After the near break-up over security issues, UAEs Telecommunications Regulatory Authority (TRA) has now announced a new strategic partnership with Research In Motion (RIM) and telecom operators Etisalat and Du. "We are pleased to be working with the TRA, Etisalat and Du on this important initiative to support mobile innovation across the Middle East. We are excited to build
Social networking site Facebook`s many popular applications are found to be transmitting information about the users and even their friends to advertising and Internet tracking companies, says a report. "The issue affects tens of millions of Facebook application users, including people who set their profiles to Facebook`s strictest privacy settings," Wall Street Journal
Growing cyber attacks by terrorists on government computer systems in Britain could be "the next Pearl Harbor", the head of the country`s Intelligence and Security Committee (ISC) has warned. Ahead of a government report that lists cyber attacks alongside violent terrorism as the most important challenges faced by the country, Sir Malcolm Rifkind, chairman of the ISC, s
Britain unveils the first of its spending cuts tomorrow - the harshest package since World War II - but counter-terrorism and cyber attack prevention are among areas expected to get funding boosts. Terrorism and cyber warfare have been identified as the two most serious threats facing Britain, and a higher priority than preparing for another international military conflict, accor
The Defence Department is asking media organisations not to publish or post on websites classified US war files released by the WikiLeaks Web site. The department has been bracing for a possible leak of as many as many as 400,000 documents from a military database on the Iraq war. In July, the self-described whistleblower organisation obtained and released nearly 7
Concerned over growing menace of unsolicited commercial calls and messages, telecom regulator TRAI today said it will bring a set of regulations by this month. "That job (framing regulations on unsolicited calls) is almost complete. We are planning to come up with the regulations before the end of this month," TRAI Chairman J S Sarma told reporters here.
The hardline Shebab Islamists who control a large swathe of Somalia said today they were banning mobile money transfers in the regions under their control. The government condemned the move, alleging that the Shebab slapped the ban in retaliation for a refusal by some mobile transfer companies to let the insurgent group use their services to fund their military activities.
The Supreme Court today sought Department of Telecom`s views on alleged wrong routing of calls by the private telecom operators on BSNL`s network. "Wrong routing has (become) quite common now. We have now so many cases here. We want to know, what DoT is doing on this," said the bench, headed by the Chief Justice S H Kapadia. The Supreme Court`s direction
The popularity of text messaging has leapt three-fold in the past three years, with almost 200,000 text messages sent every second, the UN telecommunications agency said today. A total of 1.8 trillion SMSs were sent in 2007, but in 2010, the number sent has jumped to 6.1 trillion, said the International Telecommunication Union. This translates to revenues of 14,000
The government auditor CAG has accused the Telecom Ministry for undervaluing 2G spectrum, sold to new players in 2008, and held that the allotment price was not "realistic". "Policy failed to address the issue of price-discovery of spectrum... The August 2007 Report of Trai brought out that entry fee as it existed in 2001 was not a realistic price for obtaining a l
The Haryana Government is setting up a State Data Centre (SDC) here at a cost of Rs 12.38 crore. The main benefits of the project include having a central data repository, secure data storage, online delivery of services, citizen information or services portal, state internet portal, disaster recovery, remote management and service integration, an official spokesman said here tod
In an effort to provide students, faculty and educational institutions with free access to development software, the All India Council for Technical Education today signed an agreement with two private players to improve learning in the field. With the signing of the agreement, AICTE, Autodesk and Microsoft have become partner to deliver free access to development software and de
After mopping around 2,000 crore from online auction of two land properties in Mumbai, state- run National Textile Corporation will put two more properties ? one each in Bangalore and Indore - under the hammer. "From the surplus land of Malwa United Mills in Indore, the NTC will put on the block 16.57 acres with a reserve price of Rs 60 crore from October 25 to 27. The tende
Social networking sites like Facebook, Twitter and Bebo may be great for staying connected with others, but they are also undermining children`s "moral development" by encouraging them to spread gossip and insults, a leading British academician has claimed. According to John Newton, head of Taunton School in Somerset, the social networking sites pose a serious threat to
Hackers in China have stolen secrets on South Korea`s defence and foreign affairs by using bogus emails claiming to come from Seoul officials and diplomats, the intelligence agency said today. The National Intelligence Service uncovered the hacking early this year and warned government offices about the danger of such emails, a spokesman told AFP. Hackers sent emai
With more number of working people logged on to social networking sites, the chances of sensitive corporate information getting leaked to rivals are high, feel experts. The popularity of sites such as Facebook is rising by the day, especially among youngsters. Business entities are also utilising the reach of these networking sites to promote their products and services.
The ruler of Dubai Sheikh Mohammad Bin Rashid Al Maktoum has been ranked sixth in a list of Heads of State who use social media to interact with their citizens. The list includes US President Barack Obama, UK Prime Minister David Cameron, Queen Rania of Jordan, Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez, Japanese Premier Yukio Hatoyama and Russian President Dmitry Medvedev.
The Pentagon scoured through an Iraq war database today to prepare for potential fallout from an expected release by WikiLeaks of some 4,00,000 secret military reports. The massive release, possibly early this week, is set to dwarf the whistle-blower website`s publication of 77,000 classified US military documents on the war in Afghanistan in July, including the names of Afghan i
Police today received an SMS threatening to kill Tamil Nadu Chief Minister M Karunanidhi in a bomb attack, a top police officer said. "We have received an SMS at our traffic control room threatening the life of chief minister. We are investigating it," City Police Commissioner T Rajendran told reporters here at a media briefing. When asked about the detai
Delhi Government has issued directions to its hospitals to prepare post-mortem reports in computerised format instead of producing them manually as illegible handwriting of doctors caused confusion. The decision was taken after a Delhi court suggested a slew of measures, including preparation of post-mortem and medical reports on computer for better comprehension.
