Full Coverage: Internet

28.09.2006

Telecentre in one building at Embalem, Pondicherry Feb-02 © Peter Armstrong

How much should setting up a telecentre cost? A telecentre is a public place where people can access computers, the Internet and technologies to gather information and communicate with others while developing digital skills.

25.09.2006 The diffusion of Internet technology in India can take one of two routes, one elite-oriented, the other democratic. The Government seems to want to promote the second but the minimum requirement for this is credible information.

14.09.2006 The World Intellectual Property Rights (WIPO), the permanent UN body on copyrights and associated rights, currently discusses the Draft Broadcasting Treaty. The Treaty proposes new and serious restriction on the rights of the authors of broadcast works and free exchange of contents over the internet, especially for podcasters and podcasting organizations.

05.09.2006 Amader Gram ICT for Development -- a non-government organisation (NGO), in collaboration with the International Breast Cancer Research Foundation (IBCRF) of Ohio State University, USA, is all set to launch an online service for the detection of breast cancer in Bagerhat district of Bangladesh from the second week of this month.