The West Bengal government on Friday asked Microsoft Corporation to invest in the state, emphasising that it is ready to provide all kinds of support for development of the IT industry. "Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee is ready to provide all kinds of support, for which we would like to have your guidance. We want you to invest in the state," IT Minister Partha Cha
The Planning Commission of India has recommended that other states adopt the software developed by the Madhya Pradesh Planning Board for the decentralisation of district planning system, official sources said on Sunday. The recommendation came from Sudha Pillai, Member, Planning Commission. The Planning Commission was impressed by the database prepared by the software, sources cl
Acknowledging challenges faced by banks in cyber era, a top RBI official has said the banks should ensure their transactions be hassle-free and customer-friendly so as to retain loyalty of the end-users. "For example, multi-layer security by way of log-in password, transaction password and confidential data confirmation make online transactions more secure. But, there are i
Kerala government has decided to refer to a high-level technical committee, which will include experts from ISRO, the scrutiny of the hitech security plan drawn up for Sree Padmanabhaswamy temple whose underground vaults contained a huge treasure trove. The panel would also have experts from computer hitech lab C-Dac, Centre for Earth Sciences Studies (CESS) and those from Civil
Sensitive defence information appears to have been stolen from the Indian embassy here by an Italian intelligence agency during the past two years, according to a media report. If the documents released by international hackers` group are to be believed, the Italian cyber police - National Anti-Crime Computer Centre for Critical Infrastructure Protection (CNAIPIC) - was widely ha
If you are among those who spend hours on twitting or interacting with Facebook friends, please note: Repeated exposure to social networking sites is causing an "identity crisis" among the users, a leading scientist has warned. Baroness Greenfield, a professor of pharmacology at Oxford University, said Facebook and Twitter have created a generation obsessed with themsel
Rupert Murdoch`s media empire in Britain came under more pressure with Scotland Yard on Saturday widening its ongoing investigations into phone-hacking to instances of computer hacking. Under probe on various fronts, the claim of leading lights of the Murdoch empire that they were not aware of phone-hacking was belied by private investigator Glenn Mulcaire, who was employed by th
Jammu and Kashmir government will computerise the commercial taxes department by the month of October this year at a cost of about Rs 28 crore. The computerisation work of the commercial taxes department, which is a centrally sponsored, is scheduled to be completed by October this year at a cost of about Rs 28 crore, Minister for Finance and Ladakh affairs, Abdul Rahim Ra
A pirated CD manufacturing unit has been unearthed in Coimbatore and three persons arrested in this connection, police said. Based on specific information that CDs of new movies were being provided instantly, police raided a tailor`s shop last night and seized a CD writer, computer and other accessories and over 1,000 CDs of new movies in Tamil and Malayalam, besides some pornog
B Ramalinga Raju and six other accused in the multi-crore-rupee Satyam Computer accounting scam may tomorrow file a petition seeking bail in a local court, sources said on Sunday. While cancelling the bail granted to Raju, the prime accused in the case, the Supreme Court on October 26 directed the accused that they may file bail application only after July 31 if the trial in the local court is
Faced with recent controversies in the recruitment of constables in police and paramilitary, the government has proposed to make the process transparent by introducing radio-frequency tags and digital calculation of physical parameters. The new proposal came after Home Minister P Chidambaram called for a thorough review of the recruitment policy, following controversy in last year`s CRPF recrui
State-run telecom company BSNL is likely to announce a substantial revenue loss in 2010-11 mainly due to payment it made for buying 3G and BWA spectrum and delay in execution of expansion plans. "The results are being audited. We cannot predict the final outcome but price paid for 3G and BWA spectrum is going to hit company`s revenue," a senior BSNL official closely inv
Two leading mobile operators, Vodafone Essar and Idea Cellular, are understood to have increased pre-paid tariffs by up to 20 per cent, in line with the recent Bharti Airtel move. According to industry sources, the tariffs were increased few days ago. When contacted Vodafoane spokesperson declined to comment saying, "We do not comment on tariff issues." Idea officials
Many may simply dismiss it, but a new study has found that the personal computer has replaced the dog as the man`s best friend. Researchers found that just six per cent of people believe that "most people rely more on their dog than they do on their PC", while 67 per cent think the opposite to be true, the `Daily Mail` reported. Even 38 per cent of dog owners confessed
Mobile value added services (VAS) such as music, news and internet will be a Rs 67,100-crore market by 2015 contributing 31 per cent to overall wireless revenues, says a study. "... growth will be driven mainly by mobile data (both on handsets and dongles/ connected computing devices) contributing 54 per cent of the overall MVAS market by 2015," according to the Interne
Goa Tourism Development Corporation (GTDC) hotels across the state will now be enabled with WiFi facilities for guests, offering them a minimum download speed of 512 kbps, officials said on Wednesday. GTDC`s Board of Directors (BoDs) on Saturday approved the tender for installing wi-fi facilities in all the 12 hotels. Chennai-based M/s Zylog System (India) Ltd has won the bid whi
National Association of Software and Service companies (NASSCOM) is working with the Department of Information Technology (DIT) on ways to support the small and medium enterprises to compete with larger companies, a top official said on Wednesday. "We are working with DIT for alternate measures that could take care of the small and medium companies, and to come out with spec
IT major HCL on Wednesday denied allegations of deleting data of its client Rupert Murdoch-led News International, which is deeply mired in UK`s phone hacking scandal. "On the question of whether we deleted any data, the answer is since we do not have any data, the question doesn`t arise," HCL Technologies Vice Chairman and Chief Executive Officer Vineet Nayar told rep
Making it clear that service providers like Blackberry, Nokia push mail or Skype will have to provide interception facility, Home Minister P Chidambaram has asked the Telecom Department to frame policies which will allow services to be intercepted when required. Rejecting the charge that his ministry was rigid with Canadian smart phone manufacturer, BlackBerry, on the iss
Telecom Ministry has accepted most of the recommendations given by Trai on promoting energy efficient technologies and reducing carbon emissions in the fast growing telecom sector, official sources said. Efforts to bring down carbon emissions and encouraging environment-friendly technologies are generally referred to as approach towards green telecommunications. "Department
