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UN body promotes open source in education
News A UN-funded body has produced a guide that encourages the use of Linux in educational institutions. The International Open Source Network (IOSN), which is part of the UN's development programme, published the guide to free and open source software...
[January 21, 2005, 10:55]
UN body releases desktop Linux guide
News A Linux desktop manual for novice PC users has been produced by a UN-funded organisation, the International Open Source Network (IOSN). The manual has been produced to encourage developing countries to use open-source software.
[August 24, 2004, 17:45]
UN and Microsoft agree on e-trade standard
News The UN body responsible for developing worldwide policy and technical standards for e-business said today it will integrate Microsoft's SOAP (Simple Object Access Protocol) into its own efforts to create a global standard for businesses that want...
[February 22, 2001, 16:23]
UN 'bit tax' proposal draws fire
News U.S.taxpayer dollars should not be used to support UN reports pushing this kind of redistribution policy. They do not need a tax as proposed by the UN," she said. While critics said the report may be well-intentioned, they maintained it would have...
[July 16, 1999, 9:09]
UN-SCAN-IT gel
Downloads From the developer: "The UN-SCAN-IT gel software turns your scanner into a high speed digitizer/densitometer system that converts scanned graphs and gels into digital data. UN-SCAN-IT gel works with any full page or hand scanner to automatically...
[July 6, 2009, 23:44]
UN group asks about airline Y2K readiness
News The International Civil Aviation Organisation, a United Nations-based group that oversees international aviation standards, said Monday it has asked the 185 UN member nations to report on their airports' Year 2000 readiness by the end of this week.
[June 29, 1999, 15:00]
UN not in the dark on Y2K
News The UN ordered staff in Geneva to switch off all computers Saturday, and kick started emergency power supplies in order to be sure that diplomats and other international dignities won't be left in the dark on January 1, 2000.
[September 27, 1999, 14:48]
UN examines potential Net regulation role
News The master "root servers" that serve up addresses for country codes and all other top-level domains, for instance, are operated in part by volunteers instead of through a UN-style apparatus. At a summit at the UN this week, delegates from around...
[March 26, 2004, 13:50]
A Year Ago: UN 'bit tax' proposal draws fire
News US taxpayer dollars should not be used to support UN reports pushing this kind of redistribution policy. They do not need a tax as proposed by the UN," she said. United Nations proposal for a 'bit tax' to pay for Internet access in developing...
[July 18, 2000, 7:01]
Video blog: UN ICT survival training exercise
Blog Last week I was lucky enough to get invited on a training course run by the UN Foundation and the World Food Programme (WFP) aimed to train UN ICT staff to become field managers in some of the most hostile conflict zones and disaster areas in the...
[May 30, 2008, 9:39]
Keep Internet out of UN control, says US
Talkback Notwithstanding that the UN is probably not competent to manage the Internet, I'm surprised that Oldater is not speaking out against the control of the Internet by a single global power which does not appear to hold itself accountable to the rest...
[October 19, 2005, 14:00]
Keep Internet out of UN control, says US
Talkback The only reason the UN wants in on the control of the internet is to TAX and control it. Many sites could lose there domains because of the proposed UN standards which calls for inclusion of all, and exclusion of any form of discrimination, (as...
[October 19, 2005, 13:53]
Should the UN administer the Internet?
Talkback My opinion is the UN should stay as far away from the internet includig the U.S.government from regulating the internet in any manner. The UN should just leave New York as they can't manage anything as it is.
[March 31, 2005, 16:53]
Keep Internet out of UN control, says US
Talkback Turn the internet over to the UN? We already know that the UN is a very corrupt origination and turning the internet over to the UN would be like turning the drug enforcement agency (DEA) over to the mafia or a country that exports drugs and having...
[November 10, 2005, 5:40]
British e-government hailed by UN
News The UK has been ranked third in a global chart measuring the readiness of its e-government strategy, according to a report published by the United Nations (UN) this week. The UN Global E-government Readiness Report 2004 ranking system compares...
[January 12, 2005, 13:40]
UN proposes net governance changes
News Speaking during opening ceremonies at a four-day UN summit in Athens, Greece, Yoshio Utsumi criticised the current rules for overseeing domain names and internet addresses, stressing that poorer nations are dissatisfied and are hoping that this...
[October 31, 2006, 11:12]
Should the UN administer the Internet?
Talkback No, the internet should administer the UN.
[April 2, 2005, 15:57]
Should the UN administer the Internet?
Talkback The biggest problem with the UN is itself. As far as the UN administering the Internet is concerned, I would ask them, why, when there has been so much adverse publicity aboout that organisation, from the Secretary General on down, do they think...
[March 31, 2005, 14:05]
Should the UN administer the Internet?
Talkback The UN has consistently demonstrated a lack of ability to manage anything. No - it's insanity. Look at the Oil for Food, look at the Sudan.
[March 31, 2005, 17:46]
MP welcomes UN indecision on Internet policy
News The Internet, which grew up in a state of anarchy, looks set to continue on its unconstrained path after a UN working group failed to agree on a strategy to move the Internet forward. UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan has long pressed industry...
[July 18, 2005, 15:30]
