Nearly half of senior level US executives surveyed believe use of social networking sites at workplaces does not interfere with their productivity. The online poll of over 1,000 employees in firms across the US, done by talent management firm Right Management in partnership with social networking site LinkedIn, analysed the widespread use of social networking sites at workplaces.
Maharashtra Government is considering introduction of Information Management System (MIS) in all schools to ensure streamlining of processes like online submission of forms and approvals by schools and students. The MIS would include all teachers using biometric system that will also analyse new requirements for teachers including training, periodical performance assessment, a se
Varieties of fish and fish products are now available at finger tips. Samudram, a fisherwomen organisation producing value added fisheries items has developed its own website www.samudramodisha.com to promote its products. We have been preparing, supplying and exporting fish products to different parts of the country. With development of the website, we hope our products will rea
After accusing babus of indulging in "red-tapism", Minister of State for Health Dinesh Trivedi today specifically targeted Health Secretary Sujatha Rao charging her with creating hurdles in the path of his "dream" project of a dedicated medical portal. The creation of the portal had been announced by Trivedi along with National Knowledge Commission chief Sam P
State Bank of India today inked an MoU with UIDAI, thus becoming the first bank in the country to take up registration of the Unique Identification number for its customers. SBI, through its 12,000 plus branches and 17,000 plus Customer Service Points (CSPs) of Business Correspondents (BCs), will join the UIDAI (Aadhaar) registration of its customers. "SBI, as
The government today said that a new electronic toll collection system that will do away with the need for human tax collectors, and help plug revenue leakages will be put in place by May 2012. A committee on electronic toll collection headed by UIDAI Chairman Nandan Nilekani, which is developing the equipment, has recommended using Radio Frequency Identification technology for t
The CBI has filed a chargesheet against Manoj Modi, a top lieutenant of Reliance Industries Chairman Mukesh Ambani, and five others in a case relating to masking of international calls as local, causing huge revenue loss to the government. The chargesheet was filed in a local court in Chennai, four years after CBI took up investigation and five years after Reliance Infocomm paid
Chief Minister Dikshit today laid the foundation stone of a permanent campus of Indraprastha Institute of Information Technology at Okhla in South Delhi. IIIT is now functioning from its temporary campus in Dwarka. Officials said the first phase of the permanent campus will be developed at a cost Rs 80 crore and will be commissioned within 15 months.
Facebook has launched a joint project with Russian mobile operators on free access to its website via cell phones, an official of the social networking company said. The Facebook Zero project was aimed at cooperating with mobile operators, whose subscribers will have free access to the Facebook mobile version, Henri Moissinac, chief of Facebook Mobile, has said. Fa
A total of 1,200 Internet sites selling fake medicines have been exposed in an international Interpol operation, head of Interpol`s Russian bureau has said. "The operation was staged concurrently in 25 countries. Its aim was to stop illegal sales of fake medicines. It was found out that among the best selling fake medicines are antibiotics, contraceptives, and steroids,"
IT major Infosys` Chairman Narayana Murthy has said the Indian government must take tough actions against corrupt people and e-governance has a great potential to improve accountability. While delivering a lecture at the Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan here yesterday, he said by making major public projects data available online, corruption can be curbed and accountability enhanced in the
China would soon launch a new facility for people to access TV, Internet and mobile phone through a single device combining broadcasting and telecommunication technologies. Users will be able to access all the three through a single device, an official statement here said today. A pilot scheme to integrate the three systems would be launched in 11 Chinese cities in
Technology giant IBM wants its workers around the world to use free, open-source Mozilla Firefox as their window into the Internet. "Any employee who is not now using Firefox will be strongly encouraged to use it as their default browser," IBM executive Bob Sutor said yesterday in a blog post at his sutor.com website. "While other browsers have come
Finland has become the first country in the world to make access to broadband services a legal right for its 53 lakh citizens. Under the new law, which came into effect today, telecommunications companies will be obliged to provide all citizens with broadband lines that can run at a minimum of 1Mbps (megabit per second). The government has also promised to connect
The computer-based Common Admission Test (CAT) for admission into prestigious IIMs will be held at a lesser number of centres and will spread over a longer period than last year, an American firm which administered the exam said today. After the conduct of the CAT through computers was marked by glitches last year, the US based firm Prometric said fault-plagued examination centre
Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi today said that the success of the 108 emergency response service (ERS) was a befitting answer to his detractors who had called the introduction of the services as a gimmick by BJP to win the 2007 Assembly elections in the State. "In August 2007 some people stated making statements that Modi was trying new things to win elections, it was
Internet titan Google plunged into the online travel market, buying ITA Software, a flight information software company, for USD 700 million in cash. Google`s purchase of the Massachusetts-based ITA yesterday raises prospects of a battle over the lucrative sector between the Web search giant and Expedia, Kayak, Orbitz, Microsoft`s Bing Travel and other sites. Googl
An MoU was today signed by the West Bengal Government and the Unique Identification Authority of India (UIDAI) to issue unique identity numbers (UID) to cirtizens. The MoU was signed by N K Sinha, Deputy Director General of the UIDAI, along with a senior state government official Ananda Gopal Ghosh. Work in this regard would start in a month, Home Secretary Samar Ghosh said here.
The Crime Investigation Department (CID) of Tripura police would launch an Automated Finger Print Identification System (AFPIS) for storing the data base of the criminals, official sources said today. "This unique system (AFPIS) can store, detect and analyse the detailed database of miscreants, convicts and undertrial prisoners automatically in a computerised device," D
Microsoft has said that it is killing the Kin line of mobile telephones it unveiled in April to win over young people enthralled by online social networking. "Microsoft has made the decision to focus on the Windows Phone 7 launch and will not ship Kin in Europe this fall as planned," the US technology giant said in an email response to an AFP inquiry. &qu
