[This article was published in the March 2007 issue of the eGov Magazine (http://www.egovonline.net) ]
The intensive integration of ICTs into the daily lives of people has produced a continuum of social vulnerabilities, rather than a mere digital divide.
Malaysia Government is planning to establish a self contained ICT hub in the state of Johor, Malaysia. The dubbed Multimedia Super Corridor (MSC) Cyberport City would be based in Kulai.
Chennai (India) based company; e-Logistics has joined with Tata Consultancy Services (TCS), IIT Kanpur and Research Designs and Standards Organisation (RDSO), Lucknow to develop Satellite Imaging Software for Rail Navigation (SIMRAN).
[This article was published in the December 2006 issue of the eGov Magazine (http://www.egovonline.net) ]
Its not about the magnificent building with its lush green fields, well-lit ventilated class-rooms, the library, and the mathematical labs.
The Federation of Malaysian Manufacturers (FMM) is inviting companies and individuals to attend a conference on Dec 5,2006 to be held at the FMM Perak headquarters in No 1, Lorong Raja DiHilir, Ipoh, from 8am to 5.30pm.
In response to the perceived threat being posed to privacy by radio tags that emerged in EU study of technology, the commissioner Viviane Reding assured citizens that radio tags would not lead to any large-scale surveillance.
The U.S. Department of Defense, as well as federal and state civilian agencies are increasingly deploying or planning to implement Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) technologies throughout their organisations.
Addressing the issue of stolen passports and identity theft in the Botswana, the government is planning to introduce machine-readable passports shortly.
Spectrum crunch is forcing the Department of Telecom (DoT) to think wire-line. The DoT has asked non commercial users of spectrum such as Defence agencies to shift their communication links from wireless to wire-line mode wherever optic fibre cable is available.
Heightened global security concerns led the International Civil Aviation Organisation (ICAO) to set a deadline of 2015 for governments to equip passports with radio frequency identification (RFID) chips. In 2003, ICAO adopted a global plan for the implementation of not just machine-readable passports but also for the use of biometric identifiers in all of its 188 member countries.
