Protests were expected when authorities shut down St Petersburg's European University, one of Russia's most respected higher-learning institutions. But their scale seems to have exceeded authorities'
It is difficult to attribute anything aesthetic to computer viruses, spam mail and other cyber threats. But that's exactly what Message Labs has done. In the second week of March, the uk- based
www.h-net.org SOCIAL SCIENCE PORTAL This is the site of an international consortium of scholars and teachers. It is run by the Center for Humane Arts, Letters, and Social Sciences Online,
in an increasingly virtual world information and communication technologies (ict) are being seen as a solution to almost every problem. Access to them has become a barometer of development.
the Encyclopaedia of Life is a click away. First 30,000 pages of the 10-year-old project, which aims to document information on all species, includes data on classification of the species, their
The European Commission has emerged the clear winner in a lengthy battle with the world's most powerful software maker. On February 27, Europe's antitrust regulator levied a
Information and communication technology (ict) determines growth. This includes cell phone, Internet and broadband service that aids rapid communication and trade ict boosts productivity
The Russian Federation is now a "superpower' of spam email. According to the multinational computer security firm Sophos, Russia is the second-most-prolific country after the us in producing junk
>> Arab countries have agreed to allow punishment of satellite channels deemed to have offended Arab leaders or national or religious symbols. At a meeting in Cairo called by Egypt and Saudi
The superintendent of cyberspace wants to be independent. A recent meeting of the International Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (icann) in Delhi sought to end the us control over its
