Abidjan — A French research initiative has been launched with the aim of transferring technology and practical knowledge to developing countries in the global South. The initiative, known as Valorisation Sud (southern development) is spearheaded by the French Agricultural Research Centre for International Development (CIRAD), the Pasteur Institute, the Institute of Research for Development (IRD) …
The GAC Early warnings are a part of the process that ICANN is using in the new gTLD process that will increase the number of top level domains, 2013 will see the increase of such names as . On 20 November 2012, the GAC filed 242 Early Warnings on individual applications. The early warnings are …
On one hand they support UN takeover of Internet, on another they are participating as key players in the new gTLD process. Africa has been known as a continent of paradoxes however, many developments are being experienced as a result of direct and indirect decisions made by countries as well as top advisers and professionals …
The latest ICANN webinar held on 11 January 2013 at 20:00 – 21:30 UTC went as normally as it could until the convener of the webinar finished her explanations. ICANN holds webinars regularly as a form of update concerning latest developments or processes especially those that affect the new gTLD’s which comes as one of …
Speaking at a morning session at this year’s CES, a major consumer electronic event held from January 8-11 in Las Vegas, on the topic of the future of “connectivity,” Vint Cerf, known as “the father of the Internet,” outlined what could be in store in the near future for software-enabled clothes. read more
In October 2012, Kaspersky Lab’s Global Research & Analysis Team initiated a new threat research after a series of attacks against computer networks of various international diplomatic service agencies. A large scale cyber-espionage network was revealed and analyzed during the investigation, which we called «Red October» (after famous novel «The Hunt For The Red October»). read …
Slashdot points out that some members of Anonymous have set up a We the People petition on the White House’s website, asking the government to recognize DDoS as a valid form of protest. read more
Email lists have become a way of groups to communicate and share ideas. Most of the time it works well and sometimes it becomes a war zone that needs a disciplined and constant level headed and sober administrator who does not condone taking sides to properly moderate and direct constructive conversations. In the recent cases …
UniForum SA is on the move to increase the price of .co.za domain names by 50%, but only on its legacy system. This follows a proposal in 2012 where the firm had proposed policy changes on the legacy system, including an increase on the annual domain registration fee from R50.00 to R75.00. read more
The Web giant’s executive chairman tells reporters that his private delegation warned officials that global Internet access is key to a developing economy. Eric Schmidt wrapped up a controversial visit to North Korea today, saying that his private delegation warned officials that global Internet access was key to developing its economy. read more