Internet giant Google Inc is in talks with several makers of popular online games as it seeks to develop a broader social networking service that could compete with Facebook, says a media report. Attributing to people familiar with the matter, the `Wall Street Journal` reported that Google has been in discussions with top developers like Playdom Inc, Electronic Arts Inc`s Playfis
Global IT major Accenture today said it has bagged a contract from the Unique Identification Authority of India (UIDAI) to implement the core biometric identification system for the Aadhaar project. Under the initial order, which will run up to two years or until 200 million enrollments (whichever comes first), the firm will build a new system to help manage identity-related de-d
IT Solutions provider Tata Consultancy Services continued to remain on the top slot in the Top 20 IT-BPO Employers in India for the 2009-2010 fiscal, according to industry body Nasscom. TCS is followed by Kris Gopalakrishnan-led Infosys Technologies, while Azim Premji`s Wipro ranked third, as per the National Association of Software and Service Companies. The city-
Technopark, one of India`s first and largest IT parks, today celebrated its 20th anniversary, unveiling the future plans of development. Situated on the outskirts of Kerala capital, Technopark now has 185 companies employing 28000 IT/ITES professionals and plans to raise the number of jobs manifold in the coming years A CEOs` meet was organised on the occasion wher
British Prime Minister David Cameron today said his country is "most open" to the idea of outsourcing. "In terms of being open to outsourcing, you will find Britain one of the most open and progressive countries," he said in reply to a query on IT outsourcing. "We are reviewing contracts, we are looking at what we pay for the services we ha
The sophisticated air traffic management system at the IGI Airport, which was operationalised in March, crashed yesterday evening disrupting flight movements for almost 30 minutes. Incoming and outgoing flights were disrupted between 1750 hours and 1820 hours as the Autotrac-III system crashed, resulting in the air traffic control (ATC) screens going blank, airport sources said.
The government has said that the makers of BlackBerry - Research in Motion (RIM) - have to address its security concern by offering monitoring facility, else the popular smartphone company will have to shut its shop in India. The Ministry of Home Affairs has asked the Department of Telecommunication to tell the Canadian service provider in no uncertain terms that its email and ot
With an aim to garner bigger business opportunities, Oracle India Private Limited is planning to expand its partner network to smaller cities and towns (Tier-II, Tier-III cities) across the country, a top company official said. "We are targeting the small and medium business (SMB) segment in smaller towns and cities through our partner network. We expect there will be a huge
The government today amended telecom licences making it mandatory for equipment suppliers to share the "source code" and the "design details" to address the security concerns. It also said that a penalty, equivalent to 100 per cent of the contract value, shall be imposed on telecom equipment suppliers in case of detection of any security breach.
You may like to throw your mobile phone after reading this, as a new study has found the average handset carries 18 times more potentially harmful germs than a toilet`s flush handle. An analysis of handsets by British researchers found that almost a quarter of them were so dirty that they had up to 10 times an acceptable level of TVC bacteria. TVC, or Total Viable
Computer access in 600 state-run high schools in Bihar would be provided by NComputing company on PPP basis soon, an international company. Company co-chairman Will Poole said the state government has selected the company for improving the computer literacy, he told reporters here. The company`s initiative for strategic partnership with the state government would p
IT firm HCL Infosystems today said it has bagged an order worth Rs 40 crore from the Ministry of Home Affairs for digitising the data generated from Census of India project for the year 2010-11. Under the project, HCL Infosystems will collaborate with the Indian government for digitising the data collected across the country, including maintenance, indexing, scanning and storage
Leading BPO provider in the UK and a subsidiary of Tata Consultancy Services(TCS) - Diligenta, today said it has completed the consolidation of two-million customer policies in the UK from multiple legacy systems onto a single integrated system, using a simplified and modern cloud infrastructure. These policies will now be based on the TCS BaNCS insurance platform, a proprietary
Even as the Jamaat-ud-Dawah mounts pressure on Pakistani authorities to slap a ban on Facebook, a petition filed in a court has sought a permanent bar on access to the social networking website due to the launch of an "anti-Islam competition". Acting on the petition filed by Judicial Activism Panel chairman Muhammad Azhar Siddique, Justice Ijaz Ahmed Chaudhry of the Lah
Vodafone Essar Limited, the Indian subsidiary of Vodafone Group Plc, aims to launch 3G mobile services by end-2010, a top company official said. Broader services of 3G will be available by the first quarter of next year, he added. "We are ready to launch 3G services in nine circles by this year-end. We are waiting for spectrum allocation. As soon as we get the
The Supreme Court today dismissed a seven-year-old BSNL petition challenging the orders of sectoral tribunal TDSAT, which had dismissed the claims of the state-run telecom firm on national long distance operation (NLDO). BSNL had challenged the orders of the sectoral regulator TRAI before TDSAT, which had permitted Bharti Airtel group firm Bharti Telesonic Limited to carry NLDO (
Eight telecom service providers, including Vodafone and Bharti Airtel, together have to shell out Rs 49,000, as penalty for not checking unsolicited calls to subscribers from telemarketing companies. Telecom regulator TRAI has imposed financial disincentive on the non-compliance of the regulation on unsolicited telemarketing calls and eight operators, including Airtel, Vodafone,
Facing a sharp deterioration in its finances and market share, state-owned BSNL today said selling a 26 per cent stake to a strategic partner, be it foreign or domestic, could improve its performance. "In the interest of the company, we should have a strategic partner where they have a 26 per cent stake," BSNL Chairman and Managing Director Kuldeep Goyal told PTI.
In its bid to curb cases of crossing tracks sometimes with fatal consequence, Western Railway (WR) has launched an SMS campaign to spread awareness about its hazards. "Through this initiative we intend to educate the public on the issue and persuade them to not cross the railway tracks. We thought of utilising a medium (SMS) which has wide reach," Western Railway PRO C
Maharashtra government today said it would soon come out with a unicode system for easy access to Marathi fonts across the world. Making an announcement in this regard while replying to a debate on Marathi language in the Legislative Council today, Chief Minister Ashok Chavan said the unicode system will simplify the use of Marathi fonts on the computer as well as the internet.
