Australian authorities started a probe to look into possible breaches of telecommunications privacy laws by internet giant Google by accessing private information of home owners while mapping suburban streets, the Attorney-General said here today. Robert McClelland said the Australian Federal Police (AFP) would examine whether Google`s access of the information had breached the T
Cholamandalam MS General Insurance Company Limited (Chola MS), a joint venture between Murugappa Group and Mitsui Sumitomo Insurance of Japan, today launched `Policy Tracker System` for all its intermediaries, bancassurance partners and employees across its 113 branches. This initiative is an attempt to increase transparency and eventually reduce policy issuance turnaround time f
Police in China have arrested at least 64 people suspected of selling hi-tech devices to help students cheat in country`s annual college entrance exam being held today in which nearly 10 million students are appearing. Police arrested suspects from six crime groups, including 58 people in south eastern Fujian Province, over the past few days for selling high tech gadgets in the f
A post-graduate student of Aligarh Muslim University (AMU) has been suspended and banned from the campus on charges of rumour mongering and defaming the University. The suspension notice served to Adil Hossain, a Mass Communication student, by the AMU Proctor yesterday states that he had "misused the internet for passing critical remarks against the University administration
A 27-year-old Mumbai based man has been arrested by the Tamil Nadu Cyber Crime wing of CB-CID Police for allegedly cheating a person in Tamil Nadu of Rs 2.06 lakh through the internet with the promise of providing him a job. A CB-CID press release said that the victim, from Tiruchirapalli received an email in September 2009, stating that there was a vacancy for a supervisor in UK
Japan`s ruling DPJ has warned that imposters pretending to be Prime Minister Naoto Kan have posted messages on Twitter, the microblogging site. "Please note that these have nothing to do with him (Kan,)" the Democratic Party of Japan said yesterday. Last month, Japan`s political parties reached an agreement to lift a ban on updating websites and blogs dur
The state Handicraft and Handloom Corporation has launched its own website to showcase traditional Himachali products and make them accessible to global and domestic buyers. An array of designs, colours and sizes for both genders are available on www.himcrafts.com to enable potential buyers to make a choice and place the order. Traditional Himachali handicraft and
Bangladesh today lifted a ban on Facebook, a week after it blocked the popular social network website over blasphemous caricatures of Prophet Mohammed and "obnoxious" images of its leaders but said it will "strongly monitor" the postings. Apart from blasphemous images of Prophet Mohammed, pictures of Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina and her arch-rival Khaleda Zia
Yahoo Inc`s latest face lift will include a Facebook touch-up. As part of changes rolling out this week, Yahoo will import personal updates from Facebook`s social network for users who want a bridge between two of the world`s most popular websites. The Facebook link will need to be turned on by each Yahoo user. The personal updates, known as a "news feed"
Seven persons who allegedly hacked into the website of the regional passport office here and blocked the slots have been arrested, a top police officer said today. Sleuths of Commissioner`s Task Force (North Zone) arrested the seven persons who were part of a gang which hacked into the Passport Office`s website and booked slots for registration of passport applications online und
The US` announcement to set up a Cyber Command (CYBERCOM), which is aimed at gaining military supremacy in cyber space, might trigger a new arms race, Chinese strategic analysts have warned. "It has already had the lead in conventional military and nuclear forces. Now it is expanding this advantage to be the leading force in new fields, such as electromagnetic space and oute
Hyderabad City Police will soon set up a exclusive `Cyber Crimes Police station` to deal with cyber complaints, a top police officer said here today. "An exclusive `Cyber Crimes Police station` will be set up at the Central Crime Station (CCS)-- a wing of Hyderabad City Police soon. It will register complaints and investigate cases pertaining to cyber crimes," Hyderabad
Facebook has a new member -- former US president George W Bush. Bush joined the fast-growing social network on Wednesday and his profile page, facebook.com/georgewbush, attracted more than 2,000 fans within a few hours. The first post on the page touted Bush`s accomplishments since leaving office in January 2009. "President Bush has remained act
The UN`s Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) today launched a website to track a virulent strain of wheat stem rust disease, Ug99. Fungal rust diseases have been blighting wheat crops worldwide. Now there are fears that the new resistant strain of Ug99, active in Africa could be heading towards South Asia. According to FAO`s international focal point for wheat
Karnataka expects nearly 400 investors to ink MoUs for projects with an envisaged investment of Rs 3.5 lakh crore during the two-day mega event Global Investors` Meet (GIM), which commenced today. "....nearly 400 investors will be signing the MoUs with us today and tomorrow for implementation of their projects with an investment of about Rs 3.5 lakh crore and employment for
Reliance ADAG`s gaming arm, Zapak Digital Entertainment, today said it plans to increase the number of its gaming cafes to 200 over the next three years as the gaming trend catches on in the country. "Gaming is now catching on and youngsters are hooked onto their games, be it online, console, handhelds or on mobile phones... We expect the number of Zapak Gameplexes to touch
Telecom Minister A Raja, who was to lead a delegation to Estonia for an international conference, has called off his visit because of delay in clearance from the Prime Minister`s Office (PMO). The Minister along with four MPs and 15 officials from Department of Telecom and various state governments was to travel to Estonia from June 7-13 for a conference on e-governance, sources
The Reserve Bank today launched an online system to track applications to help the public. "Applications made to the various departments of the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) can now be tracked online through the application tracking system (ATS). The Reserve Bank launched the ATS on its Website for convenience of the public," RBI said in a release. The trac
A technical snag hit the Bombay Stock Exchange yesterday, delaying market quotes on some vendor terminals. "There has been some problem in the network. Our technical team is examining the snag in the vendor server. Our website is working fine," BSE spokesperson Kalyan Bose said. However, the snag had no impact on stocks as the execution of buy-sell orders
Microsoft Corporation will train the faculty and administration officials of Jamia Milia Islamia here to familiarise them with basic computer programmes used in office. According to a Memorandum of Understanding signed between the corporation and the University, the short-term training will be held in a phased manner. The first batch of the programme is likely to s
