the i-witnesses tag:typepad.com,2003:weblog-527909 2007-11-13T12:02:51+00:00 for journalists with their fingers on the information society pulse TypePad Internet leaders tread carefully at IGF round 2 tag:typepad.com,2003:post-41485030 2007-11-13T12:02:51+00:00 2007-11-13T12:02:51+00:00 The Internet Governance Forum (IGF) opened in Rio yesterday on a sober note, with speakers cautious about their expectations. UN secretary general Ban Ki-moon’s message to the assembled crowd emphasised the groundbreaking nature of the consultation mechanisms introduced at the... Panos London http://panos.blogs.com/iwitnesses/2007/11/internet-leader.html Happy birthday ICANN? tag:typepad.com,2003:post-39108049 2007-09-19T17:24:13+01:00 2007-09-19T17:24:13+01:00 It is nine years since ICANN – the ‘global’ agency that oversees the system of internet addresses – was set up. Since then it has been the subject of significant controversy, which came to a head last year when the... Panos London http://panos.blogs.com/iwitnesses/2007/09/happy-birthday-.html Who’s who on the internet: a matter for privacy? tag:typepad.com,2003:post-38269149 2007-08-30T10:48:47+01:00 2007-08-30T10:48:47+01:00 Building your own website has never been easier. Type those words into Google, and you’ll discover numerous companies that offer cheap services to help design, manage and register your site. But for several years a quiet battle has been raging... Panos London http://panos.blogs.com/iwitnesses/2007/08/whos-who-on-the.html Africa left in the dark: why infrastructure matters tag:typepad.com,2003:post-38000257 2007-08-23T12:26:18+01:00 2007-08-23T12:26:18+01:00 Satellite image of Africa at night / ESRI Many of us are staunch advocates of the positive role ICTs can play in human development. But with this statement comes a whole load of assumptions. For example, access to an affordable... Panos London http://panos.blogs.com/iwitnesses/2007/08/africa-left-in-.html Tense times for Google’s ‘marriage’ to the media tag:typepad.com,2003:post-37656383 2007-08-14T10:57:25+01:00 2007-08-14T10:57:25+01:00 Last week, Google quietly introduced a facility on their US news service that allows anyone quoted in an article to respond with their personal comments – even though Google doesn’t own the copyright to the original stories. This move will... Panos London http://panos.blogs.com/iwitnesses/2007/08/tense-times-for.html