Lulz Security hacker group has said that it has ended an Internet rampage that included cyberattacks on videogame companies, police and even the CIA`s website. "For the past 50 days, we`ve been disrupting and exposing corporations, governments, often the general population itself, and quite possibly everything in between, just because we could," the group said in a mess
Cash strapped state-run BSNL has sought Rs 4,000 crore subsidy from Department of Telecom (DoT) for the current fiscal year to meet its operational costs. "We have asked Rs 4,000 crore subsidy for FY`11-12 from the DoT to run our commercially unviable services. BSNL is providing large chunk of rural services under social obligation which are not commercially viable for us. W
Country`s largest lender State Bank of India (SBI) on Friday said it has completed 50 lakh Aadhaar, unique identification number enrollment. This has made SBI the largest non-government registrar in the country clearly leading the way amongst the group (the next best non government registrar enrolment figures of 55,000), the bank said in a statement. The bank has used the A
ZenithOptimedia, a part of the Publicis Groupe, on Friday said it has bagged media planning and buying account of OLX -- an online platform for classified advertisements -- in India at after a multi-agency pitch. Annual business from the new account is estimated in the range of Rs 10-12 crore, ZenithOptimedia said in a statement. "ZenithOptimedia`s (ZO) sound strategy based
Adolescent children are more likely to engage in juvenile cybercrimes such as hacking and online bullying if their friends are into it, a new study on peer influence has suggested. The study, which consisted of surveying 435 middle- and high-school students, showed that the biggest predictor of how likely a child is to engage in illegal online activities is whether his or
Online income tax return filing company TaxSpanner on Friday announced launch of mobile version of its solution that will enable users to file income tax returns from their handset. "After introducing the eFile by eMail option where customers need to just send us an email with a few details, e-filing of taxes through mobile is the next obvious step for the company," Ank
The Vatican, whose communications problems are no secret, is taking a leap into the world of new media with the launch next week of a news information portal that Pope Benedict XVI himself may put online with a papal click. Vatican officials said on Saturday that Benedict has been following the development of the portal, which will for the first time aggregate information from th
Tamil Nadu chief minister, J Jayalalitha is all set to fulfil her election promise of free distribution of laptops to students studying in government and government aided schools and colleges. The state government through an order has entrusted the task of procuring the laptops under this scheme to Electronics Corporation of Tamil Nadu Limited (ELCOT). The company is a wholly ow
UK-based software product vendor Misys, which is looking for a potential buyer, on Thursday confirmed that it has received preliminary bids from many companies that may or may not lead to an offer, but declined to identify the firms showing interest. According to media reports many Indian companies including Wipro, TCS and HCL, are in race to acquire the company. "Misys has
Amid controversy over US visa misuse by leading Indian IT firms, the apex body of software firms, NASSCOM, has sought to play down the issue saying this is nothing new as there may be differences over interpretation of visas. "The visa issue is not something new and is just the old story being repeated. There are interpretational issues. There is a need for comprehensive ref
The momentum for outsourcing services business is positive and the 16-18 per cent growth estimates for IT exports from India in the current fiscal is achievable, industry body NASSCOM said on Thursday. "The momentum is positive", President of the National Association of Software and Services Companies (NASSCOM) Som Mittal said here. "There will be all time co
Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg`s former Harvard classmates Cameron and Tyler Winklevoss have decided not to pursue their legal battle against the billionaire CEO over a dispute related to the idea of developing the popular social-networking site. In a San Francisco federal court filing, the Winklevoss twins said they have decided not to seek a review of the ruling by the 9th Ci
A businessman, who allegedly sent defamatory e-mails against a bank manager, has landed behind bars, police said on Thursday. The employee, who filed a complaint against businessman Aditya Naveen Kumar, is a senior manager with Syndicate Bank in Hyderabad. Kumar, who has an advertising business here, bore grudge against the banker as he suspected that the latter might be responsi
The Chinese government has ordered close down of at least four anti-graft whistleblower websites, while firmly ruling out setting up a timetable for officials to declare their assets. At least four anti-corruption whistleblowing websites have been ordered to close down since June 15, ahead of the 90th anniversary of the ruling Communist Party of China (CPC) on July 1, state run G
The Chinese government has ordered close down of at least four anti-graft whistleblower websites, while firmly ruling out setting up a timetable for officials to declare their assets. At least four anti-corruption whistleblowing websites have been ordered to close down since June 15, ahead of the 90th anniversary of the ruling Communist Party of China (CPC) on July 1, state run G
The government of India on Thursday invited an expression of interest from technology providers and investors for setting up a semiconductor fabrication plant in the country to meet fast-growing demand in the electronics sector. In the microelectronics industry, a semiconductor fabrication plant (commonly called a fab) is a factory where devices such as integrated circuits are ma
South Korea`s financial watchdog unveiled a set of measures on Thursday to require local financial firms to beef up their computer security following recent incidents involving leaks of customers` data and disrupted financial transactions. The Financial Services Commission (FSC) said local financial institutions should beef up the manpower and investments for computer network sec
IT security firm Symantec Software Solutions on Thursday said the country`s nascent cloud computing market, a platform where software applications and related resources can be shared online, is likely to bloom within a year. "A cloud is a big wave in the global market, and India certainly is following the trends," Symantec Vice-President Information Management Group, Vi
Axis Bank on Thursday said home and auto loan seekers can apply online, which would enable the leading lender to bring down the turnaround time in loan processing. Upon successful submission of the online application form, a service representative of the bank will reach out to the customer within two working days for further processing, the bank said in a statement in Mumbai. The
One million Indian residents are expected to enroll for unique identity (Aadhaar) number every day from this October, Nandan M Nilekani, Chairman, Unique Identification Authority of India, said on Thursday. "As UIDAI scales up the systems both at the back-end by adding more technologies and at the front by adding more enrollment stations, it`s confident of achieving th
