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Abu Dhabi e-Government Program
31 07 2010 State-of-the-art portal and government-wide network give citizens and businesses a way to glean information, use services and promote economic development To be effective, government must be responsive ÃÂ providing information and services efficiently to all who live, work and play...
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IDB, Microsoft and Infusion to help Haiti launch e-government platform
31 07 2010 Assistance to set up secure e-mail, recover databases, track reconstruction resources and projects The Inter-American Development Bank (IDB), in partnership with Microsoft Corporation and Infusion, will help the Haitian government launch a technology platform to provide secure communications, host critical...
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Developing the future together: UNESCO contributes to the fifth Internet Governance Forum
31 07 2010 Developing the future together: UNESCO contributes to the fifth Internet Governance Forum The 5th meeting of the Internet Governance Forum (IGF) will be held in Vilnius, Lithuania, from 14 to 17 September 2010. It will focus on the following issues:...
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U.S. should seek world cooperation on cyber conflict, says ex-CIA director
31 07 2010 Complexities of cyberwar mandates need for international agreements, says retired general Michael Hayden By Jaikumar Vijayan Computerworld - LAS VEGAS -- The U.S. needs to consider working with other leading nations to develop rules of engagement in cyberspace, retired general...
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Fourth LTE network goes live: MTS launches 4G in Tashkent
30 07 2010 Mobile TeleSystems (MTS) has announced the commercial launch of a 4G network based on Long Term Evolution (LTE) technology in Uzbekistan, the first fully operational 4G network in the CIS and Central Asia. According to TeleGeography’s GlobalComms Database, the launch...
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Russia's Digital Sky Technologies to offer up to 25 pct at IPO
30 07 2010 Russian Internet investment group Digital Sky Technologies (DST), which owns the Mail.ru mailing system, Odnoklassniki.ru social network site and ICQ instant-messaging service, plans to sell 10-25% of its shares on the London Stock Exchange (LSE) in 2011, Vedomosti business daily...
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Wi-Fi-Enabled Devices to Exceed 1.9 Billion Units by 2014
30 07 2010 SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. -- The quest for connectivity continues to drive Consumer Electronics (CE) manufacturers to enable their products with Wi-Fi technology. The next 5 years will see an increase in the number of Wi-Fi-enabled devices, from over 500 million in...
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Belarus: Internet freedom under attack
30 07 2010 The Belarusian government is rigidly monitoring every element of Internet use and tightening its grip on independent news of any kind, report the Belarusian Association of Journalists (BAJ) and Reporters Without Borders (RSF). Authorities have established new legislation for extensive...
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Researchers use Twitter tweets to measure moods
30 07 2010 Using millions of Twitter messages, or tweets, from the popular social networking site, researchers at Northeastern University in Boston have created a Twitter Mood Map to measure the moods of the US. People are happiest in the morning and in...
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Turkey: Government shuts down access to YouTube; citizens protest Internet restrictions
30 07 2010 Turkish Internet law permits authorities to block access to thousands of websites. After blocking access to YouTube in 2008, the Turkish government recently shut down 44 IP addresses that offered alternative ways to access the Google-owned video-sharing website, report the...
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Details of 100m Facebook users collected and published
30 07 2010 Personal details of 100m Facebook users have been collected and published on the net by a security consultant. Ron Bowes used a piece of code to scan Facebook profiles, collecting data not hidden by the user's privacy settings. The list,...
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Italy: liability risk for bloggers?
30 07 2010 by Arianna Ciccone One of the provisions of the Media and Wiretapping Bill currently being discussed by the Italian Parliament is that all “those responsible for information websites” will be required to issue corrections within 48 hours to any complaint...
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Suspected 'Mariposa Botnet' creator arrested
30 07 2010 by Chris Lefkow WASHINGTON (AFP) – US, Spanish and Slovenian law enforcement authorities on Wednesday announced the arrest of the suspected creator of the "Mariposa Botnet," a vast network of virus-infected computers used by criminal hackers. The suspect, a 23-year-old...
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UK population to be guaranteed mobile 768Kb/sec service
29 07 2010 By Bill Ray The government has endorsed the plan to pass organisation of the digital dividend mega auction back to Ofcom, with universal service guarantees, and promises a new-for-old deal for the Programme Makers and Special Events (PMSE) crowd. Minister...
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Snapshot of global internet speeds revealed
29 07 2010 World map overlaid with cables The world's internet is getting faster - slowly A report based on analysis of huge amounts of net traffic has revealed the state of the internet around the globe. The data, from network giant Akamai...
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The 7 people who can restart the Internet
29 07 2010 By Michael Hardy ICANN picks the team that will reignite the fire shoud it go out Call them this era's Magnficent Seven. Seven people around the world hold the keys to the Internet, uniquely charged to restart the global network...
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US Ranks 23rd in Broadband Development
28 07 2010 South Korea, Netherlands, Hong Kong Take Top Spots in Strategy Analytics' Broadband Composite Index (BCI) Boston, MA – July 20, 2010 – The United States still trails much of the world in broadband development, ranking 23rd on the list of...
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Yahoo! Japan adopts Google search engine
28 07 2010 Top Internet portal Yahoo! Japan on Tuesday announced a search alliance with Google, in a deal that would see both giants dominate the Japanese market in a possible blow to Microsoft. The deal would see Yahoo! Japan switch to Google's...
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Canadian Regulator Begins Consultation on Phone and Internet Access
28 07 2010 The Canadian Radio-television Telecommunications Commission (CRTC) has launched an online consultation at http://www.obligationtoserve.publivate.ca/ on basic telephone and internet access services and the obligations of the carriers to provide certain services. The consultation will include questions on: which services should be...
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KT to Invest US$4.3 Bil. Until 2014 for Network Expansion
28 07 2010 KT is planning to invest US$4.3 billion over the next few years till 2014 in expanding and upgrading its networks to support rising demand for mobile data services. KT still appears to be falling a step behind mobile market leader...
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Google in talks to build Facebook competitor: report
28 07 2010 Google Inc has held talks with gaming companies as it looks to develop a new service to compete with social networking website Facebook, the Wall Street Journal reported on Tuesday, citing people familiar with the matter. The Internet giant has...
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EE: Grants to raise awareness of Information Technology
28 07 2010 On 5 July 2010 the Estonian Information Centre (Riigi Infosüsteemide Arenduskeskus, RIA) opened a call for applications designed to provide people with the necessary skills for using digital services and to raise awareness of the dangers of Internet surfing. The...
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HR: Croatian Interoperability Framework adopted
28 07 2010 On 24 June 2010, the Croatian government introduced the Croatian Interoperability Framework, which enables the separate information systems of state government bodies to be connected to the government network. This improves information management processes and data exchange amongst state government...
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Ncell blocks UTL numbers amid argument over illegal VoIP calls
26 07 2010 Nepalese mobile operator Spice Nepal Private Ltd (Ncell) has barred calls from around 15,000 United Telecom Ltd (UTL) numbers after it started receiving voice-over-internet protocol (VoIP) calls from some of them, local daily Nagarik reports. IP telephony is banned in...
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Will Zynga Become the Google of Games?
26 07 2010 ORIENTATION for new employees of Zynga, the fast-growing maker of Facebook games like FarmVille and Mafia Wars, can be a heady affair given the company’s outsize ambitions — all of which are embodied in Mark Pincus, Zynga’s 44-year-old founder. In...
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