In a coordinated global police operation, 36 websites offering credit card details of some two million people and other private information for sale for as little as two pounds have been taken down and three persons arrested, UK authorities said today. Britain`s Serious Organised Crime Agency (SOCA) said raids in Australia, Europe, the UK and US are the culmination of two years o
Technology major IBM and software exporter Infosys have emerged as the most preferred employers for engineering and non-engineering graduates, respectively, says a survey. "IBM and Infosys have emerged as the most preferred employers by both engineering (BE/BTech) as well as non engineering graduate (BSc/BBA, BA, BCA) students," said the survey conducted by job portal F
The National Payments Corporation of India (NPCI) has sought the Reserve Bank`s approval to make the payment services provided by telecom companies and the mobile wallet services offered by banks work with each other, a senior official said today. "The idea is to make these different services inter- operable for the convenience of customers. We have approached the RBI to mak
The social media like Facebook and Twitter were now a reality and had become a fact of life and not an `embarrassment`, a central minister said on Saturday. "The issue is not of embarrassment. The issue is that social media has become a reality and has become a fact of life", union law minister Salman Khurshid said here when told that social media like F
Police in Rajkot on Sunday claimed to have solved an inter-state cyber crime with the arrest of a city-based teacher. Mangaldas Patel (65), who works as a lecturer at a private college here, was arrested last night by Rajkot police and would be handed over to the Mumbai crime branch officials. Patel`s daughter, Priyanka, lives in Mumbai where she runs an export-imp
Swindlers auction data procured fraudulently from ATM machines and this type of fraud has become organised crime internationally, a senior SBI official said. "These fraudsters procure skimmers to copy ATM card data from as far as Ukraine and lately stolen ATM card data are auctioned at an international market," SBI Switch Centre (Mumbai) Additional General Manager M S S
Faster Internet accessibility and ability to use more applications are the main reasons that drive people to buy smartphones, a report by Ericsson Consumerlab said. "Among today`s users in high growth markets, smartphone adoption is driven by application functionality and a faster Internet experience," the Ericsson ConsumerLab`s Emerging App Culture report said.
Chennai based Education Support Services Company EdServ is targeting 2.5 lakh "Tablet PC" users to download its `2tionPlus` apps over the next 8-10 months through its tie up with Amazon.com, a top official of the company said on Monday. The company has made tie up with the World`s largest online retailer Amazon.com whereby EdServ`s 2tionPlus Educational apps wil
The Himachal Pradesh Police department has introduced an online system of examinations for the first time in the state. Initially, a two-day departmental exam in information technology to the posts of head police constables had been conducted through the online system at the district headquarters, District Police Chief, Madhu Sudan Sharma said. In the two-day exami
The electronics and IT department has selected research agency AC Nielsen ORG Marg for a study on brand building initiative to promote India as a preferred investment destination for the sector, sources said. AC Nielsen ORG Marg will be assigned Communications Need Assessment Study, sources at Department of Electronics and Information Technology (Deity) said. The department had r
Since Wednesday, the tatkal applicants at the regional passport office (RPO) of New Delhi have been facing a hard time. The counter for tatkal applications at Bhikaji Cama office has been closed, after one of the computer servers at the RPO went down, developing a snag. “My son and daughter in law are scheduled to fly abroad in a few days time but their p
Since Wednesday morning, the tatkal applicants at the regional passport office, RPO are experiencing a hard time. The services for tatkal applications at Bhikaji Cama office are not being provided to the citizens since then. According to some government sources, it happened after one of the servers operational under old online system went down at 10.30 am, caused due to bug
Trai has fixed a time limit of 10 seconds for telecom service providers to deliver banking transaction-related messages to customers. "Every Access Provider, acting as bearer, shall facilitate the banks to use SMS, USSD and IVR to provide banking services to its customers and deliver the message generated by the bank or the customer within the time frame specified...,"
A faster and enhanced version of low-cost tablet PC, Aakash, would be launched next month, Telecom Minister Kapil Sibal said on Monday. "The second version of Aakash will be launched in May," Sibal told reporters on the sidelines of World IT forum 2012 here. The tablet will be produced domestically, and in this regard the government is talking to various manufacturers from acr
Within three months of Prime Minister`s intervention, the government is learnt to be launching an online portal next month to monitor and track patients affected by a drug-resistant form of tuberculosis. "Detailed Project Report has been submitted by NIC (National Informatic Centre) to Ministry of Health and Family Welfare. Minister Sibal (Kapil Sibal) has approved it and in
Datawind, the maker of the world`s cheapest tablet Aakash, today said it owns the copyright of the tablet and alleged that contract manufacturer Quad Electronics was violating its right by signing a direct agreement with IIT-Rajasthan for development of the device. "Datawind`s team internally developed Aakash and sub- contracted the assembly of Aakash Tablet to Quad Electron
As part of expediting various services,the District administration here has launched a project that would provide complete details about local people just by a mere click of the `mouse`. The scheme, launched under the Collector`s `innovative fund`, would help officials provide various services to the people quickly, officials said. "Once the data base is available the
Under its ongoing policy of promoting computer education at school level, the Haryana government has made computers available in over 2,500 government schools across the state and also initiated process of recruiting a large numbers of computer teachers. "Over the last year, 2,662 government schools have been provided with computers," Haryana Education Minister Geeta Bh
The government has formed a high-powered committee to decide on Karnataka`s proposal to set up an Information Technology Investment Region (ITIR) in Bangalore with an investment of Rs 90,000 crore. The Committee, chaired by Cabinet Secretary Ajit Kumar Seth, is likely to meet on April 18 to consider granting in-principal approval to the project, which has already been cleared by
The popular train enquiry website of Railways will soon get a facelift, complete with a host of passenger friendly information including the latest train position. The likely time of arrival at the next station in the event of the train running late will also be provided in trainenquiry.com, helping passengers schedule their plans accordingly. The search options ha
