A man wanted in a number of cyber crime cases and who was on the run after allegedly cheating a city resident by hacking into his bank account were arrested from Delhi, police said today. Ganesh Kumar Agarwal alias Prince, a native of Kolkata, was nabbed by the sleuths of Cyber Crime Cell of Hyderabad Police yesterday, Deputy Commissioner of Police (Detective Department) J Satyan
Social networking site Facebook, started six years ago by a 20 year old student in his Harvard dorm, announced it now has 500 million users worldwide. This number means that if Facebook were a country, it would be the third largest in the world. "This is an important milestone for all of you who have helped spread Facebook around the world. Now
And you thought scratch cards can only win you television sets, gold coins and holiday vouchers! Macmillan India imprint Full Marks has come out with a support website for students of class VI-XII mainly following NCERT books that can be accessed by using a scratch card. The website can be accessed by students, teachers and parents who bought the Full Mark Series
The Northeastern states are plagued by low tele-density and inadequate telecom services, hindering economic growth and development, a study said. "In addition to the low tele-density, the quality of services in the region is also a matter of concern. The telecom network is inadequate to handle the traffic resulting in repeated congestion, a statement by Associated Chambers o
In a move to streamline the cable TV fee structure, broadcast regulator TRAI today informed the Supreme Court that it plans to cap the monthly charges at Rs 250 across the country, except for pockets where conditional access system (CAS) is implemented. In an affidavit filed before the Apex Court, the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI) said that it proposes to divide ca
The Bangalore Water Supply and Sewerage Board (BWSSB) would set up a 24x7 call centre and also provide one mobile squad each for four Assembly constituencies from next month to address grievances of city residents. Minister for BWSSB, IT/BT and Housing Katta Subramanya Naidu told reporters here the call centre would be established at BWSSB?s head office to address complaints rega
Concerned over BSNL`s falling revenue and market share, an employee association of the state-owned telecom company has sought a thorough probe into an alleged nexus between senior officials of the PSU and private operators. There seems to be a nexus between senior officials of BSNL and private operators, which is stalling its growth, Sanchar Nigam Executive Association (SENA) sai
The government has released the roadmap for Internet Protocol Version 6 (IPv6) deployment in the country in a time bound manner. Government has also decided to form an IPv6 Task Force in Public Private Partnership (PPP) mode for timely implementation of IPv6 in the country. This was disclosed by the Minister of Communications & Information Technology Thiru A.Raja while releasing the Nationa
China plans to invest about USD 18 billion in third-generation (3G) services this year as the country became the home to the largest telephone network in the world, with total number of phone users crossing 1.1 billion, including 800 million mobile users. China`s third-generation (3G) mobile phone service subscribers went up by 40 per cent, totalling 25.2 million subscribers at t
An investment firm unveiled an ambitious plan today to build a high-speed wireless broadband network that would cover more than 90 per cent of the United States by 2015. New York-based Harbinger Capital Partners said it has signed a USD seven billion agreement with Finnish-German giant Nokia Siemens Networks to "deploy, install, operate, and maintain" a broadband networ
An Internet hosting service said today that it shut down a blogging platform because bomb-making instructions and an al-Qaeda "hit list" had been posted on the site. BurstNET, a Pennsylvania-based Web hosting service, said that it shut down Blogetery.com earlier this month after US law enforcement officials pointed out the al-Qaeda material on the platform used by some
After its re-entry into India this year, Japanese electronics firm Akai today said it is aiming for a turnover of Rs 435 crore this fiscal. The company is also considering foraying into IT, telecom and power segments soon. "Akai`s annual sales (before its exit from India) was around Rs 275 crore. This year, we target to do a turnover of Rs 435 crore. In the la
For the convenience of entrepreneurs, the Delhi Pollution Control Committee (DPCC) will soon start online processing of their applications for issuing no-objection certificates. DPCC member secretary AK Ambasht said the Committee has tied up with the National Informatics Centre (NIC) to install a software enabling a wide range of e-facilities to the users at the click of mouse.
In an important step in the new world of optical communication and computing, physicists claim to have discovered a new way to use a gallium arsenide nanodevice as a signal processor at "terahertz" speeds. Gallium arsenide, a compound of the elements gallium and arsenic, is basically a semiconductor used in manufacture of devices like field-effect transistors.
Patni Computer Systems, today announced the appointment of Apoorva Singh as its Senior Vice-President and Global Head-Infrastructure Management Services. In his new role, Singh will be spearheading the infrastructure mangement services vertical along with Patni`s customer interaction services division relating to technology-based support business, a press release issued here stat
LG Electronics Inc, South Korea`s second-biggest consumer electronics maker today said it has developed 3D capable personal computers. LG disclosed three new laptop models as well as desktop computers and PC monitors that support 3D movies and contents. The company believes PCs will be a key engine for 3D contents growth, it said. Its new laptops are
Most Pakistanis may be crying foul over their country being nicknamed "Pornistan" following media reports that it topped the list of porn searches on Google but a few admit to watching porn. "Yes. I have watched (and accessed) porn websites," an old bearded man confessed to DawnNews, which did a special report on Internet search trends in Pakistan.
People in the Meerut district can soon file an FIR through SMS from their mobile phones. The unique service will be implemented next month, DIG, Meerut range, J N Singh said today. Necessary steps are being taken to make the service successful, he said. Singh said anybody can file his complaint or lodge a First Information Report by sending an SMS an
Tech-savvy Indian youths in major cities are spending at least two hours a day to connect themselves with others through social networking websites like Facebook, Twitter and Orkut, a new survey has found. The "Social Media" survey by Indiabiz News & Research Services (INRS) also found that about 30 per cent of the youths access networking sites from their mobile ph
The Punjab government today launched the scheme for allotment of industrial plots for IT and knowledge industry at Railmajra IT Park here. Punjab Industries and Commerce minister Manoranjan Kalia, in a release, said that development of such land parcels for the IT industry comes as a welcome step in Punjab where land is a very scarce resource. "This would throw open doors of
