After the BJP accused it of stealing its online identity, Congress today said the party was trying to "politicise" the issue, which could be due to some "technological problem". "I don`t know the exact facts about the website. But if it is true, there could be some technological problems. It is unfortunate that BJP is trying to politicise a technological
Iran`s intelligence minister said the country has learned how to fight off a complex computer worm that some foreign experts have speculated was designed to target Tehran`s nuclear programme, state television reported today. Heidar Moslehi was also quoted as saying authorities have arrested several nuclear spies, but he gave no details and it wasn`t clear if the developments were
In an astonishing revelation, city police in a survey have found that 60 per cent of prepaid SIM cards were procured using fake documents here. Besides, mobile service providers, the city police held vendors equally responsible for providing prepaid SIM cards without proper verification and cracked down on them, prompting several shops in city and suburbs to put up a notice sayin
Against the backdrop of increased focus on the country`s infrastructure development, IT spending by enterprises is expected to grow at a substantial pace to touch USD 40 billion in three years, according to Gartner. Global IT research firm Gartner has projected that enterprise spending on information technology in the country, would see an average compound annual growth of 11 per
Political parties today said the Election Commission should take steps to enhance the confidence of people on use of Electronic Voting Machines (EVMs) in polls in view of apprehensions that they could be tampered with. Attending a meeting of political parties convened by the Commission, the main opposition BJP made a strong plea to go for a "paper trail".
Jammu and Kashmir government will introduce hi-tech gadgetry, including 48 new Closed Circuit Television cameras, to check criminal and anti-national activities in the state. The government has already sanctioned the new CCTV cameras to be installed at sensitive points in Srinagar and Jammu to monitor any unlawful activity, official sources said. They said the gadg
With diesel generators that power three lakh telecom towers in the country guzzling fuel worth over Rs 6,400 crore every year, Government has set up a panel to promote renewable energy particularly solar in the sector to slash cost as well hazardous carbon emissions. To be headed by Ajay Bhattacharya of Universal Service Obligation Fund (USOF) of Telecom Ministry, the five-member
Orissa government has decided to include at least a dozen more specifications to the `Aadhaar` scheme under which individuals will be provided unique identification (UID) numbers. This was decided at a high-level meeting attended by chief secretary, director census (Orissa) and other officials. The government has decided to include information like ration card, BPL/APL, driving licen
The government today extended till October 4, the ban on bulk SMSes and MMSes to check any propaganda post the verdict on the Ayodhya title suit case. "We have decided to extend the ban till October 4 in consultation with the Ministry of Home Affairs," a senior DoT official told PTI. The Allahabad High Court yesterday ruled that the 2.77 acre disputed land in Ayodhya be divided into three pa
WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange has said the Pentagon was intent on destroying the whistleblower website and denied it had endangered innocent people. The 39-year-old said WikiLeaks faced a fierce onslaught from the Pentagon after releasing tens of thousands of classified US military documents on the Afghan war. "I need to express the seriousness of the attack against this media organisatio
More than 60 people in an eastern European-based cybercrime network were charged in the United States for using computer viruses to infiltrate US bank accounts, prosecutors have said. Federal prosecutors in New York said the defendants were "involved in a global cybercrime scheme that used the Zeus Trojan and other Internet viruses to steal millions of dollars from US bank accounts." The doz
The much-feared new cyber-weapon, the `Superbug`, which has attacked over six million personal and almost 1,000 corporate computers in China has been traced to the US, official media reported today. The Stuxnet cyberworm can break into computers and steal private information, especially from industrial firms, sending it back to a server in the United States, state-run Xinhua news agency quoted
Bhartiya Sanchar Nigam Limited (BSNL) launched the FTTH (Fibre-To-The-Home) technology in Vadodara today. Talking to PTI here today, Ramakant Sharma, General Manager of BSNL, Vadodara circle said "the FTTH network has been built on the Gigabyte Passive Optical Technology (GPON) concept." It has a downlink speed of 2.5 Gbps and uplink speed of 1.25 Gbps. Single optical fibre will cater to 32
Launching its India operations, social networking site Facebook today said it will tap into the country`s huge mobile subscriber base to expand its presence. The disparity between the population of the country and internet usage prompts Facebook, which has about 15 million active users in India and around 500 million users globally, to adopt different strategy for the country, Facebook Internat
Diversified Future Group`s e-commerce venture futurebazaar.com has revamped its online business portfolio and expects an around Rs 1,000-crore revenue over the next 18-24 months, a top company official said today. The company had ventured into the e-commerce space or online business four-years ago. "We want to revolutionise digital commerce in retail in India. We will be offering the cheapes
In the backdrop of fake accounts of ministers being created, Goa Chief Minister Digamber Kamat has demanded a ban on social networking sites (SNSes) including Facebook. The Chief Minister has recently written a letter to the Indian Computer Emergency Response Team, which functions under IT Ministry, demanding a ban on the SNSes. "Social networking sites like Orkut, Facebook, Hi5 etc, are adv
The website of the Allahabad High Court, where the full verdict of the Ayodhya title suit was uploaded, crashed today due to heavy traffic. After the announcement of the Ayodhya verdict, a live video in recored version was also to be uploaded on the website (http://allahabadhighcourt.in/). But shortly after 4 pm, the site became inaccessible. With the media asked to shun speculation on
Mobile Number Portability (MNP), that will allow users to change operators while retaining the same number, is likely to get delayed further as the government is still struggling to iron out various issues related to the service. The last set deadline for implementing MNP was October 31, 2010. However, one of the two clearing houses selected for managing number portability in the country is yet
A relieved India Inc that lobbied hard against anti-outsourcing campaign in the US, today hailed the Senate Republicans for blocking the bill that denied tax breaks to US companies moving jobs offshore. The defeat of the bill comes a week after a Nasscom delegation comprising representatives of top IT companies such as Infosys, Wipro and TCS visited the US and lobbied with the key Congressmen a
Fearing large-scale migration of IT units from software parks to SEZs, the Software Technology Park of India, an arm of Union Information Technology Ministry, has sought fiscal benefits for STPI units on par with SEZ tax sops. "We are seeking same fiscal benefits for IT units operating in STPI as are available to SEZ units," Software Technology Park of India (STPI) Director General Omkar Rai to
