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(*)(*)(*)(*)(*)(*)(*)(*)(*)(*)(*)(*)(*)(*)(*)(*)(*)(*)(*)(*)(*) The Centre for Internet & Society Bangalore http://cis-india.org/ Goobimama's Soggy Blog http://goobimama.blogspot.com/ Sawood Alam <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> has proposed to PRC/Sarai.net to create an Urdu OCR (optical character recognition) product. Sawood Alam Khan's bookmarks: http://del.icio.us/ibnesayeed/ Sawood Alam Khan's blog: http://ibnesayeed.wordpress.com Sawood Alam Khan's homepage: http://ibnesayeed.heroku.com/ Atanu Dey's blog: http://www.deeshaa.org/ Urdu computing group http://tinyurl.com/4l7rpl Urdu touch typing details http://ur.wikipedia.org/wiki/Klavaro Urdu touch typing tutor http://klavaro.sourceforge.net/en/ Cameras for a Cause: http://groups.to/camerasforacause Open Access Day Oct 14, 2008 (Delhi): http://tinyurl.com/4xlp8f 12th National Conference on e-Governance, Goa http://tinyurl.com/4b7du8 India e-Governance Standards (policy on open standards): http://tinyurl.com/4t7ujg [GNU]Linux Bangalore-Jobs: http://tinyurl.com/4ty5q8 Mozilla's Frank Hecker on Politics 2.0, Open Source, and Participatory Democracy http://tinyurl.com/4ndjt9 GNU/Linux distros and Free Software http://linuxdvdsale.tripod.com Dr Pavanaja (a votary of Kannada computing, etc) on Twitter: http://twitter.com/pavanaja A2K3 Panel XI: Open Access to Science and Research http://tinyurl.com/44xgc5 Why Do We Need Open Access to Science?: A Developing Country Perspective http://tinyurl.com/4lfp8x Open access day: http://tinyurl.com/4erul9 FLOSS, open access: http://tinyurl.com/45d2sl Software for Kids: http://softwareforkids.wordpress.com Techkriti, IIT Kanpur's 2009 version: http://www.techkriti.org/ India, on Global Voices: http://tinyurl.com/4rmfen Satyam Computers Launches New Facility in Pune http://tinyurl.com/4ej8q2 Bizedia featured on Techpluto http://tinyurl.com/3o5vzo 08:19 PM September 26, 2008 from TwitterFox Portal for teachers in India: http://teachersofindia.org/ @anantshri 2009 Techkriti site is up http://www.techkriti.org/ Joyojee Pal, Rabin Patra and Sergiu Nedevschi's ICTD study: http://tinyurl.com/3thvn2 SMS for Mumbai early warning: http://tinyurl.com/4yq9pg Cell banking only for card holders http://tinyurl.com/4bx6d7 RBI sets limits for single, daily transactions thru mobile phones http://tinyurl.com/3zoq4u Bangla open source articles: http://tinyurl.com/3lwfmc Indus Sci Tech dot Net http://www.indusscitech.net 'Learning, teaching, learning: Free Software' http://tinyurl.com/4l8g8g The meek shall inherit the web http://tinyurl.com/6hupqm In India, Poverty Inspires Technology Workers to AltruismNamas Bhojani for The International Herald Tribune http://tinyurl.com/3jzuzh Cell phones: Saviour of Bihar flood victims http://tinyurl.com/6bwapd Create your own E-Learning http://tinyurl.com/4xxveo SMS and Web 2.0 for Mumbai Early Warning/Response Project http://tinyurl.com/4yq9pg Kashmir's mobile phone chroniclers http://tinyurl.com/4zcrkw Bangladesh Telecentre Network: http://www.mission2011.net.bd/ Free Software, Colombia, India http://tinyurl.com/3owpto Will patenting take the byte out of IT here? * Deepa Kurup http://www.hindu.com/2008/09/24/stories/2008092461910300.htm Why is it important to go the 'free' way? http://www.hindu.com/2008/09/24/stories/2008092461920300.htm Black-and-white, with some grey areas http://www.hindu.com/2008/09/24/stories/2008092461930300.htm *How would it be if you read only one type of book? * http://www.hindu.com/2008/09/24/stories/2008092461820300.htm PG diploma in IT in agriculture: http://tinyurl.com/3vtzs4 Creating website using mobile phone http://www.thehindubusinessline.com/blnus/15141520.htm Mobilesitegalore.com http://www.mobisitegalore.com M-commerce is telecom's next gold rush http://tinyurl.com/5jjr3o Mobile phone cloning gang busted http://tinyurl.com/5pzpz6 [Cloning?] India's new mantra: Talk more, work more http://tinyurl.com/5vae8t Why Microsoft and Intel tried to kill the XO $100 laptop http://tinyurl.com/5koe2w Anant Shrivastava: Techno Enthusiast "My journey into the world of virtual reality." http://blog.anantshri.info/ Newsweek on the Rajesh Jain $100 "Un-PC". http://www.newsweek.com/id/42955/output/print Kerala Khadi Board's plan for a paperless office: http://tinyurl.com/5hxx8x Satya Bhat on running Google Chrome on GNU/Linux (using Wine) http://tinyurl.com/6d8ncx Greasemonkey improves IIT-Delhi student registration: http://ishanarora.googlepages.com/greasemonkeyuserscriptforthestudentregis India's e-governance draft standards, seeking your feedback: http://tinyurl.com/57yug3 Silklist (tech discussions, India-focussed): http://frodo.hserus.net/mailman/listinfo/silklist Pratul dot in: http://pratul.in/ Sarai FLOSS position available: http://tinyurl.com/6hbg66 Software Freedom Day, Delhi: http://www.softwarefreedomday.org/teams/http/softwarefreedomdayorg/teams/fsud Swapnil's Why Be Free... http://ybfree.blogspot.com/ Sajan Venniyoor, one view of community radio in India. http://tinyurl.com/6np77q Classmate PC... what's in it, from Intel? http://tinyurl.com/57u44c Taking FLOSS to the Classroom, Industry-Style http://tinyurl.com/58qaxd On EDC, the Bangalore-based Education Development Centre http://tinyurl.com/6sam2q Quest Alliance: promising quality education, skills upgrading http://tinyurl.com/64esaw -- FN * Independent Journalist http://fn.goa-india.org Blog: http://fredericknoronha.wordpress.com Tech links from South Asia: http://twitter.com/fn M: +91-9822122436 P: +91-832-2409490
