IT training firm NIIT today partnered with Indira Gandhi National Open University (IGNOU) to launch industry-linked study programmes, aimed at enhancing the employability of the youth. Under the partnership, IGNOU and NIIT will offer Executive MBA Program and BSc (IT) for international markets along with other courses in BPO training, IT skills and professional skills, NIIT said
Union Minister for IT and Communications A Raja today spoke on the varied ways in which Information Technology can provide the common man with easy access to healthcare. Speaking after inaugurating the annual conference on `Indian Intraocular Implant and Refractive Surgery` here, he said that telemedicine, which makes communication possible between doctors and patients located in
The Department of Public Enterprises will hire an agency to provide IT training to its employees, a move that comes after its decision to outsource performance appraisal of blue-chip PSUs. The DPE, the nodal agency for all central public enterprises, has invited bids from Delhi-based computer training firms interested in the job. "The DPE has taken the initiat
Facebook is partnering with a Malaysian company to sell credits at retail outlets across Asia for the first time, aiming to make it easier for millions of people to purchase virtual goods and play games on the social networking site while boosting revenue for developers. Electronic payments company MOL - part of the business empire of tycoon Vincent Tan - will offer the online cu
Beijing today confirmed that it had renewed Google`s licence to operate in China, the world`s largest Internet market, after the company agreed to "rectify" its operations. Google`s China website operator, Beijing Guxiang Information Technology Co Ltd, was on a list of hundreds of companies whose licences were renewed that was posted on the Ministry of Industry and Info
The Unique Identification Authority of India has set a target of 10 crore `Aadhaar` numbers to be issued in the next one year. While the target for the first phase is issuance of 60 crore `Aadhaar` numbers in four years, the Expenditure Finance Committee (EFC) of the Finance Ministry which met recently has set an upper limit of 10 crore numbers for this year. The C
State-run Central Bank of India today inked an agreement with the Unique Identification Authority (UIDAI) to roll out financial inclusion programmes. Central Bank, through its network of over 3,600 branches and 1,700 branches of seven regional rural banks sponsored by it,will join the UIDAI in collecting biometric and demographic details of its customers and others, it said in a
With the first phase of UIDAI aiming to enrol 600 million residents of the country into its database in next four years and its possible use in improving the Public Distribution System, the Authority Chairman Nandan Nilekani today said the journey will be "long" and "tough". Nilekani expressed satisfaction over the pace of the project and said the Unique Ident
US software giant Microsoft Corporation has agreed to provide the Russian government with source codes for its latest products, a media report today said. Microsoft has signed an additional agreement under Government Security Program (GSP) with Russia`s Atlas Centre, a state-run security software developer, to let government agencies study the source codes for Windows 7, Windows
Google CEO Eric Schmidt has said he expects Beijing to renew the license the company needs to continue operating a website in China. The renewal had been in doubt due to the tense relations between Google and Chinese authorities over censorship of Google search results. Google closed its China search engine in March but wants to keep a website that offers music and
Symantec Corporation today announced an updated version of its Symantec Data Loss Prevention suite, designed to help businesses prevent data leaks in their changing IT environments. Symantec Data Loss Prevention 10.5, the latest version of Symantec`s market-leading data security suite, enables the use of social media while guarding against data loss, protects information in priva
Social networking service Facebook is growing rapidly around the world and even catching up with Orkut in India and Brazil where the Google creation has dominated the social networking scene for a long time, a media report here said. "It is pulling even with Orkut in India, where only a year ago, Orkut was more than twice as large as Facebook," the report by the New Yor
IT firm HCL Infosystems today said it has acquired 60 per cent stake in Dubai-based IT services firm NTS Group for USD 6.5 million. "We have acquired 60 per cent stake in NTS for USD 6.5 million. The move will help us expand our footprint globally and tap the Middle East and African markets," HCL Infosystems Executive Vice-President George Paul said. NTS
De La Rue Identity Systems, a world expert in secure government identity solutions, announced that Malta`s new upgraded ePassport system with Extended Access Control (EAC) capability went live on 28th June. This new solution delivers a higher level of security and access control, in accordance with the EU regulation for all Schengen Member States, for the addition of a second biometric - two fi
A German data protection official said today he launched legal proceedings against Facebook, which he accused of illegally accessing and saving personal data of people who don`t use the social networking site. Johannes Caspar said his Hamburg data protection office had initiated legal steps that could result in Facebook being fined tens of thousands of euros for saving private in
CPI(M)`s youth wing, the Democratic Youth Federation of India (DYFI), has decided to send over 10 lakh e-mails from different parts of the country to President Pratibha Patil demanding extradition of former Union Carbide chief Warren Anderson from the US for the Bhopal gas tragedy. "The DYFI has decided to send the e-mails to the President to ask the central government to ta
Madhya Pradesh is using a number of Information Technology (IT) applications including Personal Digital Assistants (PDAs) mobile phone for conserving its forest and wildlife treasures, especially tiger reserves. In Kanha and Satpura Tiger Reserve, the entire forest staff has been equipped with the PDA phones not just only to report sighting of wildlife, but also illegal felling o
That`s not garble, it`s the coded message inscribed in the logo of the newly created US Cyber Command. Technology magazine Wired this week asked readers to help crack the code on the logo, which also features a picture of a globe and a bald eagle perched on a shield emblazoned with crossed swords, a lightning bolt and a key. The comments page on Wired attracted hun
In a crackdown on online gambling in China, more than 810 football gamblers, which included foreign nationals, have been arrested and USD 7.3 million seized, during the FIFA World Cup matches. Among the arrested, 65 were from Hong Kong, Macao, Taiwan, as well as from other countries including the Philippines, Malaysia, official Xinhua newsagency reported today. &qu
Pakistani authorities today said they had traced a gang of hackers and arrested five suspects involved in defacing thousands of domestic and international websites and online fraud. The "internationally-known hackers" have been picked up in an operation spanning the country over the past few weeks, Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) senior officer Mian Idrees said.
