nettime Query ... about GNU/Linux in Asia

2002-11-25 Thread Frederick Noronha
I'm working to list innovative and useful uses of GNU/Linux in Asia. In this context, could you please give me help or useful pointers in terms of what's happening in any country of the region? Any help would be appreciated... FN -- Frederick Noronha * Freelance Journalist * Goa * India

nettime BytesForAll * 04012003

2003-01-04 Thread Frederick Noronha
## BytesForAll (Jan 2003) ## Field potential --- Sometimes, one comes across those interesting

nettime Virtually obsessed... with the peer-to-peer world

2006-06-10 Thread Frederick Noronha
http://www.asia-commons.net Virtually obsessed... with the peer-to-peer world Michel Bauwens, 48, turned his back on a senior corporate position, and moved from his homeland of Belgium to another contentinent... and a very different way of doing things. Today, researching the P2P movement

nettime Open letter to BMGF ATLA Re: Bill Melinda Gates Foundation's Access to Learning Award (ATLA) 2007

2006-09-21 Thread Frederick Noronha
need to be debated. FN On 20/09/06, Rebecca Priestley [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Frederick Noronha Founder Bytes For All Dear Mr Noronha, Firstly, let me introduce myself. I work for INASP (the International Network for the Availability of Scientific Publications) and one of my

nettime Microcredit... a debate from South Asia and beyond

2006-10-17 Thread Frederick Noronha
-- Frederick Noronha http://fn.goa-india.org 9822122436 +91-832-240-9490 http://fredericknoronha.wordpress.com http://www.flickr.com/photos/fn-goa/ # distributed via nettime: no commercial use without permission # nettime is a moderated mailing list for net criticism, # collaborative text

nettime Blogging... from Athens (and beyond)... APC focuses on the Internet Governance Forum http://blog.apc.org/ and genderit.org

2006-10-31 Thread Frederick Noronha
Internet Governance as a concept. Needless to say, we have encountered quite a number of questions on what the Internet Governance Forum is. http://www.genderit.org/en/index.shtml?apc=3Df--e--1x=3D94976 -- -- Frederick Noronha

nettime Piracy, FLOSS, peer production, new models, innovation... a voice at the IGF

2006-11-01 Thread Frederick Noronha
, maximum creativity, peer production, new models, innovation. --Anriette Esterhuysen, at the Internet Governance Forum, Athens, November 1, 2006 http://www.intgovforum.org/IGF-Panel2-311006am.txt -- -- Frederick Noronha http://fn.goa

nettime INDIA ... RURAL WIRELESS MESH: Warren Noronha's AirJaldi posting

2006-11-05 Thread Frederick Noronha
] http://www.bytesforall.net/freelinking/CyberCafe [5] http://www.bytesforall.net/freelinking/AirJaldi [6] http://www.olsr.org/ [7] warren.noronha at gmail.com -- -- Frederick Noronha http://fn.goa-india.org 9822122436 +91-832-240

nettime Campaigners for 'freeing airwaves' welcome new CR policy

2006-11-18 Thread Frederick Noronha
Campaigners for 'freeing airwaves' welcome new CR policy By FN In Cyberspace, Nov 18, 2006: One decade and a year after the Supreme Court directed New Delhi to open up the airwaves, campaigners who battled long for this to happen gave a sigh of relief when India finally opened up its broadcasts

Re: nettime VideoWhale project.. from Pakistan

2006-11-19 Thread Frederick Noronha
Sorry, it's http://gstreamer.freedesktop.org/apps/videowhale.html Some gibberish came up at the end unfortunately... FN On 12/11/06, paolo atzori [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: http://gstreamer.freedesktop.org/apps/videowhale.html%5D Not Found The requested URL /apps/videowhale.html] was not found

nettime Keeping track of online news... for non-profit organisations

2006-12-15 Thread Frederick Noronha
A Free Software friend of mine Subramanya Sastry [EMAIL PROTECTED] has created this superb tool (called NewsRack) that allows you to electronically track news published on certain subjects (of your choice). You can set up the keywords, and it will keep track of the news. Check up how it works for

nettime BadVista.org: FSF launches campaign against Microsoft Windows Vista

2006-12-17 Thread Frederick Noronha
BadVista.org: FSF launches campaign against Microsoft Windows Vista Boston, MA--December 15, 2006--The Free Software Foundation (FSF) today launched BadVista.org, a campaign with a twofold mission of exposing the harms inflicted on computer users by the new Microsoft Windows Vista and promoting

nettime INDIA, India, Wireless [3x]

2007-01-29 Thread Frederick Noronha
Table of Contents: INDIA: Endangered: Wildlife Films Frederick Noronha [EMAIL PROTECTED] India joins Creative Commons camp of building sharable knowledge Frederick Noronha

nettime After Vista, a deluge of E-waste to developing countries, Greenpeace warns

2007-02-09 Thread Frederick Noronha
http://www.greenpeace.org/seasia/en/press/releases/after-vista-a-deluge-of-= e-was After Vista, a deluge of E-waste to developing countries, Greenpeace warns February 03, 2007 Manila, PHILIPPINES -- Vista, Microsoft's newest operating system, could trigger a deluge of E-waste in developing

nettime India a 'promising' destination for community radio

2007-02-12 Thread Frederick Noronha
http://www.hindustantimes.com/news/181_1924420,0008.htm India a 'promising' destination for community radio Indo-Asian News Service Bangalore, February 10, 2007 One-step forward, two steps back...is this the fate of non-commercial, non-state radio broadcasting in Asia? It would seem so, going

nettime Plagiarism by Indian committee on patents: The Black, white Grey of Indian Patent Amendment

2007-02-12 Thread Frederick Noronha
From: Anivar Aravind [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: Mon, 12 Feb 2007 20:37:17 +0530 Hi all, Here is something that will shock all of us!! An expert committee set up sometime ago by the Ministry of Commerce with R.A. Mashelkar (ex-CEO of CSIR) as its chairman to examine whether certain provisions in

nettime ICT-for-D books... sharable and otherwise

2007-05-19 Thread Frederick Noronha
chapters) if interested. Please share any other interesting books if you come across these. Rgds, FN/Frederick Noronha-Goa, India -- FN M: 0091 9822122436 P: +91-832-240-9490 (after 1300IST) Skype: fredericknoronha Yahoochat: fredericknoronha http://fn.goa-india.org http

nettime Bytes For All... March 2007

2007-05-30 Thread Frederick Noronha
http://www.i4donline.net/articles/current-article.asp?articleid=1110typ=Columns Bytes For All... March-2007 ICT4D Getting a voice in cyberspace Audio for social movements in campaign mode, everyone understands the importance of getting a voice in the media. The problem is, the mainstream media

nettime The 300-million question -- how to spread literacy in India... andfast

2003-08-18 Thread Frederick Noronha (FN)
THE 300-MILLION QUESTION: HOW TO SPREAD LITERACY IN INDIA... AND FAST From Frederick Noronha fred at bytesforall.org WHAT DO you do with a population of close to 300 million iliterates, who can speak their native languages, but cannot read or write in them? Do we see them merely as empty

nettime UPDATE: Network of Women in Media, India (fwd)

2003-08-19 Thread Frederick Noronha (FN)
-- Forwarded message -- Network of Women in Media, India NWMI newsletter August 19, 2003 Join us | Register | Contact us | www.nwmindia.org Status of Women in Media in Nepal Rarely does the [Nepalese] media present women as contributors to the

nettime noronhagram x3: hydro-hubris, freeing computers, seven steps

2003-08-20 Thread Frederick Noronha (FN)
[digested @ nettime] Frederick Noronha (FN) [EMAIL PROTECTED] SOUTHASIA-HIMAL: Hydro-hubris... and other issues (Aug 2003) Freeing computers ... in schools Seven steps to software samadhi

nettime Internet censorship at work in India? (fwd)

2003-09-23 Thread Frederick Noronha (FN)
-- Forwarded message -- [INTERNET CENSORSHIP AT WORK IN INDIA: 3 news reports] The Hindu,September 23, 2003 Bid to block anti-India website affects users By Sandeep Dikshit http://www.thehindu.com/2003/09/23/stories/2003092312761100.htm o o o The Hindustan Times, September

nettime GNULinuxInIndia Oct 15, 2003

2003-10-15 Thread Frederick Noronha (FN)
Y888 | | Y88b| Y88 | U 888 888 888 Y888 888 888 C888 888 88__/ |Y888 8__/ X 888 888 888 88_/888 888 88_-888 Formerly LinuxInIndia * Compiled by: Frederick Noronha * Oct 15,2003

nettime GNULinuxIndia * Oct 18, 2003

2003-10-18 Thread Frederick Noronha (FN)
| Y88 | U 888 888 888 Y888 888 888 C888 888 88__/ |Y888 8__/ X 888 888 888 88_/888 888 88_-888 Formerly LinuxInIndia * Compiled by: Frederick Noronha * Oct 18,2003

nettime BytesForAll * Feb 2004

2004-02-12 Thread Frederick Noronha (FN)
_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/ _/ bYtES For aLL is a voluntary, unfunded venture. CopyLeft, 2004. bYtES _/ For aLL e-zine volunteers team includes: Frederick Noronha in Goa, _/ Partha Sarkar in Dhaka, Zunaira Durrani in Karachi, Zubair Abbasi in_/ Islamabad, Archana Nagvenkar in Goa, Arun-Kumar Tripathi in Darmstatd

nettime Internet newspapers as alternative media... OhmyNews from South Korea

2004-02-29 Thread Frederick Noronha (FN)
*** Internet newspapers as Alternative Media: The Case of OhmyNews in South Korea *** by Cheon Young-Cheol South Korean society was under military dictatorship from the 1970s to the 1980s. In those days, many journalists protested against the military authorities. Some of them went to jail and

nettime CAMPAIGN: Community Radio Gives India's Villagers a Voice

2004-03-26 Thread Frederick Noronha (FN)
INTERESTING STORY from South India. Sorry for the delay in posting it. As someone involved with the community-radio debate, I'd urge anyone who sees potential in this form of communication to add their voice to the demand for freeing India's airwaves. The world's largest democracy needs to prove

nettime Video Volunteers... putting video into the hands of grassroots activists

2004-03-26 Thread Frederick Noronha (FN)
http://www.creativevisions.org/videovols.htm#uptotop Video Volunteers Putting video into the hands of grassroots activists who are leading the fight against poverty.

nettime SOUTH ASIA: BytesForAll * May 2004

2004-04-21 Thread Frederick Noronha (FN)
, 2004. bYtES _/ For aLL e-zine volunteers team includes: Frederick Noronha in Goa, _/ Partha Sarkar in Dhaka, Zunaira Durrani in Karachi, Zubair Abbasi in_/ Islamabad, Archana Nagvenkar in Goa, Arun-Kumar Tripathi in Darmstatd, _/ Shivkumar in Mumbai, Sangeeta Pandey in Nepal, Rajkumar

nettime GNULinuxInIndia * April 25, 2004

2004-04-27 Thread Frederick Noronha (FN)
Y888 | | Y88b| Y88 | U 888 888 888 Y888 888 888 C888 888 88__/ |Y888 8__/ X 888 888 888 88_/888 888 88_-888 Formerly LinuxInIndia * Compiled by: Frederick Noronha * Apr 25 2004

nettime PAPER: Portugal, colonial laws, and today's reality

2004-06-02 Thread Frederick Noronha (FN)
THIS PAPER WAS PRESENTED AT A RECENT SEMINAR IN GOA, INDIA: Indo-Portuguese History and Global Trends Seventh Century Portuguese Legal Regime and Twenty First Century Global Trends: A Comparative Analysis By Carmo D'Souza Introduction: There is a close resemblance between the

nettime FLOSS and the digital divide...

2004-08-17 Thread Frederick Noronha (FN)
Frederick Noronha (FN)Near Convent, SALIGAO 403511 GOA India Freelance Journalist Tel: +91-832-2409490 MOBILE: 9822122436 fred at bytesforall.org fredericknoronha at vsnl.net http://fn.swiki.net (FN's swiki) http://www.ilug-goa.tk(GNULinux Users Group Goa) http://www.livejournal.com

nettime Goanet, the month that was. October 2004

2004-11-04 Thread Frederick Noronha (FN)
Hi Net-Time folks: This is an update from one of India's earliest regional-based mailing list, dealing with the region of Goa, on the west coast of South Asia. Frederick Noronha -- Forwarded message -- To join write to viviana at goanet.org and request to join

nettime Tere Vaden: Information wants to be free

2004-12-21 Thread Frederick Noronha (FN)
'. Version 1.0 dated 13.05.2003 and available online at http://www.maailma.kaapeli.fi/FLOSS_for_dev.html. Frederick Noronha (FN)Nr Convent Saligao 403511 GoaIndia Freelance Journalist P

nettime Tsunami updates... from BytesForAll list

2004-12-29 Thread Frederick Noronha (FN)
immediately. Not a single life was lost in this village. Our heart felt and grateful thanks to Mr Vijaykumar. Here is the latest news release on the tsunami tragedy. Arun [Subbiah Arunachalam] Frederick Noronha 784 Near

nettime NGOs, searching long for alternatives, find flavour in alt.software

2005-01-12 Thread Frederick Noronha (FN)
NGOs, SEARCHING LONG FOR ALTERNATIVES, FIND FLAVOUR IN ALT.SOFTWARE From Frederick Noronha For an sector that talks of alternatives, the non-governmental organisations (NGOs) or voluntary sector stays surprisingly aloof from one significant alternative that has really worked -- free software

nettime FreeSoftwaremagazine.com

2005-01-17 Thread Frederick Noronha (FN)
! Frederick Noronha (FN)Nr Convent Saligao 403511 GoaIndia Freelance Journalist P: 832-2409490 M: 9822122436 http://fn.swiki.net http://fn-floss.notlong.com

nettime Grafting the 17th century onto 2005

2005-02-08 Thread Frederick Noronha (FN)
the traditional Indian sari. Allan has a more mischevious idea on that, which might not be expressed in text here! http://www.tacticaltech.org/asiasource/blog Frederick Noronha (FN)Nr Convent Saligao

nettime Opening up worlds of knowledge

2005-02-20 Thread Frederick Noronha (FN)
waiting for you. It's a debate most of us might not even be aware of. Time to take a look... Frederick Noronha (FN)Nr Convent Saligao 403511 GoaIndia Freelance Journalist P: 832

nettime Goanet Reader -- Acid parties,

2005-03-29 Thread Frederick Noronha (FN)
PROTECTED] Goanet Reader is edited by Frederick Noronha [EMAIL PROTECTED] # distributed via nettime: no commercial use without permission # nettime is a moderated mailing list for net criticism, # collaborative text filtering and cultural politics of the nets # more info: [EMAIL PROTECTED] and info

nettime Indian breaks open Microsoft's anti-piracy programme

2005-06-21 Thread Frederick Noronha (FN)
http://sify.com/finance/fullstory.php?id=13877760 Indian breaks open Microsoft's anti-piracy programme Tuesday, 21 June , 2005, 13:47 New Delhi: Breaching the much-touted 'impenetrable' Window Genuine Advantage (WGA) of Microsoft, an Indian researcher has shown the global software leader how

nettime [Fwd: Wireless technology in Brazil... sowing a better crop...

2005-07-04 Thread Frederick Noronha (FN)
--- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- *APCNews, the monthly newsletter of the Association for Progressive Communications (APC)* - June 2005 No. 53 --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- -- NEWS FROM THE MEMBERS

nettime News from India [3x]

2005-08-08 Thread Frederick Noronha (FN)
Table of Contents: India's cutting edge of film censorship: denying free expression Frederick Noronha (FN) [EMAIL PROTECTED] The Mumbai Floods and the Mithi River... Frederick Noronha (FN

nettime INDIA: FN'sEyeOnFLOSS *** Nov 10, 2005 * FreeBSD and India...

2005-11-11 Thread Frederick Noronha (FN)
FN's Eye on FLOSS (Free/Libre and Open Source Software) 10NOV05 Please forward this to FLOSS groups you know... help it grow -FN

nettime APC blog on Tunis...

2005-11-15 Thread Frederick Noronha (FN)
From the APC blog. Please add your voice here... There are also APC blogs in Spanish and French getting underway. FN http://www.apc.org/english/wsis/blog/index.shtml Making the ride to cyberspace less costly, bumpy By FN (Frederick Noronha) 14/11/2005 08:08 [Access, ICT policy, Communication

nettime INDIA: FN's Eye on FLOSS (Free/Libre and Open Source Software) 2JAN2006

2006-01-03 Thread Frederick Noronha (FN)
FN's Eye on FLOSS (Free/Libre and Open Source Software) 2JAN2006 Please forward this to FLOSS groups you know... help it grow -FN

nettime Bihar radio man's station shut down

2006-03-29 Thread Frederick Noronha (FN)
Bihar radio man's station shut down By Imran Khan, Indo-Asian News Service Patna, March 27 (IANS) A popular rural radio station in Bihar has turned silent after the authorities closed it down because its owner, a poor and illiterate man, did not possess an operating licence. The Radio Raghav FM

nettime Re: There is no third world, ergo no 3rd world city/cities

2006-05-12 Thread Frederick Noronha (FN)
Hallo! But the bulk of the citizens of the Third World are still poor, dispossed, deprived of their share of resources. Much like the tiers etat in France, of another era (where the term comes from anyway). I think it's apologists of the First World who tend to get most upset about usage of the

nettime APCNews - June 2006 - No. 65

2006-06-13 Thread Frederick Noronha (FN)
applies to development and social justice. - APC http://www.apc.org/english/news/index.shtml?x=3D5038227 SPECIAL DHAKA COVERAGE: South Asia ICT policy workshop and Asian APC memb= ers APC staff writer Frederick Noronha travelled to Dhaka, Bangladesh last=20 April to attend the first regional

nettime FOSS in Asia-Pacific * June 2006 * Links from the Asia Commons

2006-06-14 Thread Frederick Noronha (FN)
, then just throwing it to the community. - IOSN NEWSLETTER: FOSS in Asia-Pacific is edited by Frederick Noronha -- http://fn.goa-india.org -- and supported by the International Open Source Network -- http://www.iosn.net IOSN promotes

nettime ICANN meeting... a report from San Juan (Deirdre Williams [EMAIL PROTECTED] via Bytesforall)

2007-06-28 Thread Frederick Noronha [फरॆडरीक नोरोनया]
:-) Best wishes Deirdre -- FN: Frederick Noronha http://wikiwikiweb.de/MyContacts Phone 0091-832-2409490 Cell: 091-9822122436 or 9970157402 (after 1 pm) Copying a film on copyright! GOOD COPY BAD COPY: a documentary about the current state of copyright and culture. http://www.goodcopybadcopy.net