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Webby Connect Day One Thoughts
Adam Clare | October 4
The Webby Connect conference has a lot of smart people attending it, and that's putting it mildly. Today's lineup of events started with looking at commercially generated content to increase brand exposure and ended with Ariannia...
The flow of 1000 (one thousands) computers from Eindhoven to GDCO -SUDAN started
ahmed eisa | June 29
Gedaref Digital City Organization (GDCO) is one of the civil society organizations in Gedaref State in Sudan founded by a kind and generous initiative from Mr. Ben Waumans, the President of the Digital City of Eindhoven ,Mr. Amin Oraibi the Director General of Public Water Organization in...
Linguistic and Cultural Diversity: Alternative Message Board
Claude Almansi | January 25
The discussion boards for the Linguistic and Cultural Diversity community - and for other older ones - have not been working for a while, and the problem seems to be difficult to solve. As an alternative, I have set up a wiki at...
sweet mother international - volunteers
john john | January 12
Julie Anne Clayton is a volunteer from australia visiting Nigeria for the activities of SMI. She was presented with this award for excemplary leadership and a courageous woman of excellence. Her activities in Sweet Mother International greatly improved the welfare of the members.
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Yasmary Mora | October 14
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FEATURE STORY
::WSIS-II Youth Bangladesh::
::WSIS-II Youth Bangladesh:: The road to Tunis entails a process of monitoring and evaluation of the progress of feasible actions laid out in the Geneva Plan and a concrete set of deliverables that must be achieved by the time the Summit meets again in Tunis in November 2005. Efforts are now being made to put the Plan of Action into motion and working groups are being set up to find solutions and reach agreements in the fields of Internet governance and financing mechanisms. These working groups will provide inputs to the second phase of WSIS in Tunis. Also, measures will be taken to bridge the digital divide and hasten the achievement of the Millennium Development Goals with the help of ICTs.
By: Md. Akteruzzaman, Bangladesh Youth Forum on ICT
November 6, 2004 | Community: Bangladesh Youth Forum | [more]
Featured Articles
Internet, Jóvenes y Participación
By: Damian Profeta, TakingITGlobal | February 12, 2008
Cada vez más se habla de los usos que adolescentes y jóvenes dan a las nuevas tecnologías de la información y la comunicación, especialmente internet. Esos análisis y opiniones giran principalmente en torno a cuestiones de ocio, consumo y comportamientos poco éticos, pero pocas veces se dice que cada vez más jóvenes están participando socialmente, mejorando su comunidad y el mundo por medio de la red de redes.

The State Of Youth In Nigeria
By: Henry Ekwuruke, Nnado Foundation Inc. | April 11, 2007
The Youth of Nigeria are crying aloud and speaking out against injustices of our fathers and mothers in politics but we have a vision and the targets must be met for us to vote. Our targets to end poverty and eradicate our unemployment; Fight HIV/AIDS and Maternal Mortality Provide electricity and shelter for all, ICT4D, etc. To elect Leaders that would improve on what has been done for better; Leaders that have listening ear to youth and people that would work together with youth to the achievement of the United Nations Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) now...

Rural Youth National Campaigns On The Information Society : Call For Campaign Proposals In African, Caribbean And Pacific Nations
By: Marouen MRAIHI, A Sense Of Place Network | January 12, 2005
The second phase of the United Nations World Summit on the Information Society (WSIS) will be held in Tunis, Tunisia in November 2005. Young people are to be active contributors to the WSIS process – raising awareness of important issues, mobilizing at the national, regional and international level to provide policy input, and creating networks supporting local ICT projects.

BitTorrent: Making Bulky Video Files Easier to Share
By: Phil Shapiro, CTCNet | December 10, 2004
As a kid, my parents always told me, "If you share, there will be more than enough for everyone." Bram Cohen, creator of new file-sharing software, has freshly illustrated this old adage. He spent a year building BitTorrent, which he now freely shares on the Internet. BitTorrent allows individuals, organizations and companies to distribute large video files over the Internet without encountering unexpected obstacles.

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Web Resources
 
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TakingItGlobal Workshop Kit
Yasmary Mora | October 01, 2004
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Theme Review
Yasmary Mora | October 01, 2004
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Documents
ANDREW (.)
Aug 31 | By OGWANG ANDREW
Big Image Test (.jpg)
Sep 29 | By Yasmary Mora
Proposal Document (.txt)
Sep 29 | By Yasmary Mora
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Headlines
Nancy Willard's review of I-Safe
My Review of I-Safe, by... | Mar 13
Digital Divide or Chasm? Book Review
The Hindu | Nov 3
South Korean Government Gives Aid to Narrow Digital Divide
South Korea Herald | Nov 3
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Events
3rd International Youth Media Summit
8/20/08 - 8/27/08
Belgrade, Serbia and Montenegro
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