Phasing out the old and phasing in the new...

Readers will have noticed I've been "on vacation" for a long time and this blog hasn't been updated. The reason is that the ITU Strategy and Policy Unit is now rolling out its own newslog (RSS feed here) with a broad range of categorization so that individual topics can be subscribed to based on the readers particular interests. As of today, here are the current categories and related RSS feeds but except for the first feed which is Everything [RSS], it's a taxonomic work in progress and still subject to evolution:

• Everything [RSS]
• Africa [RSS]
• Americas [RSS]
• Asia-Pacific [RSS]
• Broadband [RSS]
• Competition Policy [RSS]
• Country Case Studies [RSS]
• Grid Networks [RSS]
• ICT Policy and Develpment [RSS]
• Indicators and Statistics [RSS]
• ITU News [RSS]
• Internet Names and Addresses [RSS]
  • ENUM [RSS]
  • IPv6 [RSS]
  • Internationalized Domain Names [RSS]
• Mesh Networks [RSS]
• Mobile [RSS]
• Open Source [RSS]
• Presentations and Speeches [RSS]
• Publications and Reports [RSS]
• SPAM [RSS]
• Ubiquitous Networks [RSS]
• VOIP [RSS]
• Wireless Networks [RSS]
• Workshops and Symposia [RSS]
• World Summit on the Information Society [RSS]

I'll try and migrate some of the more interesting content over when ever I find the time but for now it's goodbye to the old and hello to the new as the Strategy and Policy Unit migrates to a new local Radio Community Server.

9:14:30 PM    Google It!    

EC's Objectives for WSIS

9:54:46 PM    Google It!    

Meshed Wi-Fi

Stretching broadband with meshed WiFi. News on BPO Solutions launching its Meshhopper technology. [The Register]

10:48:14 AM    Google It!    

GRID Computing: conceptual flyover for developers

From Roland Piquepaille's Technology Trends: Grid Computing: What a Developer Needs to Know, which discusses a paper from IBM: Grid computing: conceptual flyover for developers.

3:27:16 PM    Google It!    

Pakistan Government Orders ISP Service Level Agreements

Sean Donelan on Nanog has noted that Paknews.com is reporting that the Pakistan government is ordering ISP service level agreements. Pakistan has been suffering a 40 day Distributed Denial of Service (DDoS) attack, disrupting much of the Internet service in the country. The Pakistan Government, Minister for IT & Telecom, has "directed" the Pakistan Telecommunications Corporation to sign service level agreements to ensure 99% Internet availability. Over 200 official websites have been inaccessible for over three weeks.

2:50:08 PM    Google It!    

J.202: ITU's Java-based standard for interactive TV

The Age has an article on ITU's new Java-based standard for interactive TV, J.202 from ITU-T Study Group 9. See this earlier piece: ITU Approves Standard on Interactive TV.

7:11:06 AM    Google It!    

Internet is losing ground in battle against SPAM

Internet Is Losing Ground in Battle Against Spam [New York Times: Technology]

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