Full Coverage: Media

29.06.2007 Computer giant IBM has launched the world's fastest commercial supercomputer named Blue Gene/P which is considered to be three times more potent than the current fastest machine BlueGene/L, also of IBM.

29.06.2007 Sri Lankan journalists are worried about their safety as authorities have been hostile to them and are creating a climate of self-censorship. The International Press Freedom and Freedom of Expression Mission to Sri Lanka has found that even ministers threaten scribes.

28.06.2007 An online magazine created by five friends in Boston brings news and networking to their community.

28.06.2007 Host Alexander Zevelyov brings trademark zeal to interviews with pop stars, debates over San Francisco streets, and the identity dilemmas of Russian immigrants.

12.06.2007 Pakistani President Gen. Pervez Musharraf's decree gives the Pakistan Electronic Media Regulation Authority (PEMRA) the unfettered power to halt broadcast transmissions and increases fines tenfold for violations. Asia director at Human Rights Watch Brad Adams criticises the Presidential Decree and calls it a disgraceful assault on the media.

11.06.2007 A group of traumatised refugees is deposited on an English allotment, watched warily by the group of English natives who already nurture their vegetables and brew their tea there. The blue touch paper is lit: stand clear.

07.06.2007 The third World Electronic Media Forum (WEMF3) will be held in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, on 10-11 December 2007. The meeting is expected to attract broadcast executives, policy makers, academics, journalists, visionaries and decision makers from around the world. The agenda will include the safety of journalists and preserving the world's audiovisual archives. Read on...

07.06.2007 The Web2forDev 2007 is the first global meet to discuss how new Internet tools, commonly known as Web 2.0, can be used for the advantage of Southern actors to more efficiently network, collaborate and exchange information in the field of rural and natural resource management. CTA, an EU funded organization, will support three journalists from the ACP countries to attend the conference and lead its daily coverage. Read on for more...

05.06.2007

04.06.2007 KOTHMALE, Jun 4 (IPS) - In this tea-growing hill country, about 150 km from Colombo, a state-run community radio station is creating harmony among the country's Sinhalese, Tamil and Muslim ethnic groups by broadcasting from the villages and opening up the airwaves to people's participation.