The Moscow International Internet Festival is on since July 30 till September 30, 1999 in Russia. (http://idaystars.ru/). In course of the festival, Internet users from throughout the world can get acquainted with the best sites in Russian segment of the Internet, evaluate the most up-to-the-date Internet technologies, reveal new possibilities for human communication in the computer virtual world.

One of the central events of the festival is the census of Russian-speaking Internet users. By the moment, the number of forms filled by the participants has exceeded 8,300, with the total number of visitors of the festival site being about 140,000.

The fourth topical week of the festival was devoted to Russian and World Literature. Within the framework of this week, organizers of the festival asked the editors of Russian literature websites to state their position on a number of the most urgent matters relating to development of Web-literature. Many responders sent their opinions, which were published during the Week.

The festival jury continues to accept papers for the Golden Pen contest in two nominations, Poetry and Prose. Eligible for the contest are works which have never been published in printed media, submitted by either their authors or by literature sites. Results of the contest will be announced at the festival server on November 30, 1999. Selected works will take part in "The Catch" network literature contest. The latter is being held in cooperation with leading Russian literature magazines and key professional literature sites of Russian Internet. The contest is aimed at search for new talented authors in the Web and increasing the entire professional level of Web literature.

The fifth topical week was devoted to pocket and personal computers. During the week, visitors of the site could see the latest news in these fields, reviews, opinions, interviews and other publications.

A lot of attention was paid to domestic solutions and to operating systems different from Windows family. Special place was given to history of personal computers and programming languages, to the very first steps in computing and to ideas put in the basement of modern PC industry. Visitors could also see the project of Internet museum of computing (http://wwwinfoart.ru/itv/99/09/06/museum.htm). The museum presents a lot of interesting exhibits, revealing many obscure aspects of modern computerization.

Since September 6, the sixth week of the festival is on, the Week of Photography and Fine Arts. Within the framework of this week, two projects have already been presented, with one of them being devoted to flower and landscape design and the other to Japanese "NO" theater.

Voting at the "Stars of Internet" contest of Russian websites started on September 7. Visitors can choose their favorite sites in five nominations: The Most Beautiful Site, The Most Informative Site, The Most Useful site, The Most Convenient Site, The Jolliest Site.

Source: InfoArt News Agency

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