Widening probe into a case in which a senior Army officer was arrested for allegedly uploading obscene photographs and clips involving children on internet, police are verifying if he was part of a world-wide child pornography racket and did this for monetary gains. Lt Colonel Jagmohan Balbir Singh (42), hailing from Punjab and posted in the city, was nabbed from his residence in
Have you been left out of Census exercise? Just call up or e-mail the authorities to inform them about the `miss` and they will soon dispatch officials to include the household in the count. The mammoth census exercise will cover 1.2 billion residents spread over 35 states and Union Territories. The office of the Census Commissioner of India has launched a toll fre
Ever thought of a technology that can deliver multiple services like super speed Internet and cable TV over a single optic fibre? Hyderabad-based Cavera Systems today claimed it has developed a green technology that will deliver Internet at 1 Gbps speed, cable TV, satellite television, video conferencing and video security and surveillance over a Passive Optical Network (PON).
In a bid to thwart hacking, the government has started keeping secret files in stand-alone computers devoid of any external links and storage devices. Official sources said the step has been taken after frequent attempts by international hackers, specially from China, to penetrate into computers of sensitive ministries like Defence, External Affairs, Home and Prime Minister`s Off
Market regulator SEBI has asked stock exchanges to display annual reports of listed companies on their websites for financial year 2009-10 onwards, a move that could help investors take informed decisions. "All Stock Exchanges are advised to make the annual reports for the financial year 2009-10 onwards available on their respective websites," Securities and Exchange Board of
Social networking site Facebook has appointed a former senior Bush administration regulator, Tim Muris, with a view to defend its privacy practices, says a media report. "Facebook has hired a former senior Bush administration regulator in Washington to defend its privacy practices as it confronts increasing scrutiny on Capitol Hill and the federal regulatory agency charged w
“Why do I never get my letters on time? Why???????” was the first tweet that Bangalore based Rahil Arora wrote to postofficeindia, the twitter account of Department of Posts. The Department assured Rahil that they will resolve the issue, and tweeted back, “ Send in your address, Poet! Will try to sort out the problem.” The Department already has over 548 f
An army officer has been arrested on charges of indulging in child pornography, police said today. Lieutenant Colonel J B Singh, who was arrested yesterday following a complaint, was remanded in police custody till May 12 by a local court today. Police sources said the officer had allegedly uploaded some objectionable pictures on the Internet. Singh,
An investigation by the Army and other agencies into classified information leak from a Major`s computer has established "cyber security breach", but not the espionage angle so far, Defence Minister A K Antony said here today. "One thing is clear, established (that) there is a clear case of breach of cyber security. That is proven beyond doubt," Antony told re
Three Mideast countries have become the first to get Internet addresses entirely in non-Latin characters. Domain names in Arabic for Egypt, Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates were added to the Internet`s master directories yesterday, following final approval last month by the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers, or ICANN. It`s the first major change to the
Faisal Shahzad, the Pakistani- American accused of trying to blow up a car bomb in the heart of Times Square here, may have been poring through the Internet since 2006 to gather information on jihad. FoxNews.com reported that it has uncovered several dozens of postings by a man named Faisal Shahzad on radical Islamist Salafist websites devoted to a variety of different jihadist s
Healthcare major Apollo Hospitals today announced the technical tie up with IT giant Cisco for providing Telemedicine services in the country. Telemedicine is a process through which patients can consult doctors located at very distant places through electronic mediums without visiting them. "The alliance with Cisco will revolutionise the delivery of healthcar
Speeding blueline and DTC buses can no longer get away easily with the Delhi Transport Department installing Global Positioning System (GPS) on 1,000 such vehicles in the national capital. In the first of its kind move to rein in the blueline buses, which has earned notoriety in the capital by killing over 150 people in three years, the Transport Department has already fitted GPS
Guru Nanak Dev University here today started the online admissions for the coming academic year. The University is the first in the region to adopt online admission process. The University has set up five desks at its computer centre to guide the students on submission of online admission forms.
An Army Major posted in the Andaman and Nicobar Islands has come under the scanner of central security agencies in the wake of the alleged transfer of data from his computer to Pakistan. Sources in the agencies, however, said no charges of spying have come so far against the officer.The agencies are not ruling out the possibility of his computer being hacked by Pakistani agents.
The hardware and networking training wing of Aptech `N-Power` today launched an exclusive 19-month programme in Remote Infrastructure Management (RIM). "RIM is going to be the next Gen IT trend in IMS (Infrastructure Management Services) space," Ninad Karpe, CEO and MD of Aptech said. For all those who aspire to manage Information Technology (IT) infrastr
After a communication from Cabinet Secretary Chandrasekharan about the upkeep of department/ministry websites, now an incentive has been proposed. The best website will be selected and rewarded. There are about 450 government of India websites maintained by the National Informatics Centre (NIC). It has introduced a new software, which provides quick translation of the content into 85 fo
A website `DOTS Delhi` giving detailed information on tuberculosis for the convenience of patients by chief minister Sheila Dixit. "Around 86,000 lives of TB patients have been saved during last ten years. Death rate has come down from 22 per cent to 2 per cent whereas the success rate has jumped from 30 per cent to 87 per cent," Dikshit said at the function. Developed
The Government has taken several measures to detect and prevent cyber attacks/espionage and has issued security guidelines that No sensitive information is to be stored on the systems that are connected to Internet. This was stated by the Minister of State for Communications & Information Technology, Sachin Pilot in a written reply to the Rajya Sabha. The Government has also
In order to address the growing threat of cyber crimes in the country, cyber crime cells have been set up by ctate police. Central Bureau of Investigation has also set up cyber crime cell. These cells investigate cyber crime cases and help respective police organizations in implementation of laws addressing cyber crime. Cyber forensic training labs have been set up at CBI and Kerala po
