The Automotive Component Manufacturers Association (ACMA) is likely to appoint Vinnie Mehta as its Executive Director with effect from July 1. The post of Executive Director of ACMA is lying vacant after Vishnu Mathur left the body to join the Society of Indian Automobile Manufacturers as Director General. According to industry sources, Mehta, who is at present the
A Chinese writer sued the search engine giant Google for illegally digitising her book for online reading and downloading in a Beijing court. Shanghai based writer Wang Shen, who uses the pseudonym Mian Mian, alleged her copyright on the book, Acid Lover (Yansuan Qingren), was infringed and required a public apology from Google, as well as 61,000 yuan (USD 8,900) in compensation.
Rajasthan government has selected Jodhpur and Ajmer to run the union government`s ambitious `e-district` scheme on pilot basis from early next month, official sources said today. The scheme aimed at linking government offices through computer and wider use of Information Technology would begin in the two districts of the desert state from June 4 next, an official spokesman said h
BSNL will start its 3G services to provide advance features in Bhopal circle from next month. "We are going to start 3G service from next month. The date of its launch has yet been finalised," BSNL Bhopal Circle General Manager G C Pandey told reporters here today. He said they were working on the 3G which will also better our mobile and internet services
Pakistani authorities have lifted a ban on video-sharing website YouTube though Internet links with objectionable material such as blasphemous caricatures will continue to be blocked, officials said today. The Information and Technology Ministry lifted the ban on YouTube, which was blocked six days ago after the Pakistan Telecommunication Authority began cracking down on "bl
The nonprofit organization that has tried for years to produce a sub-USD 100 laptop for children in the world`s poorest places is throwing in the towel on that idea _ and jumping on the tablet bandwagon. One Laptop Per Child`s next computer will be based on chipmaker Marvell Technology Group Ltd`s Moby tablet design. Marvell announced a prototype of the device earl
Cyber threat cannot be localised and keeping this aspect in mind the International Telecommunications Union (ITU), an arm of the UN, is trying to formulate a legal framework to deal with the issue, a senior Government official has said. "Cyber security is of global nature and the ITU is serious about dealing with cyber threats," R N Jha, Deputy Director (International R
NEC India, integrator of IT and network technologies, today officially launched its first NEC Biometrics Excellence Centre in India (N-BEC) here. As one of the key engineering competency centre, N-BEC will support NEC`S engineering operations worlwide and enable the company to quickly respond to the wide variety of customer requirements from proposal drafts and specifications to
The findings of a survey by KPMG on the launch of cyber safety week by the Mumbai police were alarming to say the least. The survey has been conducted to identify security risks in a wireless network environment in Mumbai. As per the findings of the survey a large number of wireless networks in Mumbai have no or limited protection and therefore vulnerable. The survey pointed out
IT companies can outsource their overseas jobs to units in the special economic zones, a move that will help SEZs become BPO centres. "IT units in the domestic tariff area can carry out their jobs in SEZ units," the commerce ministry said in a communication to the SEZ development commissioners. The government has also allowed employees of IT units in SEZs
The Obama Administration, which is making maximum use of social networking sites like Facebook and Twitter in governance, feels these are "effective tools" that can enhance diplomacy. Top officials of the Obama Administration are seen twitting round the clock and various wings of the US government have now dedicated team for sites like Twitter, Facebook and Flicker.
Announcing a major shake-up i its management structure, software giant Microsoft Corp today said that its entertainment and devices unit president, Robbie Bach, would retire soon -- strengthening CEO Steve Ballmer`s hold over the company. The company said in a statement that besides Bach, who is expected to retire this fall, Microsoft veteran J Allard would also be leaving
A three-day International conference on `Software for the Public Sector, with focus on Public Education` jointly conducted by UNESCO and Solution Exchange ICTD Community and IT@School Project of Government of Kerala will be held here from May 27. Speaking to mediapersons here, Rajen Vareda, Moderator and Resource Person UN Solution Exchange ICTD Community, said the conference was
Now, get ready to enjoy an enhanced gaming experience with third generation (3G) technology! With the onset of 3G technology, there will be high data transfer rates over longer distances, efficient bandwidth use, map and positioning services and multi-player gaming facilities. With the mobile value added services (VAS) market pegged at around USD 45 billion, the l
Ahmedabad based IT company Sai Infosystem (India) Ltd. (SIS) has crossed turnover of Rs 1,000 crore from its system integration, manufacturing, retail of its products and other IT services in the financial year which ended in March this year. Moreover, the company has introduced various models of video telephones and high definition IP phones which are connectivity independent as
With cyber crimes on the rise, the Kolkata police is mulling setting up a police station exclusively to deal with such complaints. "Apart from a cyber crime cell of the city police, which was set up a couple of years back, an exclusive cyber police station is in the process of being set up to handle the ever-rising cases," DC (Detective Department) Damayanti Sen said.
There is a need for more local content in regional languages on the Internet, a report by International Telecommunication Union (ITU) 2010 has said. The report said the web, which is still dominated by English language, needs to change as the proportion of English-speaking Internet users is declining. The report, jointly prepared by the ITU, UNESCO and WHO, was rel
The International Telecommunication Union (ITU) is mulling to bring out a cyber treaty to tackle the cyber security problems, its secretary-general Hamadoun Toure said here today. According to him cyber security was emerging as a major concern to the nations and requires bringing together not only the governments and the industry but also all the stakeholders to tackle the proble
Maharashtra Home Minister R R Patil today said there was need to upgrade technology to cope with developments in the cyber world even as top police officers spoke of vulnerability of Mumbai to cyber terrorism. Mumbai Police Commissioner D Sivanandhan said Mumbai was vulnerable to cyber terrorism. "With development in technology in the cyber world, Mumbai has b
World`s largest cellphone maker Nokia and Internet major Yahoo! have entered into a global strategic alliance to strengthen their online services platform. As part of the collaboration, both companies would leverage each others` expertise in e-mail, instant messaging, maps and navigation services on both personal computers and mobile devices. "Nokia will be th
