The Hewlett-Packard endorsement, analysts say, is also a sign that open source products beyond the Linux operating system are increasingly in demand from mainstream corporate customers. (Source: New York Times)

But there is, I think, an even deeper reason for concerns about outsourcing of, say, hi-tech jobs to India: it destroys the myth - which has been a central tenet of the globalization debate in the US and other advanced industrial countries - that workers should not be afraid of globalization. (Source: Project Syndicate)

It is extremely ironic that the South African government's legislative efforts that affect new technologies like voice over IP (VOIP) and wireless fidelity (WiFi) are actually working against the development goals it is hoping to achieve. (Source: ITWeb)

Given the significant amount of public funding being devoted to challenging the digital divide it is timely to ask what we actually know about the effectiveness of public access centres and related CI approaches for tackling exclusion. This critical review provides policy makers and practitioners with an accessible and comprehensive examination of worldwide research conducted to date which identifies the potential strengths and weaknesses of a range of CI initiatives as a means of providing effective support for people living in predominantly disadvantaged areas.

The third round table discussion within the framework of joint UNDP-Belarusian government programme " ICT Support to Parliament " which took place in Minsk on the 25th of May this year was devoted to the issues of ICT market (competition, regulation, liberalization). Belarusian and foreign experts, members of Belarusian parliament, managers of national operator, providers and other stakeholders participated in the discussion. Participants of the discussion defined major preconditions for structural ICT market reforms, including law on telecommunications, Beltelecom privatization, and creating independent national regulatory body. (Source: e-Belarus)

Public goods, in contrast to private goods, are available for everyone's benefit free of charge and are non-rivalrous — one person benefiting from it does not prevent another from doing the same. Global public goods exhibit these characteristics across national boundaries. However, although, genomics knowledge represents a global public good in principle, in practice there are constraints on its dissemination and utilization. These constraints are put in place by the very system which aims to encourage the creation, dissemination and use of knowledge for the benefit of society: the national patent system. (Source: WHO)

At this era of enabling digital opportunities, there is need to develop global readiness initiatives, especially on funding models, that would facilitate investment interests at the rural areas for Small and Medium Entrepreneurs (SMEs). (Source: AllAfrica)

Wireless hotspots are springing up in buildings and homes all over the world but one New York artist has literally taken the idea onto the streets, turning his bicycle into a wi-fi hub. (Source: BBC)

Radios are another example of how we combat isolation. Afghanistan has a radio culture. USAID has restored radio transmission towers. In a similar vein, USAID is funding the so-called "Last Mile" initiative, which will bring rural and isolated populations into the information age via connection to the internet. This will awaken minds to expanded horizons and a liberating diversity of opinion. It will effectively put an end the hermetic conditions which terrorists exploit for their proselytizing. Increased development and trade opportunities for such areas can also be pursued through such linkages to the outside world. (Source: USAID)

Jorgen Lissner told a workshop in Dhaka that many lawmakers do not pay telephone bills for years. The Post and Telecommunications Minister, Aminul Haque, told parliament last month that a total of 771 lawmakers from the first to the eighth parliaments owed over $1.44m to the Bangladesh Telegraph and Telephone Board. (Source: BBC)