The Lahore High Court has directed Pakistani authorities to block access to all websites, including Facebook, that are involved in "spreading religious hatred" and to submit a compliance report by October 6. In an order issued on Monday, Justice Sheikh Azmat Saeed directed the Information Technology Ministry to "deny access to all websites in Pakistan involved in s
Internet search titan Google has launched `Google Wallet`, an application that enables users to make payments through their phone. Google, which had first announced the application in May this year, said the application will initially be available only on the Nexus S 4G phone, with Sprint. "We have been testing it extensively, and today we are releasing the first version of
Upset over her boyfriend`s notification on facebook that she was dumped, a 22-year-old student of the Indian Institute of Management-Bangalore has allegedly committed suicide. Malini Murmu, a first year MBA student from Jharkhand, hanged herself in her hostel room last afternoon after reportedly reading her boyfriend Abhishek`s announcement on Facebook about the break-up, police
After the high-level committee on safety, railways on Wednesday constituted another expert committee headed by technocrat Sam Pitroda to recommend ways and means to modernise tracks, signalling, rolling stock and stations. "We are looking at the Railways to be taken to the fourth generation. We have set up a committee which will look into the modernisation in railways,"
Reinsurance major General Insurance Corporation of India (GIC) on Tuesday launched an electronic trading platform for business associates. `eThru` is an efficient, transparent and prompt trading platform between the corporation and its business associates, the company said. "With this launch, we are providing a fully electronic trading platform for business," GIC Chairm
The Telecom Ministry has asked operators to submit status reports on offering location-based service of mobile users by November this year, as part of revised network security guidelines. The ministry had amended the telecom licences in May this year to ask operators to provide location details of mobile customers in the licensed service area within a prescribed time-frame with c
Internet search giant Google has thrown open its recently launched social networking service, `Google Plus`, to everyone. The company said anyone can now sign up for Google Plus and connect with people they care about. Earlier, the service was available only through invitation as part of trial runs. "For the past 12 weeks, we have been in field trials... We ar
Social networking website Facebook, known as a platform for connecting with friends and acquaintances, also seems to be helping create lakhs of jobs, says a new study. According to the study by the University of Maryland`s Robert H Smith School of Business, the proliferation of various Facebook-related applications could have created more than two lakh jobs this year alone in the
With frequent complaints about IRCTC services, Railway Minister Dinesh Trivedi on Wednesday expressed dissatisfaction with its functioning, saying the corporation needs to be modernised. "I am not happy with the Indian Railway Catering and Tourism Corporation, the way it is functioning. We had a meeting on IRCTC on Tuesday. The website of the IRCTC needs to be strengthened a
India has signed a double taxation avoidance agreement (DTAA) with Estonia and has also forged a pact to work with the European nation in the fields of information, communications and technology (ICT). Communications and Information Technology Minister Kapil Sibal signed the pact during his visit to Estonia on September 19, during which he also met Estonian Prime Minister Andrus
Indian defence companies are increasingly becoming target of cyber criminals as they are vulnerable to breaches of cyber security, according to a report by Trend Micro. The attacks by criminals in the cyber space are aimed to infect the e-mail addresses as well as the systems. The report said that cyber criminals send out emails with PDF attachments to companies. Once infected it
Research In Motion (RIM), the maker of BlackBerry smartphones, on Wednesday launched BlackBerry Torch 9860 smartphone priced at Rs 28,490, featuring the new BlackBerry 7 operating system. "The BlackBerry Torch 9860 features many new enhancements, including the next generation BlackBerry 7 operating system and we think customers will be particularly thrilled by its faster per
State-run PSU BSNL has said it will make staggered payments to equipment suppliers under its estimated Rs 6,000 crore, 15 million GSM lines contract upon achievement of fixed milestones.The PSU has adopted a "reverse auction" model for selection of vendors. A reverse auction is a type of auction in which the company that floats the tender fixes the upper limit of the co
Telecom operators` lobby COAI has asked TRAI to reconsider its recommendation to limit 100 SMSes per day per SIM, saying such a regulation may pose a potential challenge to the "fundamental rights" of an ordinary subscriber. To stop the menace of pesky SMSes, telecom regulator TRAI had asked telecom operators to limit the number of short message services from September
Private telecom operators on Tuesday said they have approached the regulator TRAI to resolve the ongoing network disconnection issue with BSNL and alleged that the PSU was not cooperating with the industry players. "We have given our representation to TRAI to issue an order. TRAI has taken our case for legal consideration. Hopefully, something should happen by September 26,
Sterlite Technologies, a provider of transmission solutions for the power and telecom industries on Wednesday said it has received Rs 114 crore contract from BSNL for establishment of a broadband network in the state-run company`s telecom circles. The company will install and commission the system by the end of FY`13 and will manage this network for seven years thereafter, Sterli
Slowdown in the telecom sector continued last month, with GSM operators adding just about 5.33 million subscribers in August, compared to 7.65 million in the earlier month. The GSM subscriber base, thus, stood at 611.75 million at the end of last month. For the fourth month in a row, subscriber additions continued to decline. In May, for the first time since October 2009, the sub
State-run BSNL`s losses have more than tripled to about Rs 6,000 crore during 2010-11 mainly due to hefty outgo for employees` salary and expenses borne by the PSU for procuring 3G and BWA spectrum. The company had registered a net loss of Rs 1,823 crore during 2009-10. According to the unaudited results of the company, the loss for 2010-11 is Rs 5,997 crore. "
The government on Tuesday extended the terms of reference of the Nandan Nilekani-led task force on direct subsidies on kerosene, LPG and fertiliser to include unified payment infrastructure facilitated by UIDAI`s Aadhaar scheme. "It has been decided to extend the Terms of Reference of the Task Force to include an Aadhaar-enabled unified payment infrastructure," the Fina
The National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) is of the opinion that the government`s move to provide citizens with `Aadhaar` or unique identification numbers in its present form could lead to discrimination. The NHRC`s remarks came in response to views from it sought by the Parliamentary Standing Committee on Finance headed by Yashwant Sinha on National Identification Authority of
