Wipro Technologies, the consulting and system integration arm of Wipro, today said it has launched a Testing-as-a-Service (TaaS) portal. TaaS is a model of software testing, where a provider undertakes software testing for customers as a service on demand. Through the portal, potential customers would be able to browse, request for quotes and purchase services onli
The government today said S R Rao has been appointed as Additional Secretary in the Department of Telecommunications (DoT). Rao was earlier serving as the Additional Secretary in the Department of Information Technology (DIT). "The Appointments Committee of the Cabinet (ACC) has approved the appointment of S R Rao as Additional Secretary, DoT, vice Subodh Kuma
The scale of Egypt`s crackdown on the Internet and mobile phones amid deadly protests against the rule of President Hosni Mubarak is unprecedented in the history of the web, experts said. US President Barack Obama, social networking sites and rights groups around the world all condemned the moves by Egyptian authorities to stop activists using cellphones and cybertechnology to or
The government today said it will "insist" that Canadian-manufacturer of Blackberry provides solution to interception of Enterprise Mail, deadline for which ends today. Noting that a decision would be taken soon on whether to allow the BlackBerry Enterprise Mail or not, Home Minister P Chidambaram said he expected that Research-in-Motion (RIM), manufacturer of the smart
Egypt`s last working Internet service provider, the Noor Group, has went down, a US Web monitoring company said, leaving the crisis-torn country completely offline. Renesys, a New Hampshire-based firm that monitors Internet routing data in real time, said the Noor network "started disappearing from the Internet" around 2046 GMT. "They are completely
Harnessing the potential of internet, an Indian American family has embarked on an ambitious project of connecting classrooms across the world to bring in virtual real time interaction among school students. The aim of the Washington-based international initiative is to help students learn not only about culture of other countries, but also find solutions to complex math equation
Goa Governor S S Sidhu today said efforts were being made to reduce the pendency of court cases through measures such as evening courts. Addressing the legislative assembly today, the Governor said that South Goa district had pendency of around 10,104 civil and criminal cases in various courts. "To eradicate pendency of civil and criminal cases, south Goa dist
To help students overcome exam-related stress, CBSE will begin the pre-exam counselling process from tomorrow for the next two and half months. This year, 49 principals and trained counsellors from CBSE-affiliated government and private schools besides a few psychologists will participate in tele-counseling and address exam-related psychological problems of the students, said a C
Geared up to meet the commitment in the 100 days agenda set by Telecom Minister Kapil Sibal, the Department of telecommunications is almost ready with the draft of the new National Telecom Policy and expects to send the same for Cabinet approval in the first week of February. On Saturday, in a major shift from the old telecom policy, Sibal had announced that henceforth, all opera
The one-man panel that went into the procedures for giving 2G spectrum between 2001 and 2009 is understood to have named former Telecom Minister A Raja and some officials close to him as being responsible for lapses in allocation of licences. Retired Justice Shivraj Patil, who was appointed in November last year by Telecom Minister Kapil Sibal in the wake of CAG report that had f
The government today said it is looking into problems faced by mobile phone users in changing service provider under the Mobile Number Portability service. "Term cells have been asked to look into all the complaints and ensure that all the companies comply with the MNP. They will look into it and take the necessary actions," DoT secretary R Chandrasekhar told reporters
Global chip-maker AMD today announced the launch of a new chipset that offers higher computing speed and better graphics quality than its predecessors. The new `Fusion` processors incorporate a graphics card (GPU) and microprocessor (CPU) on a single chip, allowing computer-makers to develop new form factors for devices. "AMD Fusion will eliminate the need for
The Central Information Commission will retain only digital version of case files in which decision has been taken more than six months ago provided no further appeal in higher court or action is pending in them. The decision to weed out papers in such matters was taken at a recent meeting of the transparency panel where need was felt to draw a retention schedule of the documents
Popular social networking medium -Facebook is soon launching a third-party commenting system, that will power the comments on large online publications. This new technology could see Facebook as the engine behind the comments system on many high-profile blogs and other digital publications. The company is actively seeking major media companies and blogs to partner
The state-of-the-art Infosys campus in Pune will now be provided security by a special commando-trained unit of more than 130 CISF personnel to thwart any possible terror attack or sabotage. The software giant`s Pune facility is its third campus to have been brought under the cover of the Central Industrial Security Force (CISF) after the Bangalore and Mysore premises.
Handset maker Motorola Mobility India today announced the launch of its Android-based 3G smartphone `Defy` priced at Rs 18,990. "With all the features consumers expect in a smartphone, Defy packs advanced web browsing, entertainment and messaging capabilities as well as a design that withstands the challenges of everyday life," Motorola Mobility India Country Head Faisa
IT hardware firm HCL Infosystems today said it has bagged Rs 250-crore order from the public sector telephone service provider Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited (BSNL). The IT company will be responsible for deploying a modern facility for printing and managing BSNL customer bills and make the entire capital investment to upgrade the existing systems for higher efficiency, HCL Infosys
Central bank RBI is looking to clear its offices from the heavy paper-load and digitise all the documents lying in its various offices. The move could be a humongous exercise as RBI is looking at digitisation of approximately 30 lakh paper documents and it might take more than a year to complete the task. However, once complete, the exercise could help the RBI to a
The Punjab government today said it targets to put entire land records in the state on website and complete record digitisation by March-end. "We have targeted to complete computerisation of land records and put the record online by March 31," Punjab Revenue Secretary Anurag Verma said here. The Punjab government has roped in Microsoft as the technology p
S Ramadorai, former chief of IT giant firm TCS, has been appointed as an Advisor to Prime Minister on Skill Development, a move seen as part of the government`s efforts to rope in private sector professionals to assist on policy matters. Ramadorai retired as CEO of the country`s largest software firm TCS in late 2009 and is currently on board of many private sector firms, includi
