Stamp duty payment in Maharashtra will be much easier with the state government approving a Bill of online registrations, official sources said today. The amendments on these regards were made in the Indian Registration Act, 1908, and was passed by the state Legislative Council recently. The amended Act would be sent to the Centre for final approval.
An elite US cyber team that has stealthily tracked Internet villains for more that a decade pulled back its cloak of secrecy to recruit hackers at a notorious DefCon gathering here. Vigilant was described by its chief Chet Uber as a sort of cyber "A-Team" taking on terrorists, drug cartels, mobsters and other enemies on the Internet. "We do things th
Invasion of privacy in the Internet age. Expanding the reach of law enforcement to snoop on e-mail traffic or on Web surfing. Those are among the criticisms being aimed at the FBI as it tries to update a key surveillance law. With its proposed amendment, is the Obama administration merely clarifying a statute or expanding it? Only time and a suddenly on guard Congress will tell.
A telecommunications official says Saudi Arabia will block BlackBerry messaging later this month. The official did not explain why the decision had been made in his comments today. But neighbouring United Arab Emirates also said today it would block BlackBerry e-mail, messaging and Web access staring in October, citing security concerns because the devices operate beyond the gove
To effectively check cyber crimes, Haryana Police has set up a state-of-the-art training facility for its personnel by joining hands with industry body NASSCOM. The ultra modern Cyber-Lab at Haryana Police Academy in Madhuban will impart requisite knowledge and skill to Haryana police personnel in the field of cyber crime investigation and related areas like cyber security, aware
World`s second-largest PC manufacturer Acer today announced its expansion into the server market, releasing a full line of servers in categories like Tower, Rack and Blade along with Intel and Microsoft. Currently, Acer has a strong presence in two server categories, mainly in Tower and Rack form factor serving government and BFSI verticals. "Acer will further
`Annapurna`, a factory integrated India`s seventh fastest High Performance Computation cluster, was inaugurated at the Institute of Mathematical Sciences (IMSc) here today. Atomic Energy Commission Chairman and Secretary of Department of Atomic Energy, Srikumar Banerjee, inaugurated the 1.5 Tera Byte (TB) memory, 30 TB storage space cluster and lauded the technical team behind th
The fixed line telephone business in India in 2009-10 saw a negative growth with revenues dropping by 23.3 per cent to Rs 18,900 crore from 24,649 crore in the corresponding previous fiscal. The top three fixed line players - BSNL, MTNL and Bharti Airtel reported a revenue decline. However, some companies like Reliance Communications, TTSL and TTML posted gro
US-based mobile chip maker Qualcomm today sold 26 per cent stake in broadband unit in India to Tulip Telecom and Global Holdings for USD 57.72 million (about Rs 268 crore). Qualcomm had acquired Broadband Wireless Access (BWA) spectrum in four circles in the auction held last month and the company has to induct an Indian partner with at least 26 per cent equity to be able to get
Kozhikode Secondary Switching Area (SSA), covering the districts of Kozhikode and Wayanad, today launched a new service-WiMax (Worldwide Interoperability for Microwave Access) in 35 sites in Kozhikode city. WiMax would enable the customers to avail Broadband Internet Service, even if they do not own a landline telephone, C Sunitha, General Manager, BSNL Kozhikode, told mediaperso
British firm picoChip will help India`s roll-out of the fourth generation (4G) telephony in association with the Mumbai-based Rancore Technologies. The picoChip-Rancore partnership was among four multi- million pound business deals between Indian and British firms announced here today, coinciding with the visit of Prime Minister David Cameron. Bath-based picoChip h
Chinese telecom equipment maker Huawei Technologies today announced its entry into the Indian mobile handset market with the launch of 20 new handsets. Till now, Huawei was selling handsets bundled with services offered by telecom operators like Tata Teleservices and BSNL. "The Indian telecom industry is growing at the rate of 20 million subscribers a month. O
Cellphone maker Nokia today said it would provide free phones, preloaded with information on agriculture, education and entertainment, to over 500 households in five villages of Uttar Pradesh. Celebrating its 15 years in India, the Finland-based firm announced the project -- Ujjwal -- to drive 100 per cent household mobility in 5 villages in Raebareli, Uttar Pradesh.
Barack Obama fought hard to keep his BlackBerry when he became president, but with only 10 people authorised to email the super-encrypted device, he admitted today that it is "no fun." Obama also demonstrated a passing knowledge of popular culture, in the first-ever appearance by a sitting president on a daytime television talk show, as he increases campaign-style event
Aiming to curb pilferage of PDS kerosene and domestic LPG, the Unique Identification Authority of India (UIDAI) and the Petroleum Ministry today signed an MoU to facilitate close coordination on the `Aadhaar` project. As per the MoU, oil marketing companies IOCL, BPCL and HPCL will act as registrars for the UIDAI on behalf of the ministry for implementation of the project.
A consortium led by Mahindra Satyam -- Morpho, Accenture and L1 Identity Solutions have bagged the contract to implement the core biometric identification system for the `Aadhaar` programme of UIDAI. The initial phase of the contract will run up to two years and a total of 200 million residents are expected to be de-duplicated by a combination of the three Biometric Solution Agen
The Unique Identification Authority of India is aiming to provide the `Aadhaar` identification number to the scores of migrant workers to help them get access to a range of essential services like banking, social protection and government schemes. The UIDAI has signed an MoU with the National Coalition of Organisations for Security of Migrant Workers (NCOSMW) for this purpose.
The Information Technology Special Economic Zone (SEZ) at Gangaikondan near here, being promoted by ELCOT would be ready by November, according to state IT minister Poongothai Aladi Aruna. The minister,here to review construction of a 50,000 square feet building at the SEZ 15 km from here last evening,said the building as well as other infrastructral facilities, including central
A former head of the CIA warned that government secrets pouring through WikiLeaks could sabotage the post 9-11 campaign to break down walls between rival US intelligence agencies. "This is destructive on so many levels," retired Air Force general and former CIA chief Michael Hayden said of the WikiLeaks saga, after an onstage chat yesterday at a Black Hat computer secur
The Haryana government has launched a public grievances redressal portal. "It`s a a centralised public grievance redressal and monitoring system (Harsamadhan) to make the public grievance redress system more effective, an official release said here today. It said `Harsamadhan` was a convenient and user-friendly mechanism to meet public aspirations. Grievances
