Archive for the ‘Computers’ Category
Thursday, November 30th, 2006
It’s 3am in the morning and I’m not even half way through sending 40 high resolution images to a magazine in the United States. And it’s no wonder. I’m sitting at my computer in Yerevan where we have to make do with crappy dial up connections costing around $40-50 a month because of the damn […]
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Monday, November 6th, 2006
Reporters Without Borders is organizing an online campaign against net censorship. The campaign focuses on 13 countries with particularly bad records in this area as well as Yahoo who have self-imposed restrictions, as well as worked with the local authorities to persecute dissidents and journalists, in China.
More than 60 cyber-dissidents around the world are currently […]
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Sunday, September 24th, 2006
Once dubbed the Silicon Valley of the former Soviet Union — and even though the IT sector is one area of the economy registering genuine growth — ArmInfo reports that the use of computer technology in Armenia is a matter of concern.
The level of IT use by society in Armenia is one of the lowest […]
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Wednesday, August 9th, 2006
Following the breakdown in Internet connectivity from Friday through to Sunday, what does now exist is getting worse again. Yesterday was okay, but today is lousy and I can see from my ICQ contact list that most people I know are having an even tougher time connecting.
That even includes those working in international NGOs […]
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Tuesday, August 8th, 2006
After this weekend’s lack of Internet in Armenia, some good news. According to PanArmenian.net reports that “normal” service has been fully resumed. Sure enough, it seems okay today.
/PanARMENIAN.Net/ The capacity of Internet communication in Armenia is fully restored, reported Spokesperson of ArmenTel Telecommunication Company Hasmik Chutilyan. “The capacity is restored to the rate we had […]
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