Netizens including Bollywood stars, poets and writers flooded the social networking sites with messages extending support to Anna Hazare following his arrest for vowing to go ahead with his fast for a strong Lokpal in defiance of prohibitory orders. Criticising the arrest of Hazare and his associates, the `twitterati`, facebook followers and bloggers broadly felt that government
Internet giant Yahoo! India on Tuesday announced the launch of `Movieplex` service, which will allow users to enjoy licensed full-length movies for free. Yahoo! India will collaborate with movie production houses to bring thousands of local Bollywood movies online to users for a piracy-free, quality entertainment experience, the company said in a statement. It will
Mahindra Satyam has been selected by insurance regulator IRDA to develop and implement an IT system for monitoring surveyors. "... Mahindra Satyam has been selected as an implementing agency for the development and implementation of Integrated Surveyor Licence Management System (ISLMS)," IRDA said today. The selection was made following a detailed scrutiny of the commer
The Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) has initiated a study in Delhi to ascertain whether use of cell phones creates a risk of neurological, cardiological, cancer, ENT and reproductive disorders. Replying to a written question in the Rajya Sabha on investigation into effects of mobile phones on human health, Minister of State for Health and Family Welfare Sudip Bandhopadh
The Indian Cricket Board (BCCI) has targeted at least Rs 240 crore income from the sale of its internet and mobile rights for Tests, ODIs and T20s it is to host for the next 30 months. The Board on Tuesday set Rs three crore as reserve price for Mobile and Internet Rights for every Test, ODI and Twenty20 international that it will organise between October 2011 to March 2014.
As new evidence on Tuesday revealed that phone-hacking was `widely discussed` at the News of the World, Labour leader Ed Miliband questioned Prime Minister David Cameron`s judgement over hiring the former editor of the now defunct tabloid. Cameron had hired Andy Coulson as his director of communications. Coulson resigned earlier this year and was last month arrested and bailed i
Aditya Birla group firm Idea Cellular on Tuesday submitted before the Delhi High Court that the Department of Telecom (DoT) has no say in the merger of companies. Challenging a single judge bench order, which said that six licences of Spice Communications would not be transferred to Idea Cellular, the company told Justices Vikramjit Sen and Siddharth Mridul that DoT lacked the po
Internet service provider Tata Communications on Tuesday said that the recent appointment of Department of Telecommunications (DoT) official announced earlier is as additional director and not as permanent director. On August 9, Tata Communications announced appointment of DoT officials senior deputy director general AK Mittal and Deputy Director General Saurabh Tiwari o
Korean consumer electronics major Samsung on Tuesday said its research and development in India is focusing on bringing localised solutions for the market here to tap growing demand for smartphones and tablets with the roll out of 3G services. "As we move towards enhancing our software workforce, competence, the India R&D is increasingly playing a strategic role. As the I
Country`s largest private telecom company Bharti Airtel has come under the scrutiny of the Enforcement Directorate for suspected violation of provisions of the Foreign Exchange Management Act (FEMA). "The Securities and Exchange Broad of India (SEBI) has received complaints inter-alia alleging that shareholding of promoter group of Bharti Airtel Limited was increased from 60.91 per
Online travel portal cleartrip.com has launched an equated monthly installment (EMI) payment option for all international and domestic flights as well as hotels. "We found that there are huge number of Indians who want to travel, but are often restricted by budgetary constraints. Airfares and hotel stays add up as the biggest component of travel expenses for them. This is the set o
The Unique Identification Authority of India (UIDAI), which had projected a demand of Rs 3,373 crore in the budget estimates for 2011-12, was approved only Rs 1,470 crore, Parliament was informed on past Thursday. However, the UID project will not be hampered on account of the shortfall, Minister of State for Planning Ashwani Kumar said in a written reply to the Rajya Sabha. &quo
Amid security concerns, the government on Friday said it has decided to establish a `Centre for Telecom Testing and Security Certification` for development of the standards, procedures and test tools to test telecom equipment of all vendors. "...to take care of national security concerns related to telecom network, the government has issued the amendment to various telecom l
Chennai on Friday joined Mumbai, Delhi, Kolkata and Bangalore in launching free SMS alerts on traffic for the public. Those wishing to get regular alerts on the traffic situation on their mobile phones can send an SMS JOIN CTP to 09219592195, police said. The service is free of cost, except for the first SMS sent for registration. However, this service would not be available to t
Indian telecom sector will provide employment to around one crore people by 2012, a study by PwC has said. The telecom industry will provide about 28 lakh direct jobs and around 70 indirect jobs by 2012, the study commissioned by the Cellular Operators Association of India (COAI) and done by PwC said. The mobile telephony industry in India witnessed unprecedented growth of
Chennai on Friday joined Mumbai, Delhi, Kolkata and Bangalore in launching free SMS alerts on traffic for the public. Those wishing to get regular alerts on the traffic situation on their mobile phones can send an SMS JOIN CTP to 09219592195, police said. The service is free of cost, except for the first SMS sent for registration. However, this service would not be available to t
In a bid to reach out to the rural population, public sector Bank of Baroda (BoB) will open branches and service centres in 20,000 villages, a top official said. Information technology would be utilised to open up new branches as per the population density in villages, R K Bakshi, BoB Executive Director, said at a rural extension programme in Indore on past Thursday.
Scientists have developed a new data smuggling software which they say could allow citizens in countries like China having strict Internet filters to visit any site they want. The software, called Telex, hides data from banned websites inside traffic from sites deemed safe. It draws on well-known encryption techniques to conceal data making it hard to decipher. So far, Telex is
As India celebrated its 65th Independence Day on Monday, the iconic Red Fort, from the ramparts of which Prime Minister Manmohan Singh addressed the nation, stood tall on the home page of Internet search giant Google. Google has been commemorating India`s Independence Day through its doodles since 2003 usually in the form of graphical representations of the tricolour, which is, h
Pakistan`s premier probe agency FIA has been unable to access the e-mail records of slain journalist Syed Saleem Shahzad, a judicial commission probing the May 29 murder of the scribe was told. The Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) submitted a report on the mobile phone records of the slain journalist, but could not "decode his e-mails due to the unavailability of passwords
