Scientists have developed a new computer programme that can automatically translate an ancient language into a known language, a discovery they hope could help them decipher some of the scripts that are yet to be understood. Developed by researchers at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, the programme has successfully decoded the over three-thousand-year-old Ugaritic langu
“We are computerizing age old processes left by British Raj and calling it e-Governance”. This was stated by Sam Pitroda, Advisor to the Prime Minister during CII conference on Financial Inclusion in New Delhi. Pitroda mentioned that multiple platforms like broadband, UID, GIS, Security, Application, Payment were needed to achieve a true inclusion. He mentioned that g
The Karaikal Police have sent a recommendation to the Puducherry Government to set up cyber-crime wing in the district. Speaking to reporters, Superintendent of Police I.R.C. Mohan said that the district police had sent a recommendation to the Government to set up a cyber-crime wing, bomb detection and disposal squad and a forensic wing at Karaikal.
A city court has asked the police for a report on action taken on a complaint by investors who alleged they were cheated of Rs 5 crore by a now defunct online commodity exchange, whose promoters included Jignesh Shah group firms Financial Technologies and MCX. Additional Chief Metropolitan Magistrate Ashutosh Kumar directed the Economic Offences Wing (EOW) of the Delhi Police to
In a bid to prevent online shopping fraud, US global payments technology company Visa`s European arm has designed a new credit card which is complete with a keypad and digital number display. The new Visa CodeSure card is of the same size as a conventional credit card but features a miniature keyboard and screen used to generate a constantly changing series of unique security pas
An Israeli drug peddler in Goa jail is now found to be updating his Facebook account from behind bars indicating that he has an access to internet, banned by the law. The Israeli drug peddler David Driham alias Dudu, who was arrested for possessing cocktail of drugs, has been regularly keeping in touch with his fianc?, sister and friends through social networking website, Faceboo
US`s glamorous politician Sarah Palin is in the news again -- this time, for apparently trying to invent new words while tweeting about plans to build a mosque near the `Ground Zero` site in New York. The former Republican vice-presidential candidate, who often uses the micro-blogging site Twitter to communicate her views, made three attempts before writing an error-free entry wh
To address queries and complaints from subscribers promptly, telecom firm Tata Docomo today launched an online customer care service for its pre-paid and post-paid mobile users. The service -- Live Chat -- will allow customers to get answers or inputs on any query or complaint instantly through chat, the GSM arm of Tata Teleservices said in a statement. The service
Asserting that it was forced to pay a whopping Rs 18,500 crore for 3G and Broadband spectrum, the employees associations of BSNL today asked the government to refund the money and threatened to go on strike if the demand was not met. The Joint Action Committee (JAC), represented by three lakh executives and non-executives of BSNL, has called a convention on Monday, demanding the
Country`s top software exporter TCS today toppled its main rival Infosys Technologies as the most valued IT company in the country. Shares of Tata Consultancy Services (TCS) rallied over 6 per cent on the Bombay Stock Exchange, taking its market capitalisation to Rs 1.62 lakh crore, higher by Rs 3,470 crore than Infosys` Rs 1.59 lakh crore valuation. The Tata Group
Country`s largest telecom service provider Bharti Airtel today revealed its plans to launch iPhone 4, the latest product from Apple Computer`s stable, by October. "We are working with Apple. Hopefully, we will launch it in the September-October timeframe," Bharti Airtel CEO Sanjay Kapoor told reporters on the sidelines of a CII industry conference. Earlie
The government today said it is looking into security threats posed by the services offered by Blackberry, Skype and Google in India and will initiate dialogue with them if required. "We have commenced a process of examining the matter internally on what is required to address these issues (security concerns). As and when we find there is a necessity to hold discussions with
Angry over the removal of certain Islamic pages from Facebook, more than 2.5 million Muslim users are likely to quit the social networking website, according to a media report. Following the removal of four extremely popular Islamic pages from the website, the Muslim community has expressed anger and a template letter that has been pasted into numerous Facebook pages accused the
State-owned BSNL today said it has sought a refund of the Rs 18,500 crore it paid for 3G and broadband spectrum and has written a letter to the Department of Telecom for the same. "We have written to the government (DoT). We have not got any response from them yet," BSNL CMD Kuldeep Goyal told reporters on the sidelines of a CII function. BSNL, which offe
e-Governance should be part of higher education system which will help in bringing about transparency, speedy decision making and accountability, newly appointed Vice-chancellor of University of Mumbai, Dr Rajan Welukar said today. During the last 20 years, the electronic storm has changed the entire education system including higher education and "we must use new technologi
The new CMDs of telecom PSUs BSNL and MTNL will be hired on a contract basis with a fixed term of three years, as per the terms and conditions of their appointment, and they will be eligible for the same salary and perks as the head honchos of schedule-A PSUs. The government has formed a six-member search-cum-selection committee, headed by the Cabinet Secretary, to scout for new
The education portal developed by National Informatics Centre (NIC), Madhya Pradesh, which has bagged several honours including the National E-Governance award, is being constantly enhanced with various facilities and services to enable multiple functions for efficient management of the education sector. "Providing proactive, transparent and accountable governance to fulfil
The Unique Identification Authority of India (UIDAI) has finalized the list of the 15 training agencies empanelled with it for providing training to various categories of personnel working for enrolment agencies. Enrolment agencies will capture demographic and biometric information of residents and send it to UIDAI’s central database to enrol residents for Aadhaar- the UIDA
