Pakistani police today registered a case against the US-based administration of Facebook for featuring blasphemous cartoons of Prophet Mohammed on the social networking website. The case was registered in Civil Lines police station in Lahore under section 295-C of the Pakistan Penal Code, which carries a punishment of life imprisonment or the death penalty. Informa
Faced with the challenging task of spreading awareness about its unique identity project, especially in rural areas, the UIDAI is planning a major information blitz using government resources like Doordarshan, new media and innovative on-the-ground communication. "The traditional mix of media will not be sufficient to reach the entire target audience," according
Unique Identification Authority of India (UIDAI) has selected Intelenet Global Services for Setting Up and Operating Contact Centres for the Authority as per a release on the UID website. The selection process involved an open RFP and final selection was based on the Combined Quality Cum Cost Based System (CQCCBS). Earlier top IT companies like TCS, Infosys and IB
The Finance Ministy has asked the Telecom Ministry to take a quick decision on the recommendations of telecom regulator TRAI with regard to allocation and pricing of 2G spectrum. The Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI) had submitted its report -- Spectrum Management and Licensing Framework -- more than a month ago. It had recommended capping the quantity o
The Delhi High Court today refused to direct the MCD to de-seal the mobile towers which were sealed by the civic body for not complying with its guidelines. A vacation bench of Justice Manmohan Singh declined to give any interim relief to GTL Infrastructure, which filed the petition, saying that there is no urgency in the matter and it could be decided after vacation by a Divisio
IT major Infosys today said it will set up development centres in countries like China and Mexico and would hire 30,000 people, including foreigners, this year. The Bangalore-headquartered NASDAQ-listed company, which had set up its subsidiary in Dallas, US, would focus on developing markets like China and Mexico, Infosys Chairman and CEO S Gopalakrishnan told reporters.
Telecom regulator Trai today said it has extended the last date for receiving comments from stakeholders on regulations for unsolicited calls to June 18. The Trai had released a consultation paper on `Review of Telecom Unsolicited Commercial Communications Regulations` on May 11 to discuss the issue with all the stakeholders. "Some stakeholders have requested
In a bid to curb growing drug-related crimes, Mexican Interior Ministry plans to use one of the world`s largest voice identification systems made by a Russian company to instantly identify voices in intercepted telephone conversations or any other audio messages. The St Petersburg-based contractor company, Center of Verbal Technologies, has said "already now the system is ca
Wipro Technologies today said it will provide global legal process outsourcing services to software giant Microsoft`s intellectual property portfolio. Under the agreement, the BPO division of Wipro Technologies will provide global LPO services to Microsoft`s IP portfolio, Wipro said in a statement. The satement, however, is silent on financial details.
HCL Technologies today said it has signed a 110 million Singapore dollars (around Rs 366 crore) five-year deal to manage computerised network for the Singapore Exchange (SGX). "This is our largest IT infrastructure management contract," HCL Technologies executive vice president for Asia Pacific & MEA Virender Aggrawal said. The five-year contract is e
Security agencies probing the role of an Andaman-based Army Major have claimed to have found that his computer and emails had been remotely accessed from a server located in Pakistan, a finding that has come as a jolt for them. The probe also indicated that the National Investigating Agency and Military Intelligence officials had neglected the case property--the computer of the A
The "halal" version of Facebook launched by Pakistanis last month after a ban was imposed on the social networking website for featuring blasphemous caricatures is going strong with 333,000 users having signed up at the last count. Millatfacebook.com, or "MFB" for short, was launched by six tech-savvy Pakistanis following a furore over the caricatures of
Eight students, including five from an engineering college, hacked accounts of a nationalised bank here and siphoned over Rs one lakh, police today said. Three bank accounts of SBI`s Baripada branch were hacked by the students and the matter came to light after the account holders complained that money had been withdrawn through an online transaction, Mayurbhanj SP Dayal Gangwar
On March 6, I made an e-mail request to Nandan Nilekani for an interview. Barely an hour later, came his reply suggesting that I should get in touch with his colleague Srikar and within no time the interview was scheduled for 11 am on April 8. On April 8, when we reached the office of Unique Identification Authority of India (UIDAI) in the heart of New Delhi, we did not have to
All panchayats in the country will be connected with broadband facility in next two years, Union Minister of State for Posts and Telecom Sachin Pilot said here today. "Each panchayat of the country will be connected with the broadband facility by 2012," Pilot told reporters at the BSNL office. Though the internet penetration at present stands at just eigh
Aiming to increase the employability of students from management and engineering institutions, Government will now provide free skill-based training to those facing difficulties in communication and professional approach. HRD Ministry is set to revamp the scheme of `Finishing School` under which it will provide financial incentives to about 10,500 engineering and management insti
Korean electronics major Samsung is eyeing a 20 per cent share of India`s growing netbook market this year as it expands its product portfolio and distribution chain in the country. The company, which forayed into the netbook segment last year, has a portfolio of nine models in its range, priced between Rs 17,290 and Rs 23,990. "We expect netbook sales to cont
Infosys Chairman and chief mentor N R Narayana Murthy today expressed "guarded optimism" over the global recovery prospects, which are directly linked with software business of domestic IT majors. Addressing the 29th Annual General Meeting of Infosys Murthy said it is tough to say whether the eurozone crisis would hit the IT bellwether company. "At t
