MicroWorld Technologies, the developers of futuristic Antivirus and Content Security solutions will be exhibiting its latest range of digital security solutions with its partner Unitera at Interop 2008 from August 12 through 14 of 2008. MicroWorld’s eScan range of digital security solutions are equipped with the revolutionary MWL Technology that imparts real time protection and […]
The Shock Doctrine in Myanmar
The Shock Doctrine in Myanmar: “The people there (Myanmar) have the right to demand international assistance free of U.S. demands or sanctions.” This is the last sentence in an article by Sara Flounders (” U.S. Hostility Blocking Relief”). It postulates that the U.S. plans to supply humanitarian aid to the survivors of Cyclone Nargis as […]
Rising Voices Seeks Micro-Grant Proposals for Health-Related New Media Outreach
by David Sasaki Application Deadline: June 1, 2008 Rising Voices, the outreach arm of Global Voices, in collaboration with the Open Society Institute Public Health Program’s Health Media Initiative, is now accepting project proposals for the third round of microgrant funding of up to $5,000 for new media outreach projects focused especially on public health […]
Aligning Citizen and Traditional Journalism
The advent of web 2.0 has result in the emergence of a cacophony of voices expressing themselves all over the web, giving rise to the the concept of "citizen journalism". In lay terms, citizen journalism refers to a form of recording events and issues by people who have neither conventional journalistic training or educational qualifications. […]
China’s interests in Spratlys beyond oil exploration
The seismic survey, under a tripartite agreement secretly signed by and between the Philippines, China and Vietnam, in the Spratlys could be misconstrued by the people as a means to expose the country’s sovereignty to foreign infiltration. It can also be viewed by the international community as disguise of China to establish its hold on most parts of […]
From a Train Journey
The first time I boarded a train was in 1965 to travel from Delhi to Howrah. The train in question was the Toofan Mail as it was then called and unlike today, where the train still remains a shadow of its former self, in those days it was still in spurts able to run like […]