola.
Nigeria: ICT literacy condition for political leadership
“As the political terrain gains momentum for the 2007 general election in the country, the immediate past-president of the Information Technology Association of Nigeria (ITAN), Mr. Chris Uwaje, has said that Information and Communications Technology (ICT) knowledge and literacy should form the prerequisite for political aspirants,” writes IT Realms.
Singapore: Government and Web 2.0
Kevin at theory.isthereason.com links to another blog post at WebSG that talks about the online efforts of some governments agencies to engage the citizens.
Russia: Wi-Fi in Novgorod
Copydude walks around Novgorod, looking for Wi-Fi internet connection.
Kenya: MP responds to a question online
A small step in the journey of Mzalendo, “It seems that our faith and non-cynicism has been rewarded. Over the weekend, MP Ukur Yatani (North Horr) became the first MP to respond to a constituent’s question via the comment page on Mzalendo. He also updated his profile.”
South Africa: blogging and citizen journalism recognized
Vincent Maher reports that blog entries have been accepted in South Africa's top ICT journalism award, “A few months ago I sat down with the other judges of the competition and campaigned for the acceptance of blog entries into the Telkom ICT Journalist of the Year awards and, to my...
Slovenia: Bloggers’ 4th Annual Meeting
The Glory of Carniola, Bayaland and L Files write about the fourth annual meeting of Slovenian bloggers.
Russia: Politkovskaya Podcast
Vilhelm Konnander reports on his participation in the Open Source Radio's Politkovskaya Podcast. http://stream.publicbroadcasting.net/ros/open_source_061010.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: Apple Podcasts | Google Podcasts | RSS
Romania: Romtelecom
Romerican writes about Romtelecom and other players on Romanian telecoms market.
India: DesiPundit no more
DesiPundit, a popular editor-run filter blog linking to blogs run by Indians or on India decides to shut down. Two of the contributors, Patrix and Ash explain why.
Mooziko, the African YouTube
Le Blog de PKJ Agency, a blog that “casts a global look at the African Internet,” weighed the pros and cons of Mooziko, the African YouTube, this week and stirred up some debate in the process. Says the blog: Alors que Youtube vient de se faire racheter pour la modique...
The Week That Was in Bahrain
It's showtime in Bahrain where bloggers are preoccupied with a new craze – a campaign to wipe out sectarianism started by no other than the kingdom's most illustrious blogger Mahmood Al Yousif. In response to a scandal which shook the country, Mahmood decided to fight fire with fire and launch...
YouTube. Whose Tube? Google's acquisition triggers Lusosphere debate
It could be seen as just another dot-com mega-deal that would not get much discussion beyond in-depth reports in specialized magazines. But gleaning the discussions of Lusophone bloggers is revealing that the YouTube acquisition by Google is capturing a lot of attention and generating many interesting perspectives. It also displays...
China: China telecom forced software
RFA reports that China telecom forced its ADSL clients to use a software, forcing people to receive advertisement. Human rights activists said that the side effects will be monitoring of internet traffic (zh).
Reunion: 15 minutes of Fame on Global Voices
About Global Voices’ recent article on the Reunion blogosphere, Reunion Permanente writes (Fr):”The event of the year is obviously the 15 minutes of fame of Reunion's blogosphere on the American participative journalism site GlobalVoices: not to be missed.”
Cuba: Internet penetration
Luis M. Garcia reviews an article on internet penetration in Cuba published in the Cuban Communist Party's publication Juventud Rebelde.
Tajikistan: Uncensored
Alexander Sadikov reports that the Tajik government has bowed to pressure and lifted its block on some websites that report information critical of the government.
Bermuda: Online pioneer
Sean looks back on his days as a teenaged sysop and online pioneer in late 1980s Bermuda.
Malawi: the state of radio industry
Ndagha writes about the state of radio industry in Malawi: “To think that Malawi had only one radio station in 1993 and then 18 today could be taken as a big develepment in the Malawian mind!”
