News by source

International Open Source Network

  • IBM, C-DAC, IIT Bombay to set up Open Source Software Resource Centre
  • Open approach offers Mindef more choice (Singapore)
  • Indians Inch Towards Completely Localized Linux
  • Sun pushes OpenOffice standard
  • Munich to press on with Linux switch
  • Dhaka Red Hat Meetup Group Formed
  • OpenOffice XML Format Will Probably Become an ISO Standard
  • Africans get tools to cross the digital divide
  • Red Hat pushes wider use of open-source computing in Philippines
  • Dzongkha computing on Linux
  • India shares open-source experience
  • Linux goes mission-critical for Danish government
  • Security fears spark Linux drive in Iran
  • Preview of Interactive User Guide to Using the Linux Desktop
  • Old computers good as new in Linux labs

Circle ID (US)

  • An Open Letter to NTIA, ICANN, and IANA
  • Languages in the Root: A TLD Launch Strategy Based on ISO 639
  • The Need to Keep Congress Fully Informed
  • Fifth Publication of the UN ICT Task Force Series
  • Internet Governance Has Become a Non-Issue
  • MARID is Dead
  • An Analysis of Microsoft's MARID Patent Applications
  • Can TCP/IP Survive?
  • NCUC Group Releases Nominations
  • Your Trademark Sucks.com
  • As WGIG forms, Ideas about Defining its Scope Circulate
  • The Rumors of Sender ID's Demise Are Exaggerated
  • .EU: Lucy's Football?

Tectonics (South Africa)

  • Alan Cox bemoans lack of quality in software development
  • Linux for SMEs: What to look for before you leap
  • SuSE 9.2 Professional out in November
  • Open source support vital to enhance e-government initiatives
  • Linux training - to certify or not to certify?
  • JBoss in Africa
  • Pirated Windows a Linux challenger?
  • OSS industry challenges Gartner on Linux report
  • 4000 more learners to benefit from Linux laboratories
  • Firefox ups its firepower
  • OSS applications 'prolific and vital to business' - report
  • Dragon IDS gets OPSEC thumbs-up
  • Ex-Microsoft exec to grow Linux in South Africa

Software Livre (Brazil)

  • Governo Federal e software livre: CISL encerra hoje planejamento para 2005
  • Suse Linux 9.2 em Novembro
  • Deu no O Globo: Troca de sistemas dá economia de R$ 28 milhões
  • Deu na Agência Estado: Software livre gera economia de R$ 28 mi
  • Deu na Gazeta Mercantil: Governo economiza R$ 28,5 milhões com software livre
  • Migrando usuários de maneira responsável
  • Uso de software livre gera economia de até 97%
  • Pedro Rezende: É possível violar a urna eletrônica?
  • Terrorismo dos governos dos EUA, Italia e Suiça: FBI seqüestra servidores do Indymedia
  • França financia PCs com Linux para estudantes
  • Deu no Estadão: Empresas abrem código para o setor público
  • Deu na Folha: Novell cria mais uma versão do Linux para usuários domésticos
  • Deu na Computerworld: IBM investe em open-source na Índia
  • Deu na Gazeta Mercantil: Microsoft não pode fazer novo acordo com CE
  • Deu na Softex: Software livre aplicado a Geotecnologia

Pambazuka ICT News (South Africa)

  • Global: Action needed on gender empowerment in the ICT arena
  • Africa: ICT Update October 2004: GenARDIS award-winning projects
  • Nigeria: Local Satellite TV/Internet Service Coy Debuts With a Promise
  • South Africa: Cellphones Join Battle Against HIV/Aids
  • Africa: Free software, internet gives a voice to African lobbyists
  • Nigeria: Cybercafe fraudsters arrested in Lagos and USD3.5M recovered
  • Kenya: Google-Kenya now available
  • Africa/Global: African Govts warned on signing MOU with Microsoft
  • Africa: eLocust, an improved desert locust monitoring and early warning system
  • Kenya: Selling Kenyan e-government vision
  • Zambia: Zambia set to pass cybercrime law
  • Libya: Competition emerges in the Libyan mobile market as govt competes against itself
  • Africa: Developing Nations Copyright License Frees Creativity Across the Digital Divide
  • South Africa: South African civil society meet to discuss ICT Empowerment Charter
  • Ghana: World Bank pledges to bolster ICT growth in Ghana