Microsoft company showcased for the first time its beta version of Windows 7 in Hindi, a step aimed towards enabling Indian users to compute using various Indian languages. The company launched its Language Interface Packs (LIPs) in twelve Indian languages for use in the Windows environment and Microsoft Office.
[This article was published in the September 2008 issue of the eGov Magazine (http://www.egovonline.net) ]
[This article was published in the September 2008 issue of the eGov Magazine (http://www.egovonline.net) ]
In a multilingual country like India, where rural population constitutes a majority segment, the growth of IT usage gets restricted due to lack of language computing or the knowledge of it. Hence in order to overcome this hurdle, the Government of Kerela, announced Malayalam computing initiative, whereby it tries to bridge the technology-language divide and helps in its smooth operating by the people.
[This article was published in the December 2007 issue of the eGov Magazine (http://www.egovonline.net) ]
[This article was published in the May 2007 issue of the eGov Magazine (http://www.egovonline.net) ]
Janadhar is the e-Governance initiative of the government of Uttarakhand. Started in March 2005, the initiative was taken up with funding from the UNDP and technicalguidance by the Indian Institute of Technology, Roorkee (IIT).
[This article was published in the October 2006 issue of the eGov Magazine (http://www.egovonline.net) ]
Inspired by the memory of the late philanthropist Byrraju Satyanarayana Raju, founder of Satyam group of companies,
The much-anticipated Windows Vista operating system of Microsoft is planning to delay its launch to January 2007.
‘Windows XP Starter Edition for India,’ the latest version of the local language operating system introduced in the country last year. The new version provides multi-language support.
Several e-Government Web sites have opened as part of a two-year-old partnership agreement between Macedonia and Microsoft Corp. to enhance IT in the Eastern European country.
