Japan has launched a satellite to improve car navigation and other services using the Global Positioning System. The Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency launched the quasi-zenith satellite Michibiki on Saturday from the Tanegashima Space Center in Kagoshima Prefecture, using an H2A rocket. The 4-ton Michibiki -- 3 meters long, 3 meters wide and 6 meters high -- is i
Non-availability of a digital map of Delhi is coming in the way of the city fire brigade`s efforts to procure automatic vehicle tracking system (AVTS) ahead of the Commonwealth Games. The Delhi Fire Services (DFS) had on April 13 announced that it would procure GPS-enabled AVTS ahead of the October Games, which the fire-fighters had said would help in improving their response tim
Mailing and logistics solutions provider Neopost today said it has partnered with India Post to sell digital franking machines to mass-mailers in the country. Digital franking machines allows mass mailers, such as companies that send out a large number of mails, to pay for postage as and when they need it instead of having to paste stamps. "Our partnership all
Denial of freedom to computer users to alter or modify the source code was an injustice, noted software freedom activist Richard Mathew Stallman said here. The goal of the Free Software Movement was that all software be free so that all software users could be free, he said delivering keynote address at a national conference on `Free Software in Education`, organised by the Natio
The country`s nascent cloud computing market, a platform where software applications and related resources can be shared online, is expected to touch USD 1 billion in the next five years, says a survey. "India`s cloud computing market will be around USD 1 billion over the next five years," consulting firm Zinnov Management Consulting said in a report. Clo
American internet users are spending more time on social networking site Facebook than searching on Google, a market research company said in a report. US web surfers spent a total of 41.1 million minutes on Facebook in August, about 9.9 per cent of their web-surfing minutes for the month, according to new data from comScore Inc. In comparison, they spent 39.8 mill
A large number of secret documents relating to the Iraq war will be released in the next anticipated spill by WikiLeaks, many times more than the 90,000 documents concerning the Afghan war made public by the online organisation in July. "The material is the biggest leak of military intelligence that has ever occurred, but the Iraq documents are reportedly three times as larg
A college student was arrested for allegedly sending an inflammatory SMS by the police which has been on high alert ahead of the court verdict on Ayodhya title suit to be pronounced on September 24. The 20-year-old student of Business Administration, identified as Mayank, was arrested last evening for allegedly sending an inflammatory message from his mobile to his friend in Meer
If you thought your money was safe in a nationalised bank, then beware! A sum of more than Rs eight lakh deposited by a senior manager with Dabur India Ltd, Sahibabad, in a government-controlled bank has vanished owing to "online fraud". It was a nightmare for 54-year-old S P Yatri, who had a balance of more than Rs eight lakh with the Punjab National Ban
In the wake of the massive destruction caused to the communication network in Leh due to the recent cloudburst, Minister of State for Telecom Sachin Pilot today said the BSNL will spend Rs 45 crore for reconstruction and expansion of facilities to normalise the services. "Of this, around Rs 23 crore will be spent on new technical and official buildings and residential accomm
The Federation of Karnataka Chamber of Commerce and Industry has chosen Unique Identification Authority of India (UIDAI) Chairman Nandan Nilekani for the 12th Sir M Visvesvaraya Memorial Award. The award would be conferred on Nilekani at a function here on September 15, the birthday of engineer statesman Visvesvaraya, FKCCI said in a statement today.
With the International Civil Aviation Organisation (ICAO) suggesting implementation of e-passport worldwide India is finally getting ready for the same. As a first step the e-Passport manufacturing facility has been installed at India Security Press, Nasik. India Security Press (ISP), a unit of Security printing and Minting Corporation of India Ltd manufacturers passports
To ensure accountability, a round-the-clock system to address the public grievances has been introduced by the District magistrate here. One gazetted officer and two staff members will now sit in shifts to register the complaints related to all the departments run by state and Central governments in the district, Additional District Magistrate Executive Satish Kumar said.
Terming unsolicited calls more intrusive than SMSes, Tata teleservices today said operators should be made to pay more penalty for such voice calls than for sending spam messages. "...SPAM calls and SMS should be differentiated so that call nuisance be addressed more than text e-mail and SMS spam," TTSL said in a statement adding that there should 10 times more severe p
India will formally convey its disappointment to the US over the ban imposed by the state of Ohio on offshore outsourcing at the high-level bilateral Trade Policy Forum meeting in Washington later this month. "It will be on the agenda. I will raise the issue at the TPF meeting there definitely," Commerce and Industry Minister Anand Sharma said here. Sharm
National Innovation Council (NIC), a body to promote new ideas for inclusive development, today announced setting up of a Rs 1,000 crore fund to encourage innovation. "We will set up a fund to reward innovations. To start with the fund will be set up with a corpus of Rs 1,000 crore which may go up to Rs 5,000 crore. A major portion of the fund will come from the private sect
As the city prepares to host Commonwealth Games, Delhi Chief Minister Sheila Dikshit today launched a new 24-hour helpline and a tourism website providing a range of services to the tourists. "Delhi ranks number one in foreign tourists` arrivals. This makes it vital for it to have a robust tourist guidance system in place," Dikshit said after launching th
For the second month in a row, Corporate India`s online hiring activity fell by five per cent in August, mainly due to less hiring in investment-led sectors like manufacturing, engineering & construction, said a survey. The Monster`s Employment Index, a monthly gauge of the country`s online job demand, declined by six points to 123 in August, as against 129 in July, said recr
Canada today cautioned India that putting Blackberry mobile phone device in isolation will be "counter productive" for New Delhi`s endeavours to secure modern technology. "Blackberry is one of the most popular electronic appliances...900 companies depend upon it...it should not be treated in isolation with other devices otherwise it will be harmful for India and co
Standing in long queues for paying electricity bills is set to become a thing of the past for lakhs of Mumbaikars. Brihanmumbai Electric Supply and Transport (BEST) today passed a proposal, wherein, a consumer can pay electricity bill through Internet or mobile phone. "Consumers using BEST`s electricity can pay their bills through debit or credit cards via Int
