[GKD] Can ICT Be India's Growth Engine?

Value For Money : Subir Roy Can ICT be India's growth engine? Business Standard, March 12, 2003 ICT has already started improving infrastructure and there is enormous potential for future development Can information and commun

[GKD] Taking Communities Online (India)

Taking communities online... Bangalore offers cyber tools to manage knowledge By Frederick Noronha Everybody on the Net seems to be focussing on technology and tools to get their job done, but an Indian-incubated initiative is focussing on how people can make the real difference in tapping the po

[GKD] BytesForAll Clippings

est wi-fi systems so that villagers can get agricultural access systems right at their doorsteps. The technology to wirelessly connect to the Internet has recently been legalised by the government," said the report. It's hard to sift the claims from the reality sometimes... http://infoch

[GKD] Computers to Africa Scheme Criticised

IT MIGHT HELP if we had to look at what made computers obsolete so speedily, rather than just concentrating on shifting the older computers from the First to the Third World. I think bloatware-producing proprietorial software companies are part of the problem, not part of the solution. Free Softwar

[GKD] Is Linux Really Happening in India, or Is ItJust Hype?

Is Linux really happening in India, or is it just hype? SOBHA MENON TIMES NEWS NETWORK SUNDAY, JUNE 01, 2003 http://economictimes.indiatimes.com/cms.dll/html/uncomp/articleshow?msid=383 It's being billed as the solution that will deliver the masses from computer illiteracy. And so it was hard

[GKD] Public Interest Ligitation Wants Gov't toUse Linux (India)

ded over pieces of its proprietary Unix code to Linux developers. While IBM has denied any wrongdoing, Microsoft expressed tacit support for SCO by licensing its Unix technology. -- ----- Frederick Noronha (FN)| http:

[GKD] Patent Vote Fails Europe's Software Programmers

--------- Frederick Noronha (FN)| http://www.fredericknoronha.net Freelance Journalist | http://www.bytesforall.org http://goalinks.pitas.com | http://joingoanet.shorturl.com http://linuxinindi

[GKD] i4d ezine - Can ICTs Change Rural Lives?

-- i4d is a bi-monthly publication. It is intended for those interested and involved in the use of Information and Communication Technologies for development of underserved communities. It is hoped that it will serve to foster a growin

[GKD] World's Poor to Get Their Own Search Engine

Thanks to George Lessard for this... FN -- Forwarded message -- World's poor to get own search engine By Alfred Hermida BBC News Online technology editor RELATED INTERNET LINKS: TEK project http://cag.lcs.mit.edu/tek/ Comments/Questions? Email [EMAIL PROTECTED] The goal of the

[GKD] Open-Source Medical Software

are.org LinuxMedNews http://www.linuxmednews.com Meditux http://meditux.sourceforge.net/ Open Infrastructure for Outcomes http://www.txoutcome.org -- ----- Frederick Noronha (FN)| http://www.fredericknoronha.net Fr

[GKD] BytesForAll--South Asian IT for Dev. Newsletter

B y t e s F o r A l l --- http://www.bytesforall.org Making Computing Relevant to the People of South Asia AUG 2003 * http://groups.yahoo.com/group/bytesforall_readers -- ICTs and handicrafts ---

[GKD] Results of a Survey of Computers in a School in Goa, India

URL: http://gscp.org/components/survey3.htm Results of survey conducted at Vasant Vidyalaya HS Respondents Profile 30 students 9 males, 21 females from grade 9 9 were 16-18 year range, 21 were 13-15 years range Background - Vasant Vidyalaya is a secondary school with a total enrollment of abou

[GKD] The Phones Keep Ringing in World's Poorest Country

http://www.panos.org.uk/newsfeatures/featuredetails.asp?id=1125 The Phones Keep Ringing In World's Poorest Country By Harun Hassan MOGADISHU (PANOS) Somalia is a country in ruins. With 70% of the population living below the poverty line and international relief largely cut-off by civil war, its a

[GKD] E-choupals -- ICT and Agribusiness in India

E-choupals: Taking agribusiness into the new millennium ITC's 1,200 Internet kioks in villages across 18 states allow this agri-business company to procure soya and other produce directly from farmers, eliminating the middleman and saving producers time and money. Traditionally, choupals are comm

[GKD] Flaws in India's Model e-Governance Project

Flaws in Bhoomi, India's model e-governance project By Keya Acharya Karnataka's Bhoomi project, which computerised 20 million rural land records, was designed as an instrument of equity. But is IT also reinforcing inequality, with men benefiting more than women and the rich benefiting more than t

[GKD] Information Societies and the Gender Divide (India)

Building Information Societies: Grappling with Gendered fault-lines Reshmi Sarkar, IT for Change, Bangalore Information technology (IT) is viewed as a potent force in transforming social, economic, and political life across the globe. Today, without being plugged into the information age, there i

[GKD] Using Computers to Battle Illiteracy (India)

stions on how such initiatives could be further spread, do get back. FN ------------- Frederick Noronha (FN)| http://www.fredericknoronha.net Freelance Journalist | http://www.bytesforall.org http://goalinks.pitas.com

[GKD] Using ICT to Improve Education (India)

IN A WORLD WHERE THOSE WHO CAN'T TEACH, I.T. CAN by Frederick Noronha CAN IT AND THE INTERNET help teacher's teach better, design courses better, build improved learning environments, and support the learner more adequately? Yes, say the experiences of technologists working in various parts of In

[GKD] Simputer May be Built in Singapore, for Indian Market

Simputer, taxed back home, tries a Singaporean foothold >From Frederick Noronha SINGAPORE: They're held up as an example of Indian ingenuity, but get heavily taxed by their own government. Now, the technological potential of the Simputer is getting pinned on a financial pact that might make it mo

[GKD] Will Computers Help Goa's Children?

Will computers help Goa's children? By Daryl Martyris dmartyris at hotmail.com For the last five years a silent revolution has been happening in Goa's village schools. Overseas Goans have been sending money and used computers to village schools. The government has been distributing PCs (personal

[GKD] Tackling India's Literacy Problem

This reply was sent out to one specific query. Guess it applies for others interested too. FN ** It is always good to be sharing information with like minded individuals and organisations. As you may have learned from my friend, Fred Noronha, and perhaps a perusal

[GKD] India's Multi-lingual E-mail Exchange Featured in Media

News from Pune... FN -- Forwarded message -- [Mithi's website is at http://www.mithi.com/ ] The Indian Express January 21, 2004 Taking on Microsoft with an e-mail exchange Pune, January 20: Their first product was a multi-lingual word processor, built together with C-DAC. The

[GKD] Wealth By Copyleft...Creativity In The Digital Age

Call for Contribution = Wealth by copyleft == Creativity in the digital age = 3. Oekonux Conference May 20th-23rd, 2004 Department of Philosophy at Vienna University ___

[GKD] Community Radio Gives India's Villagers a Voice

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

[GKD] Simputer Finally Launched

GKD Members might be interested in the article below which announces the launch of the Simputer in India. It's followed by an alternate view, forwarded from the Nettime List. - * Simputer for poor goes on sale * A cheap handheld computer created

[GKD] Video Volunteers: Using Video to Fight Poverty (India)

I would like to appeal to those on this list to join-in a debate currently underway for the legalisation of community-radio in India. This campaign has been on since the mid-nineties, when the Supreme Court of India gave its landmark judgement saying that the airwaves are public property and should

[GKD] Sustainable Agriculture Magazine on CD

A world of agri info... on a CD --- LEISA arrived today with a bit of a bulge, and my guess was not wrong... it was a CD. One of the mags which I find rather interesting in the field of agriculture gave me a pleasant surprise. It included the entire archives of its art

Re: [GKD] RFI: Low-Bandwidth Long Distance Wireless E-mail

Roberto Verzola wrote: > Speaking of low-cost access (to the Web, via email), the www4mail > services have been one of the most appreciated. I considered it my > lifeline when I stayed offline (but kept email) for more than a year, > and would still use it for most of my Web access if it remained

[GKD] First Community Radio in South Africa Celebrates 10th

Anniversary Sender: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Precedence: bulk Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Success Rewards Bush Courage By Michello Cho [Radio World * July 2003] CAPE TOWN, South Africa: The Bush Radio story exemplifies the power of positive thinking. The first community radio initiative in South Afr

[GKD] BytesForAll: South Asian ICT4D Newsletter

_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/ _/ _/ B y t e s F o r A l l --- http://www.bytesforall.org _/ Making Computing Relevant to the People of South Asia _/ http://groups.yahoo.com/group/bytesforall_readers 062004 _/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_

Re: [GKD-DOTCOM] What Are the 'Right' Resources to Foster Professional Development?

Dear GKD Members, When discussing the 'right' resources for promoting professional development, a major component would have to be the use of non-proprietary software to deliver online training, especially in developing countries. The virtual forum announced below discusses the use of Free and Ope

[GKD] India's PM Launches Village Resource Centre

rts of the northeast. ISRO and the Department of Space plan to set up more such VRCs in regions such as islands, mountainous terrains and tribal-dominated areas, before extending the service to all 600,000 villages. -------- F

[GKD] India's March Towards Open Access

ection of this website, focussing on science and development issues. -FN FORWARDED VIA: -------- Frederick Noronha (FN)Nr Convent Saligao 403511 GoaIndia Freelance Journalist P: 832-2

[GKD] NGOs and Free Software

. Copyleft 2004, Frederick Noronha ----------- Frederick Noronha (FN) Nr Convent Saligao 403511 Goa India Freelance JournalistP: 832-2409490 M: 9822122436 http://www.livejournal.com/users/goalinks htt

[GKD] Local Relevance is Key to ICTs for Development

&parentid=1 4> ------- Frederick Noronha (FN) Nr Convent Saligao 403511 Goa India Freelance JournalistP: 832-2409490 M: 9822122436 http://www.livejournal.com/users/goalinks http://fn.swiki.net ht

[GKD] Free and Open Source Software Tools for NGOs

mation or in order to obtain a copy of NGO-in-a-box, please contact us at [EMAIL PROTECTED] Tactical Technology Collective © 2004 | Site by Floatleft Frederick Noronha (FN)Nr Convent Saligao 403511

[GKD] Using ICTs to Promote Blood Donations (India)

I really like the way in which IT is effectively used to promote blood-donations. See this network and how it works. To my mind, a very effective use of IT. -FN Khushroo Poacha, Founder of Indianblooddonors.com and blooddonorsalert.org (I think she's based in Pune

[GKD] Wireless-for-Development Portal Launched (Venezuela)

Campaigners in Venezuela have launched a wireless-for-development portal, and the English-language details are below. See and also for EsLaRed's eighth Latin American workshop on networking