Confronted with rising number of cases where financial data is encrypted electronically, the Income Tax department is hunting for high-end digital data extraction and investigation tools which can glean through erased information and recover internet passwords. The department has floated a `Request for Proposal` for procuring and installing about 50 `data extraction and analysis
Chief Minister K Rosaiah today directed Chief Secretary S V Prasad to ensure that the Unique Identification (UID) project was implemented in a transparent manner in Andhra Pradesh. He was particular that the state, which will be the first to implement the ambitious plan on a large scale, should be a role model for transparency and accountability in implementation of the scheme, a
An online war has begun between Britain and terror groups and enemy states, with the country facing a serious threat to its national security from cyber attacks, a top official of a spy agency has claimed. Iain Lobban, the Director of the Government Communications Head Quarters, has said that Britain is forced to fend off 1,000 cyber attacks every month. In the fir
India and Russia could set up a joint venture for producing telecom hardware to meet the growing domestic demand even as government readies to roll out 3G and WiMax broadband in the country, Telecom and IT Minister A Raja said today. "Russia is among the four countries, including the US, Taiwan and Korea, which have the capacity of making silicon chips for 3G and WiMax,"
Extending the deadline for the second time in six weeks, the government has asked BlackBerry phone makers Research in Motion (RIM) to come up with a final solution by December 31 on giving access to security agencies to its popular messenger and enterprise services. The decision to give some more time was taken by the Home Ministry after a meeting with representatives of RIM and
Western Union and State Bank of India today said that SBI account holders will soon be able to route overseas money transfers directly into their bank accounts using just their mobile phones. In July, Western Union announced the introduction of its account-based money transfer (ABMT) service, to be launched in early-2011. This service enables SBI customers with online bank accoun
Kolkata-based IT firm IKF Technologies today said it has bagged a contract from telecom major Vodafone for running their BPO operation for the Eastern region. The scope of the contract consists of providing BPO and call centre services to Vodafone in Eastern India comprising Kolkata and rest of West Bengal circles, IKF said in a statement. However, no financial det
In a startling revelation, the Comptroller and Auditor General (CAG) has said that 72 out of 122 new 2G spectrum licences issued by Telecom Minister A Raja in January, 2008, were awarded to companies that did not meet the eligibility criteria. According to the government auditor, Datacom Solution, STel, the Unitech Group of companies and Allianz Infratech, among others, were issu
Alcatel-Lucent today announced it the launch of a new regional delivery centre (RDC) here. The new RDC provides services to manage, operate and maintain multi-vendor fixed and mobile telecommunications networks based in India or anywhere around the world, the company said. "This is the first centre of its kind for the company in the Asia Pacific region, and th
Internet major Google is using its extensive database of web shopping information to create a price index to track inflation trends on daily basis. "Google is using its vast database of web shopping data to construct the `Google Price Index` a daily measure of inflation that could one day provide an alternative to official statistics," according to UK daily `Financial T
In order to directly monitor the performance of school students and keep a check on implementation of various schemes run for them, the Maharashtra Government is planning to prepare their database under an e-Governance policy. "It is a child tracking system which would have educational records of every student in the state and will be implemented in all the schools including
Buoyed by the success of Biometric Smart Card scheme (BSC) for payment of social security pension in Una, the Himachal Pradesh government today approved its implementation in remaining eleven districts of the state. Henceforth, over 2.67 lakh old age, widow and handicapped people would be paid social security pension through nationalised bank in a transparent and efficient manner
In its efforts to promote software industry in the Valley, the University of Kashmir has decided to establish an advanced Information Technology centre on the campus. "The university is all set to establish an advanced centre for IT on the campus, which is the fundamental step for ensuring development of software industry," vice chancellor of the university Riyaz Punjab
Information has become the new currency but is under greater threat than before owing to a mobile workforce, consumerisation of IT, heterogenity of enterprise IT environments and entry of criminal elements and leveraging of new mobile devices as a vectors to steal information. "Today`s attacks are proving to be more sophisticated, well-organised and covert in nature than att
The Indian consumer fixed line services market is on pace to reach Rs 24,500 crore in 2010, a 5.45 per cent increase from 2009 revenue of Rs 23,200 crore, research firm Gartner today said. However, voice revenue is forecast to decline by two per cent to Rs 18,300 crore in 2010 from 2009. "The primary reason for the decline in voice revenue is the decrease in f
Microsoft unveiled a new mobile phone operating system today as it seeks to regain ground lost to the iPhone, Blackberry and devices powered by Google`s Android software. Microsoft chief executive Steve Ballmer took the wraps off nine mobile phones powered by Windows Phone 7 (WP7) at an event at a loft in New York`s Chelsea neighbourhood. Ballmer said more than 60
Police today told the Bombay High Court that using Facebook as a communication tool, for receiving complaints, etc, will not be feasible. Traffic police have created a profile on the popular networking site where citizens can post pictures of potential traffic rule violations around the city. But creating Facebook profile for other police departments "may not
Tata Teleservices, which has Japanese telecom operator NTT Docomo as partner, today said it will launch the next generation mobile services (3G) on Diwali day next month in all the nine circles. TTSL had bagged 3G spectrum for nine circles in the auction held in May this year. The operator would be one of the first private secotor companies to offer 3G services. St
A brand ambassador for the Government`s highly-ambitious Unique Identification Number (UID) project could be on the cards if a line of thought in the Unique Identification Authority of India (UIDAI) is any indication. Given the complexities involved in the task, especially that of positioning of the project and relevant communication to 1.2 billion Indians, a well-known brand amb
The first-ever e-votes in the country were polled today during the elections to six municipal corporations in Gujarat. It was for the first time that any State Election Commission allowed on-line polling. The response to the introduction of new polling system, however, was not very encouraging with few people opting to vote on-line. "124 e-votes were polled to
