Buoyed by the encouraging performance in India over the last few years, global security solutions provider, Symantec Corporation, plans to focus on expanding its base through strategic acquisitions, a top company official said. "India is an important destination for us. We are looking at acquisitions all the time and we will certainly want to acquire as many companies. We wi
Software industry body Nasscom today said that it would seek modifications to UK`s norms prescribed for overseas software professionals. Welcoming the policy which has not kept a cap for intra-company employee transfers, Nasscom president Som Mittal said, "We will be making representations in some areas that are in the policy that would affect Indians going to the UK ..This
A Pakistani court today rejected a petition seeking a ban on WikiLeaks for releasing thousands of secret US diplomatic cables, with the judge saying the people must know the facts. Justice Azmat Saeed of the Lahore High Court rejected the petition that was filed yesterday by lawyer Arif Gondal and said the people should not be kept in dark about such matters in the 21st century.
Two powerful Senators today asked the Obama Administration to prosecute WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange on espionage charges after the whistleblower site leaked thousands of classified US documents. Senators Dianne Feinstein, chairman of the Senate Intelligence Committee, and Christopher Bond, vice chairman of the committee, in a joint letter asked Attorney General Eric Holder t
WikiLeaks` American domain name system provider, EveryDNS, has withdrawn service to the wikileaks.org name after the secret-spilling website once again became the target of hack attacks. EveryDNS said in a statement that it dropped the website late yesterday because the attacks threatened the rest of its network. "Wikileaks.org has become the target of multipl
BSNL took the fight for market share in the cramped Indian telecom sector to its private sector competitors in September, adding more new subscribers to its network than both Airtel and Vodafone during the month. BSNL added 2.28 million new users during the month, according to the latest data released by telecom regulator Trai. BSNL was closely followed by new entr
The three-day nation-wide strike by BSNL employees was withdrawn on the second day after talks were held between agitating Joint Action Committee leaders and the management in New Delhi late tonight. JAC West Bengal Convenor Animesh Mitra told PTI that the strike was called off following talks between the committee leaders and DOT Secretary, BSNL CMD which addressed among others,
A US company whose software was being used by WikiLeaks to create and display charts of its cache of secret US diplomatic cables has said that it had pulled the plug on the whistle-blower website. Tableau Software yesterday said it cut WikiLeaks off on Wednesday, the same day that Amazon booted the website from its servers, in response to a public request from Senator Joe Lieberm
The biggest challenge facing the BPO industry today is addressing the data security and privacy governance of their clients, but most Indian companies have already embraced the processes required to deliver secure outsourcing services, according to a survey. KPMG and the Data Security Council of India (DSCI) jointly surveyed 50 organisations in association with CERT-In to assess
The India-Brazil-South Africa (IBSA) web portal on public administration was launched here today under IBSA Cooperation Programme in the field of public administration and governance. The web portal, launched by by Administrative Reforms and Public Grievances Secretary R C Misra, is a virtual centre of excellence in public administration and a wide-ranging web based resource and
The distribution process of Unique Identity Aadhar cards in the district would commence from December, East Godavari Collector M Ravichandra said. In a meeting with the officials, tehsildars, MROs and others, he said all arrangements have been completed for the distribution of the cards. About 600 stations have been set up for distribution of cards in the district.
Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee today launched the new website of the Department of Disinvestment. "I am happy to launch the disinvestment department website. The new website is user friendly and makes available information in a more organised and systematic fashion," Mukherjee said after inaugurating the new site. The website would include information
Principal Scientific Advisor to Government of India Dr R Chidambaram today said that work on building the National Knowledge Network (NKN) will be completed in two to three years. With this Rs 6,000-crore ambitious project, 1500 organisations linked with knowledge and researches will be inter-connected with high-tech internet facility, he said. "Work of buildi
The US government, apparently aided by freelance computer hackers, chased WikiLeaks from an American commercial computer network and temporarily stopped the leak of embarrassing diplomatic documents. But within hours, the website was back online, publishing from a fortified bunker in Sweden. The virtual chase yesterday was mirrored by a real-life pursuit as European authorities h
`Facebook` or `Twitter` may have helped unite many people across the globe, but a survey has revealed that one in five divorces in the US now involve the popular social networking sites. According to the survey by the American Academy of Matrimonial Lawyers, a staggering 80 per cent of divorce lawyers have also reported a spike in the number of cases that use social media for evi
European Union regulators will investigate whether Google Inc has abused its dominant position in the online search market _ the first major probe into the online giant`s business practices. The move announced today follows complaints from rival search engines that Google put them at a disadvantage in both its regular and sponsored search results, by listing links to their sites
A global study by software major Microsoft has revealed that 86 per cent of Indian customers purchase genuine software even if it costs more. The survey was conducted on over 38,000 people in 20 countries, a company press release said today. Data loss and ID theft were among the top concerns of the Indian consumers, who expressed their resounding support for govern
In the backdrop of allegations that it was understating figures on dengue and chikungunya cases in Delhi, the MCD is now planning to introduce the facility of online reporting of such cases for all private and government hospitals in the city. "The expert committee of the Municipal Corporation of Delhi`s (MCD) health department is contemplating developing a facility whereby
Keen to introduce biometric attendance to check absenteeism among municipal teachers, the MCD has formed a panel to look into the modalities of implementing such a system. The eight-member committee, to be headed by Additional Commissioner (Education) P S Tomar, will submit its report in six weeks, officials said. The decision to form the panel was taken at a meeting of the MCD E
The government today defended in the Supreme Court the new telecom licensees`s decision to sell their equity to foreign firms after getting allotment of the 2G spectrum on the ground that there was no violation of conditions. "No sale of promoter`s equity has been taken place. This was only (infusion) of an additional capital through FDI. It does not amount to divesting of p
