Terming the Eurozone debt crisis as a "short term" phenomenon, IT industry body Nasscom today said that the European bloc will continue to be one of the largest markets for the Indian IT?BPO industry. Amid concerns that the crisis in Europe may force companies to cut their spending on IT, Nasscom said that the current European uncertainties are short-term in nature.
The multifarious use of cow dung gets wider if the computer major HP`s research finding is anything to go by. While the use of this waste material as cooking fuel, manure and bio-gas is not new, it has the potential to generate power to run data centres, says a research by HP Labs. In a research paper presented at the ASME International Conference on Energy Sustain
The search engine giant Google Inc may face probe from German and American US agencies following its disclosure that it had recorded messages sent over unsecured wireless networks. Google, had last Friday admitted that its StreetView cars, responsible for photographing streets across the world, had been wrongly collected information from people`s wi-fi activity for the past three
A Pakistani court today directed authorities to temporarily block Facebook till May 31 over the holding of a competition on blasphemous caricatures of Prophet Mohammed as protests against the social networking website were held across the country. Justice Ijaz Chaudhry of the Lahore High Court issued the order to block Facebook while acting on a petition filed by the Islamic Lawy
22-year-old Pakistani terrorist Ajmal Kasab, sentenced to death in the Mumbai terror attacks case, has been "hanged" a number of times. A new game, `Hang kasab`, has hit the online gaming market with players visiting the website to send Kasab to the gallows as many times as possible in a given time. The game available on `www.onlinerealgames.com` is getti
The Punjab government is preparing a master plan using state-of-art technology for crime detection and prevention, deputy chief minister Sukhbir Singh Badal said today. Punjab Police is using latest software and data base of National Crime Bureau (NCB) to exchange information on criminals operating in the neighbouring states, their modus operandi, pattern of crime, to chalk out j
The Finance Ministry today said the facility of online filing of income tax returns has been restored after procuring security certification for the Income Tax Department`s website. "The security certification of the Income Tax department`s Internet portal, which had lapsed on 8th May 2010, has been renewed. The e-filing facility for AY 2010-11 has now been restored," a
After Dubai`s Emirates Airline, Abu Dhabi-based Etihad has also started an online tourist visa service for its passengers, a move that could attract more tourists, including from India, who are not automatically granted visas on arrival. The airline launched the service with the Indian-based TT Services, which has already been contracted as a visa outsourcing service provider in
India has to step up on its cyber offensive to match Chinese and Pakistani hackers breaching the Indian cyber networks, says Ankit Fadia, the man who made his name as India`s youngest and first certified ethical hacker. "The Indian intelligence and military agencies regularly use Indian hackers to carry out counter offensives. However, the quantum of such work
China will introduce new net mapping rules to prevent disclosure of sensitive information such as location of army bases, officials said, adding that anyone who would violate the regulations may face seven to 10 years jail term. "Those who upload maps to the Internet that display sensitive military locations may be in breach of laws prohibiting disclosure of state secrets an
Australian police have warned teenagers about posting photographs of themselves on social networking sites such as Facebook after a young woman was allegedly murdered by an Internet "friend". Young people should ensure that only people they know are able to see their pictures and personal details such as their date of birth, school and home address, Detective Superinten
Indian companies can help Pakistan strengthen its IT-BPO industry by sharing expertise and best practices with their Pakistani counterparts, Infosys Chief Mentor NR Narayana Murthy today said. Speaking at an Indo-Pak business meet, Murthy said Pakistan, like India, has a talented pool of workers who speak English and can be hired at competitive cost. "There is
State-owned telecom major Bharat Sanchar Nigam Ltd today launched its `Live Portal` for its customers of its mobile services in the South Zone. The `Live Portal` would enable customers to watch TV programmes, movies, download songs and mobile games while on the move, BSNL Chairman and Managing Director Kuldeep Goyal told reporters after launching the service. `It i
The Cabinet Committee on Unique Identification Authority of India related issues (CC-UIDAI) today approved in principle the adoption of the approach outlined by Unique Identification Authority of India (UIDAI) for collection of demographic and biometric attributes of residents (face, all ten fingerprints and iris) for the UID project. It was also decided to include data of the i
The Employees Provident Fund Organisation (EPFO) has taken up the task of modernizing and computerising its offices to provide better services to subscribers. In the first phase of the modernization project has already been implemented in 28 offices of EPFO. It is planned to implement it in the remaining 92 offices of EPFO in the current financial year i.e. 2010-11. A budgetar
Dubai-based Emirates Airline has started an online tourist visa service for its passengers, a move that could attract more tourists, including from India, who are not automatically granted visas on arrival. The facility can be accessed by Emirates ticket holders from 35 countries, the airline said, adding the visas to Dubai are available subject to meeting all pre-requisites defi
Inter-connected Stock Exchange of India, a bourse promoted by 13 regional stock exchanges, today said it has tied up with leading outsourcing firm Tata Consultancy Services (TCS) to provide software solutions to its yet to be launched trading platform. The software would enable multi-exchange, multi-asset class trading on a single platform, and integrates the surveillance, risk,
The Finance Ministry has temporarily suspended the facility for e-filing of income tax returns as it could not procure a security certification for the Income Tax Department`s website in time. "Pending completion of the certification procedure, the e-filing facility for assessment year 2010-11 has been temporarily suspended... The facility is expected to be renewed very shor
The controversy over curbs imposed by Beijing on Google that prompted it to quit the country, has surfaced again with a European Commission official saying that China`s Internet "firewall" that is used to block online content constitutes a "trade barrier" under the WTO rules. China`s Internet "firewall" is a trade barrier and needs to be tackled with
In a bid to check discrepancies in the process of attendance and wage payment to NREGA beneficiaries using manual job cards, bio-metric cards are being introduced in Bihar under e-shakti project. Smaarftech Technologies Pvt Ltd, a subsidiary of Glodyne Technoserve ltd, started distribution of the smart cards - e-shakti - in remote villages in Bihar, company Director B K Mishra sa
