After four years of the merger of Indian Airlines with Air India, the national carrier -- Air India -- will have single code -- AI code from February for all its domestic and international flights. Presently, Air India was operating its flights with two seperate codes -- IC coded flights on domestic sector and AI coded on international sector -- causing inconvience to the passeng
The Cyber wing of Kerala police has cautioned people against the bogus SMSs to their phones claiming that they have won huge sum through mobile lottery draws. People should ignore such SMS and otherwise they would lose money, the department said here today in a release. Fake SMSs ask mobile customers to send a particular amount to a bank account mentioned in the me
BlackBerry maker Research In Motion (RIM) today said providing solution to access its enterprise mail service is "not possible" and asserted that the issue was not unique to them and has to be dealt at an industry level. "There is no possibility of us providing any kind of a solution. There is no solution, there are no keys to be handed...It`s not possible to do so
British police say they have arrested five people in connection with recent cyber attacks conducted by an Internet hacking group that has backed WikiLeaks. Police say the five males, aged from 15 to 26, were arrested today at their homes across the UK for their alleged involvement in hacking several company websites. Police say the cyber attacks were carried out by
Policemen in Delhi denying anyone a copy of First Information Reports (FIRs) will be a thing of the past. From February one, people can download new FIRs registered in the capital from Delhi Police`s official website -- www.delhipolice.nic.in. An accused can get a copy from the police station by paying Rs 25. The move comes following a direction by the Delhi High C
Russia called on NATO today to launch an investigation into the computer worm that targeted a Russian-built Iranian nuclear power plant, saying the incident could have triggered a new Chernobyl. Russia`s envoy to NATO, Dmitry Rogozin, said the Stuxnet virus caused centrifuges producing enriched uranium at the Bushehr plant to spin out of control, which could have sparked a new &q
Before charting out the statistical map of more than a billion people, Census 2011 has reached out to the nation`s young citizens to spread the word through new efforts ranging from specially designed kits for students to logging on to social networking sites. With the first or preparatory phase of the 15th Census over, the second phase, which will reveal information about the na
Authorities yesterday jammed mobile phone and wireless Internet services in Kashmir valley for four hours as a precautionary measure to ensure smooth Republic Day celebrations. The communication services were suspended to all mobile connections as a practice to ensure that militants do not use these gadgets to trigger-off explosives, officials said. Militants had t
A website that monitors Internet traffic was receiving reports today that Facebook was inaccessible in Egypt, a day after Twitter was blocked amid anti-government unrest. A Facebook spokesman, asked about the status of the social network in Egypt, referred AFP to Herdict.org, a project of the Berkman Center for Internet & Society at Harvard University. The Herd
The world`s largest collection of Holocaust documents is going digital. Israel`s Holocaust memorial, Yad Vashem, is teaming up with Google to make its photographs and documents interactive and searchable on the Internet. The first 130,000 photos hit the web today. Although much of Yad Vashem`s archive was already available through its formidable website, the new pr
Web portal Yahoo! India and the International Cricket Council (ICC) today launched the official website for the 2011 World Cup Cricket tournament, which begins in the Indian subcontinent next month. The official website for the ICC World Cup 2011, `iccevents.yahoo.com`, will offer live match updates and analysis and users can also buy match tickets and other ICC merchandise throu
Social networking site Facebook has banned an online group for allegedly maligning the image of Mahatma Gandhi, an IPS officer, who lodged an FIR against the site, claimed today. The group "I hate Gandhi" has now been banned by the social networking site, according to Amitabh Thakur who had yesterday lodged an FIR against the company alleging it was portraying Gandhi in
In view of the ban on sending SMSes using pre-paid mobile connections in Jammu and Kashmir, the government has asked service providers to register subscribers` request through voice calls to 1900 instead. As per the Mobile Number Portability (MNP) guidelines, any subscriber that wishes to change their service providers can send an SMS to 1900 for the purpose of generation of an U
The government has collected nearly Rs 216 crore in penalties from new telecom service providers for not rolling out their networks within the stipulated timeframe after getting licence and spectrum. "We have received Rs 215.6 crore as liquidated damages from the new service providers for missing out roll-out obligations out of total Rs 342.6 crore demand till January 21,&qu
With the process of framing the New Telecom Policy 2011 underway, India`s largest private telecom firm Bharti airtel today expressed hope this would put an end to frequent shifts in the regulatory regime, as it hurts the sustainability of the sector. "What we want is that the shifts in regulatory regimes, which keep on happening during short-term, are avoided and that`s what
When European debt and sovereign crisis is giving anxious moments to multi-national CEOs, India`s HCL Technologies is bullish on the continental Europe, aiming to get one-third of its revenue from the region. "The Europeans are finding that their costs structures are not competitive...this is first-time that the Europeans are opening to outsourcing," Vice-Chairman and C
Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg`s fan page on Facebook was hacked, the second high-profile breach on the site in recent days, prompting the social networking site to post blog entry titled `A Continued Commitment to Security`. Zuckerberg`s page was hacked on Tuesday. The message that appeared on Zuckerberg`s page under his name read: "Let the hacking begin: I
Google Inc is all set to go on a hiring spree this year with the company planning to add more than 6000 people around the globe in one of the "biggest" workforce expansions in company history. In a blog post today, Senior Vice President of Engineering and Research Alan Eustace said Google was "looking for top talent?across the board and around the globe."
US President Barack Obama has called for a new rail and digital revolution in his country. "Within 25 years, our goal is to give 80 per cent of Americans access to high-speed rail, which could allow you go places in half the time it takes to travel by car," Obama said in his State of the Union Address. "For some trips, it will be faster than flying -
To prevent officials from misusing their official cars, all government vehicles in a Chinese province will be equipped with Global Positioning System (GPS) devices from next month. Over 31,000 vehicles being used by officials of the ruling Communist Party of China and government in Guangdong provincial capital are now required to be equipped with GPS devices, Su Zhijia, deputy Pa
