Internet giant Yahoo Inc is hoping to strike a deal to sell a minority stake to a private-equity firm by year`s end, says a media report. Offers for a roughly 20 per cent stake in Yahoo have come from at least three bidders, including private-equity firm TPG Capital and a group consisting of Silver Lake Partners, Microsoft Corp and others, the Wall Street Journal reported, citing
The Indian High Commission on Wednesday said it has launched a probe into reported "intrusion" of "certain unscrupulous elements and visa agents" in its online visa application system with an intend to manipulate the service. "It has come to the notice of the High Commission of India, Dhaka that certain unscrupulous elements and visa agents have been tryi
Bhrati Airtel, India`s leading telecommunications company, now has 50 million mobile customer in Africa just 17 months after making a foray into the continent still fledgling in cellphone usage. The company, that already operates in 19 countries across Asia and Africa, celebrated this significant milestone yesterday when the 50 millionth customer in Africa got itself registered w
More than 41,000 telecom subscribers filed complaints against various service providers with the Department of Telecom and sectoral regulator Trai over poor network and other service grievances in the first half of the 2011-12 fiscal, Parliament was informed on Wednesday. "From April 1 to September 30 this year, 1,418 service-related complaints, which include complaints rela
A former reporter at Britain`s News of the World made a rare, robust defence of phone hacking on Tuesday, telling Britain`s media ethics inquiry that eavesdropping on voicemails was a "perfectly acceptable tool" to help journalists uncover stories. Paul McMullan said hacking was common at the now-defunct tabloid, describing how reporters traded the phone numbers of cele
Scientists claim to have designed a network proxy which can cut the power consumption of 3G smart phones up to 74 per cent. A team at Aalto University in Finland says its device enhances performance and significantly reduces power usage by serving as a middleman for mobile devices to connect to the Internet and handling the majority of the data transfer for the smart phone.
Northern Railway has launched a helpline dedicated to all inquiries related to trains affected by fog. Every day, more than 100 trains are affected due to the dense fog condition. "We have dedicated the helpline (23747110) for fog- related inquiries. One can also get information at our website (www.nr.indianrailways.gov.in) about trains affected by fog as we are constantly u
In an extraordinary move, French IT giant Atos, with over 80,000 employees in 42 countries, including India, will soon ban e-mails since 90 per cent of them are a waste of time. Atos believes that too many of them waste hours dealing with irrelevant e-mails, so wants them phased out within 18 months. Instead the company want people to spend more time talking to each other - eithe
On a day Anna Hazare threatened another hunger strike, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and Congress president Sonia Gandhi on Tuesday asserted that the government is committed to a strong Lokpal and other laws to eradicate corruption. "The Right to Information is helping in bringing in transparency in the work of the government. We want to do more. In the coming days we will e
Private bidders for government business will be subject to penalties and imprisonment if they are found guilty of corruption, collusion and anti-competitive behaviour, according to the draft public procurement bill. In suggestions which will have far reaching impact on the projects like airports, ports and electricity, the bill provides for a separate set of rules for public private partnership
The expert committee on information technology (IT) headed by Sam Pitroda is likely to submit its report by the middle of January. "The expert committee under Sam Pitroda is likely to submit its report to the government by middle of January," Basudeb Banerjee, state principal IT secretary told agencies. He said that the blueprint of the state`s IT policy would be based on the
Goose, a city-based business re-engineering software product and solutions provider, on Tuesday said it has won three customers in pharma sector for the implementation of its `Tracker` solution. The B2B track and trace solution Tracker is aimed at helping pharma companies detect counterfeit drugs and protect their brand reputation, the company said. Strides Arcolab, Macleods Phar
A computer programming language cannot be protected by copyright, the adviser to the EU`s top court said on Tuesday in an opinion that could affect the competitive IT industry. Advocate general Yves Bot argued that programming languages -- different digital vocabularies such as HTML and Java used to make a computer perform certain tasks -- should be compared to the language used by a novelist.
Enterprise data services company Tulip Telecom on Wednesday said it has bagged four large network and data centre orders in the public and private sector worth nearly Rs 200 crore. Tulip secured a three-year order worth Rs 48.88 crore from the Rajasthan government under the central government-funded Rajasthan State Crime and Criminal Tracking Network and Systems (CCTNS) project,
The country`s umbrella body for retail payments, National Payments Corporation of India (NPCI), on Friday said global banking major HSBC has joined the National Financial Switch (NFS) operated by it. By joining the NFS, HSBC`s customers will be able to access a network of over 85,000 automated teller machines (ATMs), NPCI said in a statement. HSBC has 46 branches a
Jammu and Kashmir government on Tuesday said the Chief Minister`s grievances redressal cell has disposed of 12,850 out of a total of 13,870 cases. Describing it as a notable achievement, Chief Minister Omar Abdullah`s Advisor Mubarak Gul said the cases were related to both individual and community problems. To broad base and strengthen the public grievances mechanism in Jammu and
Claims under insurance policies sold online would be settled in the same way as policies sold using conventional method, Parliament was informed on Tuesday. In a written reply to the Rajya Sabha, Minister of State for Finance Namo Narain Meena said as per the information from the Insurance Regulatory and Development Authority (IRDA), some insurance companies resort to sale
Google`s free online mapping service began helping people navigate inside airports, transit centers, and major shops in the United States and Japan. The latest version of Google Maps for smartphones powered by Android software began providing detailed floorplans marked with blue dots showing where users are to within several meters. "Google Maps for Android enables
Rhinos in the Dudhwa Tiger Reserve will soon get a unique identity number, a step which will help wildlife officials track their movement. The rhinos will be "digitally-signed" under the Identity-based Rhino Monitoring Programme (IRMP). "The ID-based monitoring programme will help keep a close watch on every individual rhino in the reserve besides studying their be
The Election Commission of India plans to use the social media for spreading the message of higher participation of voters in elections and ethical voting practices. Highlighting the strength and spread of the social media, Chief Election Commissioner S Y Quraishi said "the Election Commission cannot overlook its outreach." Inaugurating a day-long workshop on the social
