Philippine police tracked down a suspect in a series of grisly robberies and murders with the help of his Facebook account, officials said today. Mark Dizon, a 28-year-old computer technician, did not resist when arrested today while talking with his father in a public square in northern San Fernando city, police Senior Superintendent Danilo Bautista said. He is ac
To deal with cyber-related crime, the government has initiated a major programme to develop forensic tools and setting up of infrastructure for probe and training of law enforcement and judicial offices. Minister of State for Home Ajay Maken told Lok Sabha that available inputs indicate that terrorists were using several means for communication inter-alia, including use of Intern
Software major Oracle Corp founder and chief executive Larry Ellison topped the list of best-paid executives in public companies during the past decade, receiving USD 1.84 billion as compensation, according to a Wall Street Journal analysis. 65-year-old Ellison, who founded Oracle in 1977, holds 23 percent stake in the company. In the 10 years ended May 31, 2009, t
The market share of American search engine Google, which got its licence renewed in China after giving an undertaking to abide by intrusive local laws, has dropped to 24 per cent in the second quarter from 31 per cent in the first. The marked decline in market share took place during its confrontation with the Chinese government in the second quarter over the intrusive sensor law
Chinese parents could be dragged to court if they secretly browse through their children`s computers or cell phones following a law to prevent them from "spying" on their wards. The law passed in Southwest China Chongqing state forbids parents from secretly searching through children`s computers or cell phones for emails, diaries, web chats or short messages.
Gujarat Health Minister Jaynarayan Vyas today said the government has launched Urban Health Mission, a first of its kind in the country, to provide health care services to urban poor of the state. "The Urban Health Mission is being fully funded by the state government under which 102 Urban Health Centres (UHCs) would be set up at various nagarpalikas of the state," Vyas
A government task force has suggested extending the flagship health insurance scheme and maternity, death and disability benefits to lakhs of domestic workers. The task force has favoured that Rashtriya Swasthya Bima Yojana (RSBY) should cover domestic workers, a Labour Ministry official said today. "The government is examining the recommendations," he sa
Delhi University today entered into an MoU with NASSCOM to pave way for offering to its undergraduate students a course that will develop employment skills suitable to get jobs in the BPO industry. The Global Business Foundation Skills course, as it is called, has been designed by the National Association of Software and Services Companies (NASSCOM), with inputs from prominent pl
The European Commission has started a formal antitrust investigation against technology major IBM Corp for allegedly abusing its market dominance in mainframe computers. The Commission today said it will probe IBM in two separate cases, both of which are related to the company`s conduct in the market for mainframe computers. Mainframes are those computers used by m
Wikileaks`s decision to post on its website more than 92,000 classified documents related to war in Afghanistan is a breach of federal law and an investigation is on the leak of secretive Pentagon documents, the White House said today. "They constitute a potentially national security concern," White House spokesman Robert Gibbs today said as he informed reporters that h
BSNL`s IPTV (Internet Protocol Television) service was launched at Vijayawada by the company`s State Chief General Manager T N Sudhindra Kumar. A customer of BSNL with broadband service can access a range of television channels on his computer. The customers have to subscribe one plan out of four existing plans, which are in the range of Rs 100 to Rs 280 per month, to access the
The UAE may restrict hi-tech BlackBerry mobile phones, citing a "serious" national security risk as the smart device operates beyond the country`s jurisdiction, the telecommunication watchdog has said. The Telecommunication Regulatory Authority (TRA) of UAE said "BlackBerry operates beyond the jurisdiction of national legislation" as is stores its data offshor
The Unique Identification Authority of India (UIDAI) has signed MoUs with Assam and Mizoram as part of its `Aadhaar` project. The MoU with Assam was signed between Davinder Kumar, deputy director general of UIDAI and Subhash C Das, Principal Secretary of Assam. The Chief Secretary of the Government of Mizoram, Vanhela Pachuau, signed the MoU between UIDAI and the s
The much-touted VAT, considered as the precursor to the proposed GST, resulted in a loss of revenue for 10 states, and many manufacturers did not pass benefits arising out of low taxes to customers, the country`s apex auditor CAG said today. CAG said this while warning the government about some teething problems in the proposed GST. The Comptroller and Auditor Gene
State-owned Bank of Baroda today signed an agreement with the Unique Identification Authority of India (UIDAI) to act as a registrar for the project. The bank will join the UIDAI, an ambitious plan to provide unique identification number to all residents of the country, in collecting biometric and demographic details of its customers as well as others. The details
The e-Governance initiatives of CSIR will facilitate faster disposal of day to day problems thereby sparing their executives to attend most specific problems which requires human intellectual inputs,a senior official said here today. The CSIR Transformation project that is currently being executed at a cost of Rs.20 crore will bring in organizational changes thereby providing pro
The Supreme Court today asked lawyers to be internet savvy to help smoothen the processing of petitions for quick hearing, particularly in commercial matters. The apex court said the use of e-mails by advocates and the apex court registry during the course of pendency of matters would help in reducing the arrears as the delay in judicial proceedings are due to late servicing of t
The government today invited applications from candidates in the public and private sector for the posts of Chairman and Managing Director of two telecom PSUs -- BSNL and MTNL. If candidates from the private sector are selected, this will be the first time that these telecom PSUs are headed by chiefs from the private sector. The government has constituted a Search-
Orissa`s Information Technology Minister Ramesh Chandra Majhi today said different IT firms operating from the state exported softwares worth Rs 1,198 crore during 2009-10. Replying to a question in the assembly, he said though Orissa`s position in terms of software export in the country is not known, there had been a gradual increase in the amount of export from the state.
India will be connected to a very high-speed `Science and Education Internet` through an international networking by next month, a senior official of the network said. "The new very high speed linkage will be completed next month which will allow National Knowledge network-connected institutions` high-speed access to global science projects such as International Thermonuclea
