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Time Out Bengaluru - Software Patenting: by Pranesh Prakash — published Jan 11, 2010 — last modified Jan 16, 2013 06:39 AM — filed under: Openness, Software Patents, Access to Knowledge
An article by Akhila Seetharaman published as a precursor to the national public meeting on software patents held on 4th in Bangalore.
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Human Machine Interfaces: The History of an Uncertain Future: by Sharath Chandra Ram — published Nov 30, 2012 — last modified Jan 04, 2013 11:30 AM — filed under: Accessibility
"Multimodal interfaces maybe re-engineered much more easily now and can transform the ways in which the physically,cognitively and sensorially disabled can access information and interact with the digital world", says Sharath Chandra Ram.
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India’s dedicated Cryptology centre gets Rs. 115 crore funding: by Prasad Krishna — published Jul 29, 2014 — filed under: Cryptography, Internet Governance
Work on India's first dedicated cryptology centre – plans for which were first announced in June 2012 – will likely accelerate as the project has gained initial funding of Rs. 115 crore from the federal government, stepping up the nation's efforts to stay on top of an area critical to its military and financial interests.
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Making Mobile Phones and Services Accessible for Persons with Disabilities: by Nirmita Narasimhan — published Sep 02, 2012 — last modified Apr 26, 2013 05:00 AM — filed under: Accessibility
This report is published by the International Telecommunication Union in cooperation with G3ict – The Global Initiative for Inclusive Information and Communication Technologies. Nirmita Narasimhan and Axel Leblois are the lead authors. The contributors include Deepti Bharthur, Lakshmi Haridas, Pranav Lal, Peter Looms, Roopakshi Pathania, Deva Prasad, Susan Schorr, and Mukesh Sharma.
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Exposing Data: Art Slash Activism: by Prasad Krishna — published Dec 26, 2011 — last modified Dec 29, 2011 01:31 PM — filed under: Internet Governance
Tactical Tech and the Centre for Internet and Society (CIS) organised a public discussion on the intersection of Art and Activism at the CIS office in Bangalore on 28 November 2011. Videos of the event are now online. Ward Smith (Lecturer, University of California, LA), Stephanie Hankey and Marek Tuszinsky (Co-founders, Tactical Technology Collective), Ayisha Abraham (Film maker, Srishti School of Art Design) and Zainab Bawa (Research Fellow, Centre for Internet and Society) spoke in this event.
Located in Internet Governance
GNI Annual Report: by Prasad Krishna — published Apr 25, 2013
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People are Knowledge – Experimenting with Oral Citations on Wikipedia: by Prasad Krishna — published Jul 22, 2011 — last modified Dec 14, 2012 10:26 AM — filed under: Openness, Projects
The Centre for Internet and Society in association with the Wikimedia Foundation has produced a documentary film "People are Knowledge". The film evolved out of a project on Oral Citations in India and South Africa funded by the Wikimedia Foundation, and undertaken by Wikimedia Foundation Advisory Board Member Achal Prabhala as a short-term fellowship, to help overcome a lack of published materials in emerging languages on Wikipedia. New Delhi-based filmmaker Priya Sen has directed the film, with additional assistance from Zen Marie who handled the shooting in South Africa. The film explores how alternate methods of citation could be employed on Wikipedia, documenting a series of specific situations with regards to published knowledge, and subsequently, with oral citations.
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130 Million Aadhaar Numbers Were Made Public, Says New Report: by Prasad Krishna — published May 03, 2017 — last modified May 20, 2017 06:32 AM — filed under: Aadhaar, Internet Governance, Privacy
The research report looks at four major government portals whose poor information security practices have exposed personal data including bank account details.
Located in Internet Governance / News & Media
Comparison of National IPR Strategy September 2012, National IPR Strategy July 2014 and Draft National IP Policy, December 2014: by Amulya Purushothama — published Oct 15, 2015 — last modified Mar 08, 2016 01:49 AM — filed under: Intellectual Property Rights, Patents, Access to Knowledge
This is an analysis of the first draft of India's National IPR Policy with an earlier document "India's National IPR Strategy".
Located in Access to Knowledge / Blogs
Comments on the Telecom Commercial Communications Customer Preference Regulations: by Sandeep Kumar, Torsha Sarkar, Swaraj Barooah, Gurshabad Grover — published Jun 22, 2018 — last modified Jun 23, 2018 12:44 AM — filed under: Telecom, Internet Governance
This submission presents comments by the Centre for Internet & Society, India (“CIS”) on the Telecom Commercial Communications Customer Preference Regulations which was released to the public by the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI) on 29th May 2018 for comments and views.
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