Canada-based smartphone maker Research In Motion will provide free aptitude test application on its BlackBerry phones for students in India in partnership with content providers Ipomo and mobile operator Vodafone. "We are looking at the way a student can utilise his time for productive work on mobile phones. Hence, we have decided to give students Aptitude Competition for Ex
Defending the then NDA cabinet`s decision on spectrum allocation, BJP on Saturday termed CBI`s move to register cases against officials on alleged irregularities in the 2G scam as a "political conspiracy" and a "last ditch attempt" to save Home Minister P Chidambaram in the case. BJP spokesperson and MP Prakash Javadekar said the CBI is being used as a tool by
The telecom tribunal TDSAT on Friday directed Vodafone to deposit half of the Rs 50 crore penalty imposed on it by the Telecom Department (DoT) regarding a case of issuing bulk SIM cards without proper verification. In an interim order, the Telecom Disputes Settlement and Appellate Tribunal (TDSAT) asked Vodafone to deposit Rs 25 crore within two weeks observing that company has
Telecom regulator Trai is likely to come out with its final recommendations on blocking lost and stolen mobiles by December to provide relief to people who fear the misuse of stored data and personal information in such events. The initiative is a part of the regulator`s efforts to crack down on the illegal handset market and discourage the rampant theft of handsets, a senior Tra
Users may not be able to use high speed Internet on 3G roaming as the Law Ministry is understood to have supported the Department of Telecom`s (DoT) view that such spectrum sharing agreements among service providers are in violation of licensing norms and conditions. According to an internal note, the Law Ministry has supported the DoT`s legal advisory wing, Wireless Planning and
In a significant step towards e-governance, the the Municipal Corporation of Delhi (MCD) today sanctioned its first building plan applied online. With this, the MCD has become the the first local body in the country to introduce the system of approving building plans online, MCD Commissioner K S Mehra said. Launched on November 1, the online scheme has become opera
Wikipedia website founder Jimmy Wales, who recently visited Mumbai, criticised the Hollywood-backed US legislation Stop Online Piracy Act (SOPA), calling it "the greatest threat to the internet" at the London Cyberspace Conference on Friday. "The greatest threat to the internet is misguided and over-reaching government policy. Communities such as the users of Wikip
Google Inc`s co-founder Sergei Brin and his wife have donated USD 500,000 to Wikimedia Foundation, which runs Wikipedia and its sister sites. Brin and his wife Anne Wojcicki who own Brin Wojcicki Foundation have awarded a USD 500,000 grant to the Wikimedia Foundation, Wikimedia Foundation said in a statement. The move is reportedly aimed at keeping the popular Wiki
A delegation led by Delhi Mayor Rajni Abbi on Saturday met Home Minister P Chidambaram and insisted him not to go ahead with the "erroneous move" of trifurcating the MCD as it would only lead to trouble in delivering timely services to citizens. The delegation claimed the setting up of Directorate of Local Bodies and vesting it with powers such as right to issue any ord
Home Minister P Chidambaram has expressed concern over the data collection process of Unique Identification Authority of India saying there was real chance of inclusion of non-usual residents and creation of false profile in the project which may compromise internal security. In a letter to Planning Commission Deputy Chairman Montek Singh Ahluwalia, Chidambaram said the process o
Security agencies have expressed concern over the biometric data collected by the Unique Identification Authority of India (UIDAI) to provide a unique number of all resident Indians, saying the data collection process is not foolproof against possible misuse. The agencies said since the UIDAI has no provision to verify the claim of any person who enrolls his name and provides pho
Norwegian security officials say the Nordic country has been hit by one of the most extensive data espionage attacks in the country`s history. The Norwegian National Security Authority says industrial secrets from the oil, energy and defence industries have been stolen and disseminated. The agency says at least 10 different attacks over the past year were discovere
The CBI on Thursday handed over a file pertaining to the lock-in period relating to 2G spectrum allocation to Janata Party Chief Subramanian Swamy following a court order. Swamy arrived at the CBI headquarters this afternoon and met CBI officials who handed over the file to him but the agency later clarified the document is "not relevant" to the ongoing 2G scam investig
The Delhi High Court has issued contempt notices against five officials of Vodafone Essar for allegedly violating its order asking the telecom major to restore services of Matrix Cellular, which offers telecom solutions to Indians visiting abroad, for next two months for providing help to post-paid subscribers. "Issue notice to respondents (officials) returnable on November
More than two dozen websites belonging to the government of Syria are being hosted by servers in the United States, Canada and Germany, according to a report by Canadian researchers. The report released on Thursday said the operations raise legal questions because they may violate Canadian and US sanctions against Syria. Syria has used police and military forces for the past eigh
Wipro Technologies on Thursday said it has implemented aircraft parts and material management system for All Nippon Airways (ANA) to strengthen regulatory compliance and optimise its inventory stock. The company did not disclose financial details. Wipro had started its partnership with ANA in 2006. In 2009, ANA embarked on transforming its legacy material managemen
WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange has asked to change his lawyer in Sweden for the second time since he was accused of sex crimes in the Nordic country. Lawyer Bjorn Hurtig said Assange replaced him today with lawyers Per Samuelsson and Thomas Olsson, though he declined to say why. Hurtig last year replaced Assange`s first lawyer. Samuelsson says he has a long track
Stating that the increased usage of e-commerce transactions is leading to an upsurge in frauds, Reserve Bank Deputy Governor H R Khan on Wednesday said there are "loopholes" in the present statutes, which need to be strengthened. "Increase of e-commerce and information technology-enabled transactions has led to quite a few cyber crimes," Khan said while speaki
City-based mobile payment service provider My Mobile Payments has received the RBI go-ahead to launch financial services on mobile phones. `Money on Mobile` an electronic prepaid payment instrument for mobile phone is set to launch its services next month. My Mobile MD Shashank Joshi said, "By December, consumers can load their mobile phones with prepaid cash
Facebook has said that it has stopped most of the spam that has flooded many users` pages with pictures showing graphic sex and violence. The social-networking company urged its 800 million-plus users yesterday to remain vigilant to keep their accounts from being hijacked. That includes reporting suspicious links on friends` pages and not clicking on links that off
