Mobile subscribers looking for respite from unsolicited calls may have to wait for some more time as operators are facing technical difficulties in implementing system mandated by TRAI to check pesky calls. With telemarketers mandated to use `700` series number, the originating operator now has to verify that the dialled number is not a part of the `Do Not Call Registry` (filteri
Scientists and technocrats have laid emphasise on the need to modify ethical guidelines relating to `responsibility, safety and risk` in the fields like computers and communication in tune with the fast-changing scenario. "With the rapid pace of advancement in hardware and software, making things obsolete every 3-4 years, it becomes a sin to sell or donate old computers to a
Struggling hard to find information on the Delhi Metro network, its train timings and major tourist attractions in the capital? Don`t worry. Now, such data will be available at the click of a button at select metro stations. Delhi Metro is installing interactive digital pods at 28 metro stations to provide detailed information to its commuters about the network, st
Aimed at speeding up its probe into the alleged corruption in Commonwealth Games (CWG) projects, the Central Vigilance Commission has directed government offices concerned to upload details of their works for the mega sporting event on its website. Sources said directions in this regard have been issued to the CWG Organising Committee, MCD, NDMC, DDA, PWD and Central Public
Information Technology (IT) companies and BPOs are witnessing large-scale attrition of talented employees, making retention of critical manpower resources a key challenge going forward, according to an industry expert. Fidelity National Financial India Country Head Sameer Dhanarajani says IT companies and BPOs are witnessing a major talent crunch. "The macro e
State-run Indian Oil Corporation (IOC) has won its legal battle over ownership rights to the Internet domain name , which was misappropriated by a US-based businessman. IOC was granted the exclusive right to the domain name by the World Intellectual Property Organisation`s (WIPO) Arbitration and Mediation Panel. The WIPO disallowed the claim of Nitin Jindal -- the owner of web se
In order to stay safe and protect users from getting hacked, the popular social networking site Facebook is rolling out a new set of security features. Facebook, with over 500-million members, has added the ability for users to login and surf the site using a more secure encrypted connection, known as HTTPS. The encryption is the same used on shopping and banking w
Credit card usage over phone will need an additional security layer from tomorrow, as the RBI has made it mandatory for customers to get a single-use password from their banks for every such transactions. Banks are required to comply with the new guidelines with effect from February 1, after which the customers would be declined any telephonic transaction for their credit cards w
Aung San Suu Kyi`s opposition group in Myanmar has launched its own website, with the democracy icon hailing the medium as a means to speed up the fight for political change. "A good communication system is essential to our endeavour to set up a people`s network for democracy that will span the whole world," Suu Kyi wrote in her greeting on the site, dated yesterday.
For parents worried about their son`s overspeeding ways or the wayward behaviour of a driver, a low-cost Internet-based GPS vehicle tracking system is expected to be just the solution. Developed by a Qatari IT service provider, the T-Qat vehicle tracking system is being touted as the only monitoring system which has a web server developed in Qatar and has an Internet-based Global
WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange has warned of releasing "encrypted keys" containing large amount of secret information, if the whistleblower website is permanently shut down. Assange, was speaking to CBS News`s "60 Minutes" at a country house in England where he is under house arrest waiting for an extradition hearing, which will determine whether he is sent
Google Inc plans to hire dozens of software developers to create applications for smartphones and other mobile devices, a new strategy aimed partly at helping internet search titan counter Apple Inc in one of high tech`s hottest sectors. Attributing to people familiar with the matter, The Wall Street Journal reported that Google plans to hire dozens of software developers to crea
Installation of over 50 cameras of 5-km range on rooftops of multi-storeyed buildings to curb crimes and unauthorised constructions is being planned by the Information Technology Department of Delhi government which today also got a nod to finalise an IT Act for the city. Delhi Chief Minister Sheila Dikshit gave green signal to a proposal relating to finalisation of IT Act of Del
The Andhra Pradesh government will soon enter into agreements with governments of Mauritius, Poland and Israel for transfer of technology related to e-governance. Disclosing this at an interaction session with heads of Information Technology companies here today, state IT Minister Ponnala Lakshmaiah said Andhra Pradesh had been a pioneer in launching various e-governance initiati
India`s Planning Commission is not in favour of allowing telecom operators to float banking companies as it could lead to financial problems. "We actually have a different view...we are not in favour of (telecom companies becoming financial companies)," Planning Commission Deputy Chairman Montek Singh Ahluwalia said at a CII function in the annual WEF meet here.
Telecom tribunal TDSAT today asked new operators Sistema Shyam TeleServices Limited (SSTL) and Videocon Teleservices to pay 60 per cent of the penalty within two weeks, imposed on them by the Department of Telecom for failing to meet their roll-out obligations. TDSAT Chairman Justice S B Sinha asked SSTL, a joint venture between Sistema of Russia and Shyam Group of India, to pay
The Scotland Yard today said it would leave "no stone unturned" in the investigation into allegations of phone hacking against a leading tabloid, the News of the World. Acting Commissioner Tim Godwin today said: "It will be very robust and it will be under scrutiny as it should be. It will restore confidence in victims who feel they have not been given a service. I
Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister N Kiran Kumar Reddy will launch the Aadhar-based smart cards in Maheswaram mandal near here tomorrow, the first revenue division in the country to use the biometric authentication cards. "Tomorrow, Chief Minister N Kiran Kumar Reddy will launch the smart card based on Aadhar. It is for the first time in the country that any revenue division has
The Space Application Centre, (SAC) part of the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO), here today launched new version of its indigenous software IGIS for analysis of GIS and image processing data. The version 1.1 of IGIS (integrated GIS and image processing software) was launched by director of SAC, Dr R R Navalgund at a function here. "IGIS is a software
Bamera Male is bold, huge and handsome while Chorbehra is beautiful but cannot run due to an injured limb. These are not characteristics of some youngsters but that of tigers lodged in the Bandhavgarh National Park in Umaria district. The traits of the tigers in the park have been uploaded on the website www.landofthewild.com, which has been created by Sachin Rai,
