Weekly Newsletter, 8 September, 2006 [Read articles of i4d august 2006 on Media and ICTs] This is our regular weekly bulletin that highlights recent developments in ICT sector including the events, happenings and announcements. The documents are available free on subscription. Send your comments and suggestions on newsletter: info@i4donline.net magazine: http://www.i4donline.net/feedback.asp NEWS COMMUNITY RADIO Liberia Media Project inaugurates four community radio stations http://i4donline.net/news/news-details.asp?catid=2&newsid=5463 Defra promotes Farm Radio Internet radio station for UK farmers http://i4donline.net/news/news-details.asp?catid=2&newsid=5442 e-COMMERCE Law to regulate e-Commerce to be introduced http://i4donline.net/news/news-details.asp?catid=5&newsid=5447 eBay targets rural markets sellers to sell products on eBay http://i4donline.net/news/news-details.asp?catid=5&newsid=5407 Order food online http://i4donline.net/news/news-details.asp?catid=5&newsid=5408 Jharkhand to e-Market crafts with the help of NID http://i4donline.net/news/news-details.asp?catid=5&newsid=5415 EDUCATION Nigeria: NUC focuses on ICT in education http://i4donline.net/news/news-details.asp?catid=3&newsid=5460 FOSS, skills and bandwidth: key anchors of successful ICT programme http://i4donline.net/news/news-details.asp?catid=3&newsid=5424 Wiki textbooks to be available free on Internet for developing nations http://www.i4donline.net/news/news-details.asp?catid=3&newsid=5441 Microsoft launches PiL online system http://i4donline.net/news/news-details.asp?catid=3&newsid=5412 e-Tutoring: a hassle-free alternative for travel-weary students http://i4donline.net/news/news-details.asp?catid=3&newsid=5417 e-GOVERNANCE Maran releases CD containing e-Gov roadmaps of 15 states http://i4donline.net/news/news-details.asp?catid=6&newsid=5466 ICT: a key driver of economic growth, says Intel http://i4donline.net/news/news-details.asp?catid=6&newsid=5458 Huge savings form public e-Procurement predicted http://i4donline.net/news/news-details.asp?catid=6&newsid=5451 Ireland minister announces ASC initiative http://i4donline.net/news/news-details.asp?catid=6&newsid=5433 Zambia introduces e-Voting system http://i4donline.net/news/news-details.asp?catid=6&newsid=5430 Involvement of civil society sought for ICT policy development http://i4donline.net/news/news-details.asp?catid=6&newsid=5426 Brunei's e-Government strategies should be practical: expert suggests http://www.i4donline.net/news/news-details.asp?catid=6&newsid=5437 UK: Lancaster City Council becomes a finalist of CIB technology awards http://www.i4donline.net/news/news-details.asp?catid=6&newsid=5439 UNDP introduces ICTDAR for Arab region http://i4donline.net/news/news-details.asp?catid=6&newsid=5401 Saudi government plans to extend Internet access http://i4donline.net/news/news-details.asp?catid=6&newsid=5419 RAJiv in a move to deliver IT power to villages in India http://i4donline.net/news/news-details.asp?catid=6&newsid=5421 HEALTH PGI to extend medical consultation to patients in African countries http://i4donline.net/news/news-details.asp?catid=4&newsid=5448 Smart shirt to monitor cardiac patients http://i4donline.net/news/news-details.asp?catid=4&newsid=5428 SelfMD empowers people for self-diagnostic http://i4donline.net/news/news-details.asp?catid=4&newsid=5413 OPEN SOURCE Royal Roads University (Victoria) embraces open-source software http://i4donline.net/news/news-details.asp?catid=9&newsid=5444 Flux Version 9.3 is now Linux friendly http://i4donline.net/news/news-details.asp?catid=9&newsid=5410 TECHNOLOGY Techknowledgey launches ClassGuard to help ICT managers http://i4donline.net/news/news-details.asp?catid=11&newsid=5452 IBM launches DS8000 Turbo for SMEs http://i4donline.net/news/news-details.asp?catid=11&newsid=5405 TELECOMMUNICATIONS Car parking via mobile phone in the City of York http://i4donline.net/news/news-details.asp?catid=10&newsid=5464 Africa: Protocol to link Africa with rest of the world http://i4donline.net/news/news-details.asp?catid=10&newsid=5462 Airtel offers STD call@ Rs 1 in UP (East) for limited period http://i4donline.net/news/news-details.asp?catid=10&newsid=5449 FLAG Telecom launches Falcon undersea cable project http://i4donline.net/news/news-details.asp?catid=10&newsid=5427 ICT Pact to fast track implementation of NEPAD ICT broadband network http://i4donline.net/news/news-details.asp?catid=10&newsid=5404 WIRELESS U.S. Internet to build the citywide network in Minneapolis http://i4donline.net/news/news-details.asp?catid=12&newsid=5431 Microsoft devices go wireless http://i4donline.net/news/news-details.asp?catid=12&newsid=5402 GENERAL CFC Life insurance to spend Sh210m in ICT http://i4donline.net/news/news-details.asp?catid=7&newsid=5455 Undersea cable connects India with Middle East http://i4donline.net/news/news-details.asp?catid=7&newsid=5446 C&K Mgmt partners with SmarTeach e-Learning Academy http://i4donline.net/news/news-details.asp?catid=7&newsid=5454 India gets dubious record of being in top ten phishing list http://i4donline.net/news/news-details.asp?catid=7&newsid=5456 South Africa must become information-based society: says Mbeki http://www.i4donline.net/news/news-details.asp?catid=7&newsid=5435 Mangena urges for cooperation from countries progressed in ICT field http://www.i4donline.net/news/news-details.asp?catid=7&newsid=5445 Japan signs MoU with India to explore ICT and electronics sector http://www.i4donline.net/news/news-details.asp?catid=7&newsid=5422 Internet firms to explore market opportunities across India http://i4donline.net/news/news-details.asp?catid=7&newsid=5406 BCCI launches partial website to offer ticket for Champions Trophy http://i4donline.net/news/news-details.asp?catid=7&newsid=5409 CONTENTS AGRICULTURE LIVELIHOOD COMMUNITY RADIO e-COMMERCE EDUCATION e-GOVERNANCE HEALTH TELECOMMUNICATION OPEN SOURCE TECHNOLOGY WIRELESS GENERAL FEATURED ARTICLE Microsoft MD to chair Australian ICT advisory board http://i4donline.net/news/news-details.asp?catid=7&newsid=5384 Telecentre Movement in the Pacific: Connecting the island communities 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