http://uk.oneworld.net/article/archive/1982 en_GB_uk http://uk.oneworld.net/article/view/163054/1/1982 School textbooks are history, says Arnold Schwarzenegger. That's good news for publishers such as OneWorld but do youngsters have adequate concentration spans in the online environment? http://uk.oneworld.net/link/gotolink/addhit/85282 Liu Xiaobo has been detained without trial since last December. Here he compares life as a dissident in Beijing before and after the arrival of the internet. The Times http://uk.oneworld.net/link/gotolink/addhit/85059 Twelve "Enemies of the Internet" - Burma, China, Cuba, Egypt, Iran, North Korea, Saudi Arabia, Syria, Tunisia, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan and Vietnam - have transformed their Internet into an Intranet in order to prevent their population from accessing 'undesirable' online information,” says a new report. + handed to “Internet Enemy” embassies http://uk.oneworld.net/link/gotolink/addhit/84805 The Sri Lankan government may be winning a shooting war with the Tamil Tigers but its despicable elimination of those who wield the pen plumbed new depths this week. Time.com http://uk.oneworld.net/link/gotolink/addhit/84804 We tend to assume that surfing the internet is the ultimate in low carbon entertainment. It's not that simple as this October article from Green Futures explains. http://uk.oneworld.net/article/view/161778/1/1982 Join the discussion in Poznan via OneWorld's "Virtual Poznan", which takes you inside the conference hall each day this week. http://www.digitalopportunity.org/article/view/160371/1/1982 FREE FM, a community radio meant for prisoners in Jamaica, is now available to anyone interested in listening to it from anywhere in the world. Launched in June 2007 by UNESCO, Canadian International Development Agency and others, it was meant to encourage rehabilitation and education of prisoners. http://www.digitalopportunity.org/article/view/160368/1/1982 Celebrating 15 years of its creation, World Wide Web’s inventor Sir Tim Berners-Lee believes that the technology is still in a nascent stage. However, as a result of various international collaborations, the Web would be of great help in managing the planet. http://www.digitalopportunity.org/article/view/160284/1/1982 Telecentres can serve as an important source of information by connecting citizens with the government. A growing trend of commercialisation is however treating such entitlements as services and citizens as customers who pay service charges, writes research associate Vivek Vaidyanathan. http://www.digitalopportunity.org/article/view/160105/1/1982 IBM is toying with the idea of providing information to rural users on toll-free numbers. Its pilot project in southern India will provide information on healthcare services, small businesses and micro-finance. Once successful, it will be taken to international markets. http://www.digitalopportunity.org/article/view/159980/1/1982 Long predicted to replace traditional book or newspaper pulp, e-paper is not yet printing money, but tech firms hope its popularity may eventually mimic the real thing. Watch the video report inside. http://www.digitalopportunity.org/article/view/159972/1/1982 A non-profit media project is organising Global Voices Citizen Media Summit 2008 in Budapest, Hungary on June 27-28, 2008. The event will highlight the contribution of diverse voices like bloggers, activists and journalists in global information dissemination. http://www.digitalopportunity.org/article/view/159902/1/1982 Building on the popular culture of blogging, BBC’s ZigZagmag.net has created an interactive online space to enable aspiring Iranian journalists generate high quality content for a variety of BBC platforms. The virtual newsroom encourages learning and communication through discussions and training. http://www.digitalopportunity.org/article/view/159636/1/1982 UNHCR and Google have unveiled the "Google Earth Outreach" programme to help understand the refugee world and the ongoing humanitarian efforts. All you have to do is to sit in front of your computer and it will take you on a virtual reality tour in Chad, Iraq, Columbia and Sudan. http://southasia.oneworld.net/article/view/159629/1/1982 UNHCR and Google have unveiled the "Google Earth Outreach" programme to help understand the refugee world and ongoing humanitarian efforts. All you have to do is to sit in front of your computer and it will take you on a virtual reality tour in Chad, Iraq, Columbia and Sudan.