The Election Commission will soon have its Facebook account joining other government departments like the Ministry of External Affairs in using social networking sites to reach out to people. "It is a very good idea. We can have an Election Commission Facebook account. We are creating one. We need to reach out to people. We will develop that," Chief Election Commissione
Whistleblower website WikiLeaks has been losing some half a million euros a week since it began publishing confidential US cables, the founder of the site Julian Assange said in an interview appearing today. When asked about the pressure put on him over the website`s move, Assange told Swiss newspapers Tribune de Geneve and 24 Heures: "From a personal point of view, no. I wo
With increased access to education content over the web, HRD Minister Kapil Sibal today focused on the emergence of `meta-university`. "The emerging meta-university, built on the power and ubiquity of the web and launched by the open courseware movement, will give teachers and learners everywhere the ability to access and share teaching materials". Meta-u
The second phase of Census will start from March nine all over the country, Registrar General and Census Commissioner of India (RGCCI) Dr C Chandramouli said today. About 30,000 employees of Jammu and Kashmir are being trained to conduct the second phase of the Census in the state, he said. The Census Commissioner said that during the second phase national populati
In a major step to strengthen IT learning in schools in Kerala, the state government has launched a scheme to distribute laptops and netbooks to 50,000 teachers at a fair price under the IT@School Project. Under the plan, computers would be distributed at the rate which is as less as one third of the market prices. The teachers could purchase laptops at a price of
For their ability to reach out to people who cannot read and for those who want to multitask in modern day busy lifestyle, audiobooks in India are slowly getting popular, though the industry is still in its infancy. Audiobooks have been popular among children but now famous books and novels are being converted into this format for adults too. "Audiobooks are m
Patni Computer buy will propel iGate into a billio-dollar group of Indian IT companies as the combined entity will a revenue of about USD 941 million. Patni reported revenues of USD 689 million for the 12 months ended September 30, 2010, while the US-based iGate`s revenues stood at USD 252 million during the same period, taking the combined revenues to USD 941 million.
A vedic astrology website developed with assistance from Uttarakhand astrologers was launched by a US based company here today. "We are hopeful that astrologers from all over India will be able to utilise the benefits of our website," ZoTally Inc`s chairman Naresh Belwal told reporters. Apart from accessing various astrology services, the website named ww
In a first of its kind, a dating website for those "larger than life" has come up in Britain -- but it`s a strict no-no for slim people. Nearly 1,000 flocked to the self-confessed site for "large folk" -- FunPie.co.uk -- in the first 12 hours of its opening, though slim people "need not apply", British tabloid `The Sun` reported. The s
Smartphone maker BlackBerry today said it would start filtering web services in Indonesia after the government threatened curbs on the company if it failed to block access to pornographic sites. Research in Motion (RIM) said in a statement that it had been in talks with its partners and the government on the matter and "continues to make it a top priority to implement satisf
Britain`s military chief says he wants to set up a UK version of America`s Cyber Command, the Pentagon`s newly formed cyberwarfare division. Gen David Richards was quoted in the Sunday Times as saying that cyberattacks were going to be a part of future warfare "just as tanks and aircraft are today," and that he wanted Britain to work on its offensive capabilities.
Global entity IDC and diversified group Cyber Media (CM) today said they will pursue their own IT research business plans from March this year, bringing an end to a 23-year partnership. "Effective February 28, 2011, the two companies will move forward on their individual paths after a long-lasting, mutually beneficial partnership. CyberMedia will explore diversification of i
A Chinese school was shocked to find its website hacked and filled with porno pictures, days after the institution declined to buy advertising services of a country`s leading search engine Baidu.com. Porno pictures popped up when students High School in Feidong County clicked on their school`s website prompting the school officials to lodge a police complaint. The
US officials have issued a subpoena to demand details about WikiLeaks` Twitter account, the group announced today, adding that it suspected other American Internet companies were also being ordered to hand over information about its activities. In a statement, WikiLeaks said U S investigators had gone to the San Francisco-based Twitter Inc to demand the private messages, contact
Implementation of core banking solutions (CBS) in post offices on pilot basis has been planned in 2011-12, Union Minister of State for Information Technology and Communications Sachin Pilot has said. "Department of Posts is considering introduction of anywhere, anytime, any branch banking through Core Banking Solutions (CBS) for small saving schemes of post offices in 2011-1
A website eulogising the assassin of Punjab Governor Salmaan Taseer, set up by unknown persons, was registered using a fake address in India, Pakistani civil society activists said today. A day after Elite Force policeman Mumtaz Qadri gunned down the outspoken Governor on January 4 for criticising the controversial blasphemy law, the website mumtazqadri.com appeared on the Intern
Google Earth does not violate any national security as it uses images that are only in public domain, a top official of Google Inc said today. "We use the images that are in the public domain and we do not use any secret images," Chief Technology Advocate of Google, Michael Jones, said at a public lecture during the two-day Technology Festival (Techfest-2011) at the Ind
City-based Maharashtra University of Health Sciences (MUHS) has launched its own website on Ayurveda research database. The website `www.ayurvedresearch.in` was inaugurated by MUHS Vice-Chancellor Dr Arun Jamkar yesterday. MUHS has entrusted Pune-based organisation PDEA to develop the website and MUHS has sanctioned a grant of Rs one lakh for the purpose, Jamkar sa
The tedious wait in long queues at employment exchanges will be a thing of past soon as the Harayana government has introduced an online registration to cater to such people. All the services of the department, such as registration of job seekers and employers looking to fill vacancies, vocational or career guidance, disbursement of unemployment allowance and employment market in
Department of Post is seeking to computerise all the 1.55 lakh post offices in the country by the end of 2012, said Union Minister of State for Communications and Information Technology Sachin Pilot today. Pilot was talking to reporters after launching 3G services in seven cities of Gujarat through video conferencing here. He said that of 1,55,015 post offices in t
