Datawind, maker of Aakash, touted as world`s cheapest computer tablet meant for Indian students, said it has not received any communication from the HRD Ministry restricting the company from bidding for new orders. "Datawind would like to state that we have not been informed officially or unofficially by the Ministry of HRD of anything restricting us to participate in the ne
The government is encouraging Indian IT companies to focus on emerging markets for steady growth in the sector, Ministry of Commerce joint secretary J K Dadoo said here. "The emerging markets offer huge potential and they are growing very fast. Indian companies, specially small and medium, should focus at new markets and emerging markets," Dadoo said. He
Internet content providers Yahoo, Gmail and others would be asked to route all emails accesed in India through the country even if the mail account is registered outside the country. The move comes in the wake of instances where security agencies could not have a real-time access to some emails as they were registered outside the country but were opened in India. D
A New Jersey judge overseeing the case of an Indian-origin student, accused of spying on his gay roommate who later committed suicide, has asked lawyers to present opening statements today, even as jury selection was being completed for the trial. Dharun Ravi is charged in a 15-count indictment with bias intimidation, invasion of privacy and hindering apprehension for using a web
In order to increase penetration for projection solutions in the government sector, solutions provider firm NEC India has entered a strategic tie up with Uneecops Technologies. The idea of the partnership is to strengthen NEC India’s multiproject business and leveraging Uneecops expertise in projection solutions for it. The step to enter into the alliance falls in line wit
The vehicle information is just an SMS away for enforcement agencies as national informatics centre (NIC) has developed an application whereby an official can send a SMS having the registration number of a vehicle to a particular number and the system will revert with details like vehicles owner etc. The government is also planning to digitize the legacy data under the VAHA
Allaying fears of a China-like crackdown on companies like Google and Facebook, Communications and IT Minister Kapil Sibal has said the government has no plans to censor the social media but they have to obey the laws of the country. "I have never said that we want to censor. The government doesn`t want to do anything with them," Sibal told PTI. He said p
After much controversy, BlackBerry has finally set up its server in western Indian city Mumbai following intense pressure from the government to provide a mechanism for lawful interception of its messenger services and Nokia has been asked to follow suit. During a high-level meeting at the Indian Home Ministry recently, officials of the security agencies were informed that Canada
Yahoo India has told a Delhi Court that the complaint lodged against it along with those against 21 other social networking sites for allegedly hosting objectionable contents on their websites was "motivated" and it is not liable to be dubbed as a "social evils" like others. The internet giant sought removing its name as a party from the lawsuit contending tha
Hackers on Monday attempted to break into different websites of Andhra Pradesh Government departments even as a security audit was being conducted at the State Data Centre maintained by Wipro here. "Hackers from Jakarta (Indonesia), Algeria and Turkey made repeated attempts to break into the government websites at different times in the forenoon but they were not successful,
The Department of Telecom has chalked out a timetable for implementation of new telecom policy -- NTP2011 -- according to which it would be cleared by the end of April this year. The draft Cabinet note of new telecom policy, which is envisaged to bring in transparency and clarity in the telecom sector, is expected to be circulated to concerned Ministries by tomorrow, to which the
India plans to develop new-generation Electronic Warfare (EW) systems to be fitted on Unmanned Aerial Vehicles, aircraft and satellites that would help it see "deep inside enemy territories", a key defence research and development official said here today. Chief Controller, Research and Development (Electronics and Computer Sciences), Defence Research and Development Or
Initiatives of Kerala Chief Minister Oommen Chandy to make governance transparent through innovative steps like live webcasting of his office functioning has been appreciated by the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP). In a communication to Chandy`s office, Practice Director of UNDP`s Democratic Governance Group,Geraldine J Fraser-Moleketi said she planned to visit his of
`Aakash`, the world`s cheapest tablet, will be fully indigenous soon and its improved version will be launched by the government at the same price. Telecom and HRD Minister Kapil Sibal said Datawind -- the manufacturer of the product -- will not be associated with it anymore and the Government has roped in C-DAC and ITI in further development of the tablet computer.
Taking to social media like Twitter and Facebook in a big way, the Information and Broadcasting ministry on Saturday posted minute-by-minute accounts of a seminar on Community Radio on five websites simultaneously. As the Information and Broadcasting Minister Ambika Soni spoke to the gathering, a tweet flashed on microblogging site Twitter - "Radio is MoIB`s flagship program
A group of cyber experts stunned a conference when they showed the vulnerability of GSM mobile networks which can be easily exploited by hackers enabling them to impersonate a user`s identity and make calls from his account without a clue to the consumer. The ethical group -- matrix shell -- gave a demonstration of the hacker`s technique on a live network of a leading mobile serv
Google has allegedly violated users` privacy on Apple`s Safari Web browser, adding to mounting criticism from consumer groups over how the internet search giant tracks people online. Using its DoubleClick ad network, Google has been dodging a privacy setting in Safari, the primary Web browser on the iPhone and iPad, a report by Stanford University`s Security Lab and the Centre fo
Telecom tribunal TDSAT has allowed state-owned BSNL to be a party to the ongoing dispute between private operators and the Department of Telecom (DoT) over the 3G roaming pact. BSNL has said that it is an affected party, on the side of DoT, in the case pertaining to the 3G roaming pacts signed by private operators - Airtel, Vodafone, Idea, Aircel and Tata Teleservices.
Technology has come in way of lodging online complaints on CVC portal due to a faulty design. The scroll bar on the complaint filing page on the portal (https://portal.cvc.gov.in/portal/index.jsp) is non functional and hence an individual is unable to file an online complaint. The design is faulty to the extent that an individual can neither scroll down on the complaint sub
With the two latest pilot projects running in Mysore and Hyderabad, there are more projects that are in the offing from the unique identification authority of India (UIDAI) till the authority is under the process to review the enrollment of 20 crore residents in the country. “We certainly have more pilots that are going to be made official soon but we can’t talk abou
