WeFeedback brings a new dimension to donating money: it relates the cost of donors' favourite food items with the number of children that can be fed for the same amount of money, and also taps the power of social networking.

Global Internet bodies are incensed by a United Nations review of Internet governance that will be conducted solely by government representatives. They are urging people to sign a petition calling for a more widely representative review

Skype has partnered with the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees to deliver humanitarian workers in the most remote parts of the world a new and low-cost way to communicate with colleagues, friends, and families over low-bandwidth networks.

Malcolm Turnbull's claim that a UN report on broadband had undermined Government's plan for a fibre to the home National Broadband Network was based on a narrow reading of its findings and a misunderstanding of the technology being utilised. That is the response from the office of the communications minister.

The International Telecommunication Union has called for access to broadband networks to be a basic civil right and has challenged the world's leaders to ensure that more than half of all the world's people have access to broadband networks by 2015.

Rod Beckstrom, president and CEO of the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) says all Internet stakeholders must strive to keep Internet governance out of the hands of intergovernmental organisations.

The International Telecommunication Union (ITU) and UNESCO have set up a 30 member commission, which includes Australia's communications minister, Stephen Conroy, to accelerate broadband rollout around the world and promote a wide range of applications.

A new Website called 'Climate 1 Stop,' has been set up to rationally disseminate information about the climate and the environment. It is being called a 'calm spot' where people can find the latest research and information on the climate and environment.

Nearly six billion tonnes of CO2 emissions could be eliminated by 2020 through the focussed use of 17 core technologies in four of the world’s major economic sectors, according to a preview of a report released today just ahead of the United Nations’ COP15 climate change conference starting in Denmark this week.

It's doubtful whether Linus Torvalds has ever uttered an overtly political line in public ever since he became a public figure in 1991.