The Open Government Directive has put out a call for openness and collaboration within and among government agencies. To do this, experts in open-source like those in the Drupal community are stepping up to help build an effective, open model for government.

If the data devoured in the United States last year were converted to text, there would be enough books to bury the country under a pile two meters deep, according to a study.

Sexting is fairly commonplace among young people, despite sometimes grim consequences for those who do it.

Business owners and IT managers will welcome the news that they no longer have to rely on Telkom for phone services.

Most of the Iranian capital's Internet links with the outside world were down on Saturday, two days ahead of planned demonstrations.

The Internet Service Providers' Association has welcomed a Supreme Court of Appeal decision to set aside a decision on the referral of a complaint against Telkom to the Competition Tribunal.

The European parliament has approved a major overhaul of EU telecoms law aimed at boosting the rights of European cellphone and Internet users.

Telkom will begin offering mobile phone services from 2010 as it launches a new mobile business to offset falling profit from its fixed-line business.

South Africa's Internet broadband penetration is at two percent, far below the global average of 22,5 percent, says Communications Minister Siphiwe Nyanda.

Hunched over their cellphones and hand-held computers, people SMS all day long, thumbs or fingers busily pressing out messages.