As part of the TRICALCAR project a set of seven new training modules on community wireless connectivity, which TRICALCAR project partners are pleased to share with its African counterpart CWCA, has been made available.
The Latin American technical teams now published these materials in English, as a feedback to the community who has been using the original curriculum, in Africa and elsewhere. The materials are published under the same formats and conditions as the rest of the TRICALCAR project more...

MEXICO CITY (Reuters) - Mexicans will soon be able to pay for small purchases such as restaurant meals and taxi rides using their mobile telephones, the country's banks said on Monday.

Telephone operators Telefonica SA (TEF.MC) and Iusacell (CEL.MX) are teaming up with big banks such as Citigroup Inc (C.N) and BBVA (BBVA.MC) to launch the service, marketed at first toward technology savvy teenagers and expected to debut over the next few months.

Cell phone users will be able to have their more...

'Nearly 500,000 people in developing nations earn a wage making virtual goods in online games to sell to players, a study has found.' That was the finding of a study by Richard Heeks, a member of this community.

The Government and Indian Bureaucrats need to change their mindset and stress more upon outcomes and services rather than mere ICT procurement. India needs a services-based approach that is not only transparent but also backed by a more efficient and willing Government. Presently the Bureaucrats and Government of India are in a “resistance mode” towards novel and effective e-governance policies and strategies and they are merely computerising traditional official functions only. This is bene more...

Cyber Forensics is an important part of any criminal investigation involving cyber crimes and contraventions. However, it requires a sound expertise to be practiced. Cyber Forensics in India has started gaining importance out of the necessity to deal with modern cyber crimes. Though India has taken some steps in the direction of enacting ICT related law in the form of Information Technology Act, 2000 (IT Act, 2000), yet by and large it failed to provide a sound and secure law in this crucial dir more...

In two weeks an attack add by McCain on YouTube was viewed two million times; 'Will.i.am’s ode to Mr Obama, “Yes we can”, has had nearly 9m views since it was uploaded six months ago; some 1.9m have watched the McCain Girls’“Raining McCain” over the past four months.' 'Last year, seven of the 16 major presidential contenders kicked off their campaigns online.' Mr Obama has raised 'more money—seen in real time—from the grassroots than any campaign ever. In June alone he raised a more...

GTV, a satellite-television company created just over a year ago, has signed up more than 100,000 customers in 20 countries in Sub Saharan Africa—which, it reckons, translates into 1.25m regular viewers. GTV is expected to compete with the 'quasi-monopolies that Canal+, a French operator, and DStv, a subsidiary of Naspers, a South African media giant have enjoyed for years.' Currently in Sub Saharan Africa only 14% of families own televisions, and only 1% of households are connected to pay TV. more...

Lead: 'Advocates of open source software have hailed a court ruling protecting its use even though it is given away free.' The article continues: 'The US federal appeals court move overturned a lower court decision involving free software used in model trains that a hobbyist put online. The court has now said conditions of an agreement called the Artistic Licence were enforceable under copyright law. 'For non-lawgeeks, this won't seem important but this is huge,' said Stanford Law Professor Larr more...

Cyber Forensics is an important field of criminal investigation. However, it requires a sound expertise to be practiced. In India we have very few experts who can provide cyber forensics services in an appropriate manner. Take for example the recent case of the Forensic Science Laboratory, Maharashtra, which sough help from the Purdue University, US regarding the wireless routers and their functions. Interestingly, the law enforcement machinery in India first tried to solve the case itself but l more...

Very few words are more fanciful than the words electronic governance (e-governance). These words have a tendency to portray an image of all advanced Nation or capable manpower. But the bigger question is what is more important; the image or reality? We have to analyse this question in the light of e-governance in India and the efforts of Government of India to achieve the Herculean task of being an Information and Communication Technology (ICT) enabled and capable Nation.