Effective use of technology for in-house audit processes could help prevent accounting fraud in a company, as it will be easier to monitor the flow of data online, says global consultant PricewaterhouseCoopers. A new PwC report, `2010 Internal Audit State of the Productivity of the Profession Survey`, said that about 48 per cent of Indian companies lack skill and knowledge of dat
These aren`t your average family snapshots. Queen Elizabeth II is joining other proud parents starting tomorrow in showing off and sharing her photo albums - and those of the House of Windsor - on the online Flickr photo site. The launch of the British Monarchy Flickr account will beef up Buckingham Palace`s online presence, adding to its Twitter account and YouTub
Maharashtra Government is planning to set up a Technological University to bring all the engineering, technical, management, architectural and pharmacy colleges under one roof. The demand for the courses is increasing but there is no uniformity in the syllabus since the colleges belong to different universities in the state. Once approved the Technological University would be the
Maharashtra Government is mulling over making salary payments of school teachers online to bring transparency in the system. School Education Minister Balasaheb Thorat informed the Legislative Council here today to start the online system for the payment in the backdrop of demand from Opposition for direct payment to the teachers from the Government. "We are c
A new way of testing soil fertility using global positioning systems for collecting samples will be introduced in the country this fiscal. Global positioning system (GPS) provides reliable location and time information in all-weather and at all-times using satellites. "The GPS-based sample collections will help monitor the nutrient status and acidic reaction o
Top technology and media executives wrapped up a three-day conference here during which they grappled with -- and left unresolved -- the question of whether readers will pay for news online. Firmly in the paid camp in the "paid vs free" debate was News Corp`s head of digital operations Jon Miller who said charging online readers is a notion that has been "accepted
Jammu and Kashmir Minister for Information Technology Aga Syed Ruhullah Mehdi today said that Information and Communication Technology (ICT) has revolutionised the style of working in all spheres of life. This technology facilitates project management, programme implementation and monitoring of development schemes, he said, speaking at a one-day conference on Information Technolo
US immigration officials has launched an online tool to help people find illegal aliens who have been placed in US custody. The Online Detainee Locator System (ODLS) is designed "to assist family members, attorneys and other interested parties in locating detained aliens" being held by Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE). The search service is avail
The Election Commission today inked an MoU with a Bangalore-based non-political civil society organisation, Janaagraha Centre for Citizenship and Democracy, for an project titled BEST to ensure greater citizen participation in the electoral process. Chief Election Commissioner Naveen Chawla and Infosys mentor and adviser to the organisation Narayana Murthy were present at the eve
Punjab Government has decided to put on fast track implementation of governance reforms and hopes to complete three-fourth of the task by year-end. Reviewing the progress, Deputy Chief Minister Sukhbir Singh Badal took exception to reports that affidavits were still being demanded in various departments and universities from the general public despite the Punjab Government abolis
All browsing centres in the city would compulsorily have to install cyber cafe management and security solutions, city Police Commissioner P Balasubramanian said today. Participating at a meet organised to demonstrate the efficacy of India`s only free of cost Cyber cafe Security management and Accounting Software here,he said until now most cybercafes maintained visitors data in
In a setback for RCom and TTSL, the Supreme Court today declined a plea against BSNL raising a demand of over Rs 800 crore as levy on Walky services between August, 2005, and February, 2006. BSNL had raised a demand of Rs 431 crore from RCom and Rs 372 crore from Tata Teleservices (TTSL) towards levy (known as Access Deficit Charge), along with penalty, for the period from August
State-owned MTNL today said it expects an annual revenue of about Rs 280 crore from roaming agreement with other telcos for 3G services. MTNL had invited bids from operators, who could not get 3G spectrum in Delhi and Mumbai under the auction held in May this year, to provide roaming facilities to their 3G subscribers through the PSU`s network. "We are expecti
IT blue-chip Wipro, whose promoters own 80 per cent in the company, today said it expects the finance ministry to bring in changes to the proposed 25 per cent public float norm for listed companies. Markets have been debating how the proposed rules would impact Wipro whose chairman Azim Premji`s holding is over 75 per cent. Unveiling Wipro`s first quarter earning, Premji declined
Chinese telecom equipment manufacturer Huawei Technologies has dismissed market rival Motorola`s charges of stealing confidential information about its cellular network equipment as groundless, a China newspaper said today. The refutal follows Motorola allegations yesterday that one of its former staff engineers, who now works with a Huawei reseller called Lemko, had provided inf
“Many countries have broadband as fundamental right and India should debate on the same.” This was stated by J S Sharma, Chairman, Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI) during the 6th Assocham Global Telecom Summit in New Delhi. Sharma said that it is time to redefine broadband beyond 256 kpbs and that TRAI is currently inviting comments on the National
As the country`s economy is on the rise, experts today said biometrics is the only way to store data in a safe manner in a vast country like India and the unique identity numbers will provide that security. "As the Indian economy grows, there is a necessity for some kind of a system through which information about an individual can be known and the unique identity numbers wi
Maharashtra government is considering bringing an Act to ban pornographic websites in the state against the backdrop of an Army official caught for uploading obscene clippings of children on the net. "We are considering bringing an Act to ban pornographic websites. We would also request the Centre to amend the existing Acts for strict actions against the culprits," Mini
China`s secretive military has opened its first cyber base headquarters but has assured that the facility was not aimed at launching cyber war. People`s liberation Army (PLA) on Monday launched the centre that is dedicated to handling all types of cyber threats and related issues. The centre marks the debut of a new force in China to tackle potential cyber threats
Global payment services major, Western Union has tied up with State Bank of India (SBI) to enable international direct cash-to-account transfers. The scheme is expected to become operational early next year, read the Western Union press release. Indians working and living overseas, and general consumers holding SBI accounts will be able to send international cash t
