With prime minister, Manamohan Singh and UPA chairperson, Sonia Gandhi all set to hand over first set of unique identity numbers to the villagers in Nandurbar district of Maharashtra, the civil society has raised multiple concerns over the project. Seventeen eminent individuals have raised concerns on the manner in which Unique Identification Authority (UIDAI) has been constituted on basi
Wikipedia co-founder Jimmy Wales said today that whistle-blower website WikiLeaks` decision to publish entire contents of classified US military documents was irresponsible and could put innocent lives at risk. WikiLeaks drew worldwide publicity in late July when it posted a huge trove of secret US military documents about the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq. The US Defence Departme
Mahindra & Mahindra (M&M) today said its online community on Facebook has 4-lakh people with its SUV Scorpio enjoying a fan-following of close to 1.5-lakh. This massive community base is a result of the popularity of brands such as the Scorpio, Bolero, Xylo and Logan, in addition to its unique properties, The Great Escape and Auto Quotient, the company said in a statement
The United States and a dozen other countries are staging a huge cyber exercise to test the preparedness of their computer networks against a simulated attack, Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano has announced. The exercise, dubbed "Cyber Storm III", simulates a "large-scale cyberattack on critical infrastructure" and involves thousands of participant
Leading Myanmar exile media organisations said their websites had been crippled by cyber attacks today, on the third anniversary of a crackdown on the "Saffron Revolution" monk-led protests. The Internet sites of the Democratic Voice of Burma, the Irrawaddy Magazine and the Mizzima news service were overwhelmed by a flood of incoming messages known as a Distributed Deni
BlackBerry-maker Research In Motion has unveiled its new tablet computer `BlackBerry PlayBook`, which will hit the markets early next year taking on Apple`s iPad. The PlayBook has a seven-inch touch screen - half the size of the iPad -- high-definition cameras in the front (3 megapixel) and back (5 megapixel) and weighs about 400 grams. It`s 10 mm thick and has a o
The Telecom Ministry has warned of action against companies that won licences by falsifying information, but maintained it had done no wrong in the 2G licence allocation in 2008. "All the Unified Access Service (UAS) licences in 2008 were issued as per the policy decisions taken by the government in November 2003 and subsequent detailed guidelines issued in December 2005,&qu
The 64-year-old system of manually paying salary to jawans of the Armoured Corps and Mechanised Infantry Regiment has made way for a computerised system which credits pay directly into their bank accounts. With implementation of the new system, salaries of the jawans will directly be credited online into their respective bank accounts anywhere in the country and their families wi
The imposed ban on bulk SMSes by the Government in the face of Ayodhya verdict has affected the services of local search engine `Just Dial`, which provides local information across multiple cities in India. "We are unable to give prompt services, as we have to read out the information, which is normally sent via SMSes. The services are disturbed on a little hi
US authorities plan to bring in new sweeping regulations to monitor the Internet and all facilities that enables communication, months after India and Dubai asked RIM, the Canada-based makers of BlackBerry, to allow surveillance of encrypted services. Federal law enforcement and national security officials argue that their ability to wiretap criminal and terrorism suspects is &qu
Police today thanked Delhiites for their cooperation in enforcing the restrictions on lanes dedicated to Commonwealth Games traffic and said this experiment gives them hope to start implementing lane discipline even after the event. In a post in social networking site Facebook, Special Commissioner (Traffic) Ajay Chadha wrote that the Traffic Police was thankful to all the citize
A new web-based system to cater to online transactions of bills, challans and accounts is being developed on a Linux based platform in Arunachal Pradesh. "This innovative and cost-friendly solution is fully web-based having provisions for government payment, receipt, personal ledger account, e-clearing system, e-fund transfer, payment etc," Finance Commissioner Swati Sh
Software export major TCS today said it has bagged a contract from the state of Karnataka for establishing and managing a proposed State Data Centre (SDC). The new SDC will provide better operation and management control and minimise overall cost of data management, IT resource management, deployment and other costs, TCS said in a press statement. However, the comp
Prime Minister, Manamohan Singh and UPA chairperson, Sonia Gandhi will be launching the issue of unique identification numbers (Aadhaar) nationally by distributing the first set of numbers among the villagers. The launch will take place in Nandurbar district of Maharashtra where the Unique ID Mission will be dedicated to the nation. The Unique ID Authority of India started workin
Bank customers and equity trading account holders have stopped getting transaction alerts on their mobiles as the government has put a ban on bulk SMS service in wake of the pending judgement in the Ayodhya title suit. In view of the Government of India directive to mobile operators, all bulk SMS messages have been banned in all service areas till further notice. The customers wi
Visitors for the forthcoming Commonwealth Games will now be able to plan their itinerary online or over their mobile phones, following the launch of an intelligent transportation system providing information on bus and metro timings in the National Capital Region. With the launch of Intelligent Transportation Systems and Services (ITS), the availability and timing of buses, metro
A teenager, arrested for posting "objectionable" material about the ongoing unrest in Kashmir Valley on a social networking site, was today released keeping in view his young age, police said. "Keeping in view the young age of the arrested and that he is a student, the boy was released today with no charge leveled against him," a police spokesman said.
Wikipedia, the world`s free online encyclopedia that is one of most visited sites after Google with 375 million visitors a month, will shortly be launching an India office -- probably in Mumbai -- besides setting up an India Chapter of the Wiki Foundation, the owners of Wikipedia and its other arms, in Bangalore said. "We will be launching the Wiki Foundation`s India Chapter
India seems to be the worst affected nation online, with over three-quarters of Indian web surfers having fallen victim to cybercrimes, including computer viruses, online credit card fraud and identity theft, security solutions provider Symantec said. According to a study titled `Norton Cybercrime Report: The Human Impact`, about 65 per cent of Internet users globally have fallen
Excessive internet browsing can lead to negative outcomes like social isolation, depression, insomnia and obesity, especially among teenagers, a study by industry chamber Assocham has said. The study defined over five hours of internet usage daily as "excessive". It said teenagers (in the age group of 12-18 years) are most vulnerable to these risks due to
