Electronics product maker Samsung on Thursday announced the bada 2.0 Power App Race, a global application contest hosted by the Samsung bada developer site which offers developers chance to win up to USD 100,000. "We are excited to launch the bada 2.0 Power App Race, which will help boost the bada developer community by encouraging innovation in bada apps from developers all around
The Planning Commission on Thursday said that it will soon seek Cabinet nod for the second phase of the Aadhaar scheme under which national identity cards are issued. "The Unique Identification Authority of India (UIDAI) has to get periodic approval (from government). For the second phase of the Aadhaar we are preparing a Cabinet note," Planning Commission Deputy Chairma
HRD Minister Kapil Sibal on Wednesday said the low cost computing device Aakash has generated a lot of "enthusiasm" among the American public and several companies there have evinced interest to associate with the project to further raise its efficiency and productivity. The Minister, who returned yesterday from a week-long trip to the US where he attended the first eve
Pakistan will next month reactivate a biometric computerised system to screen all travellers crossing a key Afghan border terminal, Interior Minister Rehman Malik said on Wedenesday. Pakistan installed the system on a trial basis in January 2007 to try and control illegal cross-border traffic at Chaman, 100 kilometres from Quetta, the main town in insurgency-wracked Baluchistan p
Smartphone users, beware! Hackers could use your mobile to find out what you are typing on a nearby computer at your workplace, say researchers. A team at the Georgia Institute of Technology in the US has claimed that a cell phone could be turned into a SpiPhone as it can decipher vibrations to record what is being typed on a nearby computer keyboard. The researche
Global infotech major IBM is in talks with municipal corporations in the country to transform them into `smart cities`, a senior executive said on Wednesday. "We are not in a position to take the name of specific cities, but we are talking to several municipal corporations. Over the past few months, we have been having a series of conversations with them," IBM India &a
Cyber fraudsters targetted users of social networking site Facebook with a range of `friend request` emails to draw them into downloading a banking Trojan, says a report by IT company Cyberoam. "Malware authors and scammers of today are well acquainted with the behavioural psychology of Facebook users. Many of them are intelligent but won`t think twice before
The US government has formally asked China to turn over details of its policies for censoring websites. US Trade Representative Ron Kirk said on Tuesday that the request is being pursued under World Trade Organisation rules governing how member countries deal with trade issues. Kirk said the concerns center on the competitiveness of foreign websites in China. China
Rajasthan Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot on Wednesday launched a web-based system for effectively and timely disbursement of pension under various social security schemes. The online system is to facilitate and maintain information pertaining to application, verification, sanction and disbursement of pension under various social security schemes, an official said. The
How many Facebook "friends" do you have? People with lots of friends on the social networking site have denser grey matter in certain regions of the brain, says a new study, raising the possibility that such sites may be altering people`s brains. Researchers at University College London found that users with the greatest number of friends on Facebook had more grey matte
Three young Saudis who posted online a video on poverty in the oil-rich kingdom have been detained after an opposition television aired part of their documentary, activists said on Wednesday. Firas Baqna, Khalid al-Rasheed and Hussam al-Darwish were arrested on Sunday by police in Al-Sahaba district, north Riyadh, after London-based Al-Islah television aired part of their YouTube
After withdrawing its ambitious initiative for incorporating companies within 24 hours, the Corporate Affairs Ministry on Wednesday said it plans to introduce a new scheme under which entities could get themselves registered for operations in 48 hours. Addressing a PHD Chamber event, Corporate Affairs Secretary Naved Masood said the availability of name was a bottleneck for compa
Online shopping industry may touch Rs 2,800 crore during the ongoing festive season on rising sales of consumer electronics and other products, an Assocham survey said. In 2010, the e-shopping sector stood at Rs 2,000 crore, Assocham said in a study. As per the chamber`s estimates, the sales of the shopping websites are expected to go up about 20-30 per cent in Oct
The Election Commission in Bihar has demanded 11,000 EVMs for the upcoming panchayat bypolls in the state, an official said on Wednesday. The State Election Commission has 6000 Electronic Voting Machines at its disposal and will require another 11,000 EVMs to conduct bypolls to fill up vacant posts of sarpanchs, gram panchayat members and zila parishad members, its secretary Ahib
The Delhi government has decided to use social networking site Facebook to aware young people against bursting crackers during Diwali. An environment department official said a Facebook page would be launched in a day or two requesting citizens to celebrate a clean and pollution-free Diwali with lamps, `rangoli` and sweets.
With an aim to establish better communication with passengers through social networking sites, the Delhi Airport has registered its presence on Facebook and Twitter. "Facebook and Twitter offer us, as well as our customers, an instant mode of communication and the ability to connect swiftly. We wanted to create an effective channel of communication with our customers, in add
Railways are introducing a new software to make their Time Table more robust with focus on punctuality to benefit passengers. "The new software will take into account the various factors including impact analysis of train delays and other resource constraints so that the new Time Table will be more effective," said a senior official of Centre for Railway Information Sys
To be able to concentrate better on the marketing of its products, Mobile handset maker Sony Ericsson on Tuesday said it will on Tuesday more on cellphones with Google`s Android operating system (OS) and will pack them with applications on this platform. "Focus on Android OS takes us away from IP (Intellectual Property) related issues. It allows us to focus on marketing prod
Indian missions in the UAE on Tuesday started accepting online visa applications making life easier for many who visit India frequently from the Emirates, a top diplomat has said. The Indian missions will stop accepting physical application forms from January 1 next year, India`s ambassador to the UAE M K Lokesh announced here yesterday. Lokesh said the Government
Britain has developed online weapons and is prepared to strike first to defend the country`s vital infrastructure against a cyber attack from an enemy state, the UK`s Foreign Secretary William Hague has revealed. According to Hague, the UK government is pouring hundreds of millions of pounds into beefing up the online defences as the country is facing the threat from a growing ar
