The Department of Information Technology (DIT) has been renamed as the `Department of Electronics and IT` (Deity). The Cabinet Secretariat notified the change in name last week. The government had proposed to rename DIT as the Department of Electronics and Information Technology (Deity) in the Draft Electronics Policy, 2011, in last October. The policy aims to make India the
IT major Infosys Executive Co-Chairman Krish Gopalakrishnan today said government should impose regulations to check media players like Google, Yahoo and Facebook from hosting objectionable contents on their websites. "The government should regulate social media websites from hosting objectionable contents. It is vital to establish jurisdiction over citizens` data for security
Facing flak for failing to create jobs in proportion to the land given to the industry -- particularly the Information Technology sector -- in the last few years, Andhra Pradesh government has started pushing beneficiary companies to fulfil commitments in this regard. The government is also anxious about fulfilling its own promise of creating employment for 15 lakh youths in the pri
The US has charged five members of the international hacking group - `Anonymous` for carrying out cyber attacks against top American companies and stealing classified information on over one million people. A sixth hacker has pleaded guilty to a 12-count information charging him with computer hacking conspiracies and other crimes. The hackers are aligned with the group Anony
Iran`s supreme leader has ordered the creation of an Internet oversight agency that includes top military and political figures in the country`s boldest attempt to control the web. The announcement on the state media follows a series of high-profile crackdowns on cyberspace including efforts to block opposition sites and setting up special teams for what Iran calls its "soft w
FBI Director Robert Mueller says terrorists may seek to train their own recruits or hire outsiders with an eye toward pursuing cyber attacks on the United States. The FBI director says terrorists have not used the Internet to launch a full-scale cyber attack, but said that the bureau cannot underestimate the intent of terrorists to do so. Mueller made the comments in testimo
GoDB Tech, a city based technology company, and Intel today announced the launch of "Project Darpan", a free, multilingual user interface (UI) initiative, to simplify the computing experience for the common man and increase the PC usage in the Indian market. GoDB`s Darpan user interface will provide graphical access to the internet and provide the consumer the comfort of a
Congress MLA V T Balram has received a second admonishment from Kerala Assembly Speaker G Karthikeyan for making House proceedings a topic of discussion on Facebook. The Speaker had reprimanded the MLA on March 5 for posting the draft of a private member`s Bill, which he planned to present in the assembly, on Facebook to elicit public opinion before its draft was distributed to Hou
With an increasing number of enterprises taking their marketing campaigns online to tap social media, software major Adobe today said it is focussing on delivering solutions that help companies create, measure and monetise such digital marketing initiatives. The company had recently announced restructuring efforts to focus on businesses like digital media and marketing. "
China`s cyber warfare capabilities have reached a point where they would pose a danger to the US military in the event of a conflict, according to a report prepared for the US Congress released on today. The report by defence contractor Northrop Grumman for the US-China Economic and Security Review Commission said China`s People`s Liberation Army (PLA) has placed great emphasis on w
The Corporate Affairs Ministry (MCA) has asked banks and financial institutions to carefully follow the roll check process devised for authorised digital signatories under the ministry`s e-governance platform, MCA-21. "The operational process of MCA-21 has been adapted to suit the electronic filing with the introduction of facilities like e-form, online mode of payments etc.,
4G Identity Solutions (4Gid) is hoping to bag overseas projects including one for voter IDs in Kenya, a top company official said. 4Gid, which has executed 50 projects in India so far, has already got an order from African country Republic of Chad for military identification and is now eyeing an order for criminal identification system for police in Bangladesh. Besides the
The government will introduce a bill during the Monsoon Session of Parliament to give legislative powers to the Unique Identification Authority of India (UIDAI) to facilitate its work relating to collection of biometric data of residents. "We will bring it (UIDAI Bill) in the next Monsoon Session of Parliament instead of the forthcoming Budget Session," Planning Commiss
US-based software giant Microsoft discussed the prospects of further investments in the fields of education and e-governance with Tamil Nadu chief minister J Jayalalithaa while she promised support in establishing Microsoft cloud computing centres on Tuesday. "Jean Philippe Courtois, president, Microsoft International, met the chief minister and discussed about further inves
Telecom regulator Trai on Tuesday proposed that entities developing e-applications, especially in regional languages, should be incentivised to promote e-governance. "Incentivise companies involved largely with the development of e-applications for rural areas and in regional languages," telecom regulatory authority of India (Trai) said in its response to the draft nati
The Information and Broadcasting ministry is conducting specialised training courses for its officials to help them learn from the experience and expertise of corporates in using the reach of social media for publicity purposes. The areas in which the government babus are receiving training include the strategy for the use of social media, the display and packaging of content, of
The Internet economy of the world is projected to increase dramatically by 2016 providing companies and countries a vital source of growth, a report has said. The biggest driver is the unprecedented increase in the number of users around the globe from 1.9 billion in 2010 to a projected 3 billion in 2016, about 45 per cent of the world`s population. The rise of the
The unique identification (UID) Bill, which has faced strong criticism in the past from several government quarters, is unlikely to be tabled in the budget session. This means that the UID’s 12-digit Aadhar enrollment process will continue to function under the executive orders even after three years from the time it was set up. The bill when introduced in the winter sessio
Telecom services provider Reliance Communications (RCom), in a consortium led by IT firm HCL Infosystems, is believed to have bagged the Rs 300 crore contract for government`s national identity card programme, Aadhaar. According to sources, Anil Ambani-led RCom will provide network and telecom support for Aadhar as part of a consortium led by HCL Infosystems. Value
Global IT consultancy Gartner on Monday called up on the social media sites to provide a mechanism for "verifying the identity of employees, job candidates and customers". "Organisations should not ignore social media and social identity. We recommend that organisations ascertain how they currently use internal and external social media in both official and unoffic
