In the wake of the controversy over telecom company Etisalat DB, Janata Party President Subramanian Swamy today asked Prime Minister Manmohan Singh to invoke national security and cancel all the licences in the 2G Spectrum. "I demand from the Prime Minister that now he must forthwith invoke national security, cancel all the licences in the 2G Spectrum matter and re-advertise
Mobile service providers today welcomed telecom regulator TRAI`s new pro-consumer guidelines cracking down on unsolicited telemarketing calls and SMSes, but indicated that keeping to the January 1, 2011, deadline for compliance would be the first challenge. "The TRAI guidelines are in appropriate direction, giving customers a tool in hand to take or not to take a call. But w
World`s leading IT research and advisory firm Gartner has forecast that by 2015 online sabotages will become multi-modal and very damaging and even a G20 nation`s critical infrastructure will be disrupted and damaged by such cyber attacks. "By 2015, a G20 nation`s critical infrastructure will be disrupted and damaged by online sabotage. Online attacks can be multi-modal, in
The global police agency INTERPOL today said it had alerted member states to arrest WikiLeaks` founder Julian Assange on suspicion of rape on the basis of a Swedish arrest warrant. "There is a public `Red Notice` on behalf of Sweden," a spokeswoman told AFP, confirming that INTERPOL had posted Sweden`s request for assistance in tracking down the 39-year-old Australian o
China today blocked access to WikiLeaks, which has released 2.5 lakh secret US documents, with its official media stonewalling publication of the leaked cables highlighting Beijing`s embarrassing predicament over its close ally North Korea and allegations that it directly authorised hacking of Google. Wikileaks.org and cablegate.wikileaks.org were totally blocked and could not be
The mother of Australian-born WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange today expressed fear for her son`s safety, saying the forces he was challenging had become "too big". Christine Assange said her "highly intelligent" and curious son had been raised as a strongly ethical "seeker of truth". But Assange said her son, now subject to a global I
Internet search giant Google is set to launch its much awaited e-book retailing venture--Google Editions--globally in the first quarter of 2011, says a media report. "It (Google Editions) is set to debut in the US by the end of the year and internationally in the first quarter of next year," the Wall Street Journal quoted Google Product Management Director Scott Dougall
Employees of state-owned BSNL yesterday observed strike opposing disinvestment and proposal to cut work force by up to one lakh as recommended by Sam Pitroda panel to revive the PSU. The employees associations have also demanded refund of fees paid for 3G spectrum by BSNL. The strike will continue till December 3, 2010. Though the management claimed
Over 35 Pakistani government websites went on a blink and the authorities blamed a group called "Indian Cyber Army". An official spokesman said the government took action to secure the hacked websites and most of them were restored by the afternoon. Among the sites that were hacked was that of the National Accountability Bureau, Pakistan`s main anti-corru
The Central Information Commission has directed the Municipal Commissioner to place in public domain details of all private public partnership agreements on garbage collection. The case relates to RTI query of a Vasant Kunj resident who claimed that Residents` Welfare Associations have not been taken into confidence before finally implementing PPP system of garbage removal from t
The role of emerging technologies in the modern battlefield would be top on the agenda of a national conference on use of IT in defence, beginning here from December 2. The two-day `National Conference on IT in Defence`, organised by Computer Society of India and Defence Research and Development Organisation, is likely to be participated by 250 delegates representing the three de
The government today said the IT and BPO industry should maintain a database of all employees, including drivers and other contract staff, to ensure the security of workers, especially women travelling at night. The move comes after a BPO employee was abducted by a group of men and raped after being dropped by her office vehicle last week. Asserting that the govern
WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange could be charged under the Espionage Act for making public classified US government documents which he obtained illegally, a media report said here today. US authorities are investigating whether Assange, also Editor-in-Chief of the whistle-blower website, violated criminal laws by disclosing the classified information, `The Washington Post` repor
US Internet retailer Amazon.com Inc plans to expand its footprint in new markets by revamping its international e-commerce platform, a media report said today. "Amazon says it plans to revamp its international e- commerce platform to make it easier for the company to reach customers in new markets," British daily Financial Times reported. The company has
Ecuador has offered Julian Assange, the WikiLeaks founder who has enraged Washington by releasing masses of classified US documents, residency with no questions asked. "We are ready to give him residence in Ecuador, with no problems and no conditions," Deputy Foreign Minister Kintto Lucas told the Internet site Ecuadorinmediato yesterday. "We are goi
A Swedish company that provides server space to WikiLeaks has confirmed that the group`s Web site was hit by a cyber attack before it leaked thousands of classified US diplomatic cables. Internet company Bahnhof`s chairman Jon Karlung says WikiLeaks didn`t use Bahnhof`s servers for the documents leak yesterday but that traces of the attack could be seen on other servers.
The Government today said Central Vigilance Commission (CVC) has received 161 complaints during three years starting from 2007 on issues mainly related to licences, misuse of spectrum, and irregularities in awarding contracts. The CVC has received a total of 161 complaints, out of which 147 have been received from the Department of Telecom (DoT) and rest are from Department of In
The administrative building of an Information Technology Park was today inaugurated at Durgapur in Burdwan district by West Bengal Chief Minister Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee. After inaugurating the Rs 20 crore building, the Chief Minister said three IT companies have evinced interest in opening shops there. However, he did not name the companies. Stating
Under attack for alleged Rs 1.76 lakh crore scam in allocation of spectrum, the government today said over half a dozen operators would be asked as to why their licences should not be cancelled for suppression of facts and missing out on roll-out obligations. The show-cause notices for a total of 119 licences would be based on the list of licencees, as pointed out by the CAG, tha
The Supreme Court today upheld the imposition of the maximum penalty by BSNL on Anil Ambani Group firm RCom for wrongly routing international calls through the state-run telco`s network as local connections by tampering with Calling Line Identification (CLI) numbers. A three-judge bench headed by the Chief Justice S H Kapadia said that as per BSNL`s interconnect agreement with RC
