Once highly secretive, Pakistani hardline militant groups like Jamat-ud-Dawa and the pro al-Qaeda Sipah-e-Sahaba are plugging into western social networking sites like `Facebook` to expand their reach. Jamat-ud-Dawa, blamed by India for 2008 Mumbai massacre, has also been banned by the United Nations and a number of western countries. It is going public intending to influence `ne
Cases of fraudulent withdrawal of money with cloned ATM cards are on the rise with more and more people being caught unawares by secret depreciation of savings from their bank accounts. At least five such cases of unlawful withdrawal of lakhs of rupees with the help of duplicate ATM cards from various cash dispensing machines across the city have come to light in the past few day
The energy consumption of India Inc`s information and communication technology infrastructure is forecast to grow by 30 per cent to over 31 trillion-watt hours by 2014, a study by global research firm Gartner said. "Energy consumption by enterprise information and communication technology (ICT) infrastructure is forecast to pass 31 trillion-watt hours (TWh) by 2014. It stood
Government Saturday said it has issued a notice to Internet search giant Google for depicting Pakistan-occupied-Kashmir as part of Pakistan. "Any wrongful depiction of Indian map and its boundaries is liable for action under the India Information Technology Act. Google has been asked to immediately correct this inaccuracy," Minister of State for Telecom and IT Sachin Pi
Imagine searching the Internet simply by thinking. Well, your imagination may soon turn into reality, say scientists who claim to be developing a computer which reads human minds. A team at Intel Corporation is working on a new technology which will directly interpret words as they are thought, unlike current brain-controlled computers which require users to imagine making physic
Rail passengers can look forward to on board infotainment services and enhanced safety with Railway Minister Mamata Banerjee giving the green signal for a GPS-based project. The Satellite Imaging for Rail Navigation (Simran), which went through some exhaustive trials could also reduce accidents at unmanned level crossings, besides avoiding collision. The project, w
As many as 132 applicants, mostly from the PSUs, have applied for the top post of BSNL`s CMD, while there was a lukewarm response from the corporate sector. Out of 132 applications that the PSU has received, 84 are from officials working with BSNL itself or two other government owned firms -- MTNL and TCIL. According to sources, very few people have applied from th
Chinese companies have come up with an innovative idea called "future mail" to resurrect the traditional hand delivered postal service which was drastically hit by e-mail and SMS services. The concept of the "Future Mail" is that people can write their letters in advance that would be delivered on the day designated by customers, Zheng Zhimin, manager at a &qu
Aiming to give Marathi language a global status, Chief Minister Ashok Chavan has asked IT firms to prepare software with Marathi fonts. "Marathi is the local language of Maharashtra. We are looking forward to give it global recognition. For this we would like IT companies to develop softwares with Marathi fonts which could be globally accepted," Chavan said at IT awards
To ensure safety of digital signatures, Efforts are on to incorproate it in Mobile connections, Dr V Vijayaditya, Controller of Certifying Authorities (CCA), Department of Information Technology, Government of India, today said. `We are trying to introduce a proxy SIM which will have the digital signature. It will have a co-processor which will generate a private and public key..
For the first time, people around the world get chance to have an online taste of the delicious Onam ?sdadya?, the sumptuous multi-dish feast that goes with Keralites most important festival falling on August 23. Keralite diaspora and Onam enthusiasts from all other communities will be presented recipes of more than 25 dishes of the traditional `sadya` by top chefs through videos
WikiLeaks` information is still available to Internet users in Thailand, despite moves by the authorities in Bangkok to cut it off, the whistleblower website said. A Thai official on Wednesday said the government had used emergency powers to restrict access to the site on security grounds. The order came from the government unit set up to oversee the response to po
Mobile chip-maker Qualcomm yesterday said it is in discussions with major equipment vendors like Ericsson, Nokia-Siemens and Huawei for setting up a high-speed BWA network and expects to finalise a deal by early next year. The US-based company had bagged Broadband Wireless Access (BWA) licences in four telecom circles -- Delhi, Mumbai, Haryana and Kerala -- to offer high-speed In
The government plans to put all Gazette notifications on a website for public access in the next 12 months, Minister of State for IT and Communications Sachin Pilot told the Rajya Sabha yesterday. Replying to supplementaries during Question Hour, he said "All Gazette notifications will be uploaded on egazette.nic.in in the next 12 months." Thirty-five sta
Intel Corp will acquire security software company McAfee Inc in an all-cash deal worth USD 7.68 billion that will bolster the world`s largest chip-maker`s computing portfolio, especially in wireless mobility offerings. The chip-maker will purchase all the common shares of McAfee at a price of USD 48 per piece, valuing the deal at USD 7.68 billion, Intel said in a statement today.
EC Media International today launched its e-book reader--Wink XTS, which would enable readers to access e-books, journals, newspapers and magazines. "With the launch of Wink, we want to enable the growth of content provisioning through the electronic medium by leveraging its existing eco-system of global partnerships with publishers and aggregators," EC Media Internatio
A Delhi court today reserved its order on a complaint seeking prosecution of industrialist and Rajya Sabha MP Rahul Bajaj for allegedly posting a disfigured map of India on the website of his insurance joint venture partner, Allianz. "Put up the matter for orders on September 8, next date of hearing," Metropolitan Magistrate Geetanjali Goel said. The cour
The steep hike in H-1B and L1 visa fees, which would cost Indian IT firms an additional USD 250 million annually, has come into effect from August 14, the US said today. The US move comes in the midst of protests by India that the increase incorporated in the Border Security Bill is discriminatory against Indian companies and needed to be amended. The hike came int
The government today said telecom operator BSNL has suffered a net loss of Rs 1,822.65 crore during the financial year 2009-10 on account of reduction in revenue and increased expenditure. "Reduction in BSNL revenue is mainly because of decline in revenue from wirelines and fall in ARPU (Average Revenue Per User). Revenue (from wireless connections) decreased due to reduced
After a temporary bar due to security concerns, the government has lifted ban on state-run telecom firm BSNL to procure equipment from Chinese vendors, Parliament was informed yesterday. "In the interest of national security, the government had directed BSNL in May, 2009 that resources should not be procured from the Chinese vendors for deployment in the sensitive regions (e
