17 February, 2004 [ www.i4donline.net ] __________________________________________________
ICT a Right, a Means Or an End to Development? The President of the World Forum on Community Networking, Alain Ambrosi once said, the right to communicate is a demand that has always been at the heart of social struggle, no matter whether the issue has been "inventing" democracy, defending its original principles, or transforming them into concrete action based on citizen participation. http://allafrica.com/stories/200402161014.html ICT a boon to Rajasthan carpet weavers With the help of a series of ICT interventions since the year 2000, the Rajasthan carpet industry, which was ealier declining has not just regained compititiveness, but has started registering impressive exports. >From an export figure of Rs 223 crore during 2000-01, the earnings have virtually doubled to Rs. 403 crore at the end of fiscal 2002-03. http://www.bharattextile.com/newsitems/1988502 MS Office talks Hindi Microsoft Corporation India Pvt. Ltd has launched its first offering developed specifically for the Indian market - Office Hindi. The product includes a Hindi language interface and supports nine Indian languages. The suite will allow users to create documents and communicate with others in their native language and also facilitate easy navigation, and use by providing menus and toolbars in Hindi. http://www.ciol.com/content/developer/2004/104021601.asp __________________________________________________ Your comments and suggestions and request for subscribe/unsubscribe are welcome at [EMAIL PROTECTED] www.i4donline.net [The first monthly magazine on ICT4D] ------------ ***GKD is solely supported by EDC, a Non-Profit Organization*** To post a message, send it to: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To subscribe or unsubscribe, send a message to: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>. In the 1st line of the message type: subscribe gkd OR type: unsubscribe gkd Archives of previous GKD messages can be found at: <http://www.edc.org/GLG/gkd/>
