Information Society

Journalists and civil society organisations from Anglophone West African countries converged recently at the Coconut Groove Hotel in Accra, Ghana under the auspices of the United Nations Millennium Campaign (UNMC), PANOS West Africa, a Dakar-based non-governmental organisation and Global Call to Action Against Poverty, Ghana to discuss how to achieve the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs), aimed at ending poverty in Africa by 2015, as well as climate change. Read More

Leschen, a San Francisco cartoonist and graphic artist, is not the only driver engaging in extracurricular behind-the-wheel activities. Read More

Today, December 26 2009, marks the fifth anniversary of the Indian Ocean tsunami, one of the biggest and deadliest disasters in history. Read More

Current priorities in Russia's interaction with the Council of Europe are making this Europe's oldest international political organisations more effective, cooperating in protecting human rights, and combating terrorism, organised crime and drugs trafficking. Read More

A new development program will soon bring much-needed expertise in assisting innovative, technology-driven Small and Medium Sized Enterprises (SMEs) and entrepreneurs in Africa, Asia, and Eastern Europe, Caucasus and Central Asia (ECA). Read More

Thank you, Claes Hammar, for the kind welcome and introduction. Read More

China wants to meter all Internet traffic that passes through its borders, it has emerged. Read More

Thank you very much for that kind introduction and thank you to Microsoft and the Internet Society of China for hosting this event and the numerous sponsors who have supported it. Read More

Safelayer said it is enhancing its solutions for national IDs and first and second generation electronic passports (ICAO BAC and EAC e-Passports), underlining its capacity to provide a complete set of the PKI components required to deploy this type of critical infrastructure. Read More

Safelayer Secure Communications ( http://www.safelayer.com ) - leader in developing technology for electronic identification, electronic signatures and data encryption- announces new advances in its solutions for the next generation of e-signatures, e-passports and citizen ID systems. Read More