Apparently rattled by student suicides, IIT authorities here are mulling cutting internet access after midnight, saying hostel inmates were not taking adequate sleep which was leading to stress. Eight students have committed suicide over the past five years at the prestigious institute. A 22-year-old BTech final year student from Andhra Pradesh, Madhuri Sale, took her own life ju
Google has agreed to delete private emails and passwords mistakenly picked up from wireless networks in Britain by its Street View cars, the British information commissioner said today. The US Internet giant has also agreed to improve the way it trains staff on data protection issues as it seeks to manage a global row over the cars, which gather information for its free online ma
The Southern India Mills` Association (SIMA) today thanked Union Textile Minister Dayanidhi Maran for introducing online registration of yarn exports. In a statement, SIMA chairman, J Thulasidharan said online registration would make the export process quick, simple and transparent and enable the Government and Industry to have reliable data to promote exports. It
The facility of SMS updates on passport status will be started within 10 days, an official said here today. Information about the status and other updates will be sent on the mobile phones of the applicants through SMSs, Regional Passport Officer Jalandhar Parneet Singh said. "I have taken up the matter with the Ministry of External Affairs at New Delhi yester
Software developer Microsoft today said it is in talks with the governments of Himachal Pradesh and Uttaranchal to help them roll out e-governance projects on cloud computing platform. "We are in dialogue with governments of HP and Uttaranchal to assist them in rolling out their e-governance services fast through cloud (computing) which also results in reduction in capital o
With Akshaya transforming itself from e-literacy programme to a facilitaor of government to Citizen services (G2C), Kerala government plans to launch nearly 40 G2C services under the e-district programmes through Akshaya Centres. `The pilot project of 40 G2C services will be launched in one month in Kannur and Palakkad districts, which will eventually be implemented across the st
Wooing investors in Karnataka Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi showcased the state as an ideal investment destination, offering enormous opportunities in various sectors, including textiles and cement, while addressing business houses, institutions and organisations today. "The possibilities for developing strategic alliances between business communities of both states i
The government today said leading telecom operators Bharti Airtel and Vodafone have not fully complied with the requirements of submitting documents needed for verifying their gross revenues by the government auditor CAG. "Bharti Airtel, Reliance Communications, Vodafone and Tata Teleservices and their group companies have been selected by the CAG of India for the current ye
India and Canada are understood to have discussed lawful interception of BlackBerry service and migration of Tamil refugees from Sri Lanka to Canada during talks between their Intelligence Chiefs here today. Director of Canadian Security Intelligence Service Robert B Fadden met Director Intelligence Bureau Rajiv Mathur during which issues like sharing of intelligence, interceptio
Most Indians are ready to shell out more for original software rather than pirated versions, as they feel genuine products are more secure and stable, according to a Microsoft survey. "More than 75 per cent of consumers in India said they believed genuine software was more secure, more stable and was easier to keep up-to-date," the survey released today said.
The government today ordered an inquiry into the alleged irregularities in wage payments under NREGA in Kotda village in Gujarat`s Kotiyana district. Rural Development Minister C P Joshi asked the National Level Monitor (NLM) to examine the alleged misappropriation of funds related to NREGA wage payments in Kotda village and submit a report by November 30. The dire
Leading IT company MindTree said it plans to forge an alliance with leading educational institutes in the country for an initiative aimed at setting up digital infrastructure and formulating a curriculum tailor-made to the present requirement of the industry. The company has already -- identified two educational institutions in Karnataka -- BVB College of Engineering and Technolo
Taiwanese hackers launched cyber-attacks on Asia`s top taekwondo body as anger mounted on the island over the controversial disqualification of a female fighter in the Asian Games, reports said today. Hackers wrote "Shame on you" and "Give back the gold" on the Asian Taekwondo Union`s website, amid accusations that China and South Korea were behind the decisio
The government has been popularising e-technology in the farm sector by launching several programmes to educate farmers about the latest know-how. One of the initiatives is to develop web portals to build reservoir of data related to agriculture and development of web-enabled applications, official sources said. Accordingly, 80 portals/websites/applications have be
Data Infosys today said it would offer BharatBerry service, which the company had claimed provided alternative to the controversial BlackBerry services, to Nokia handsets. BlackBerry services have run into rough weather with the government over interception of its data. ".... we are offering the software for Nokia handsets also, which offers more advanced push
When Saman Kumar Daangi set up the first cyber cafe in Imamganj bazaar of this naxal-hit area nine years ago, there were no takers. But that was then. At least three cafes within an area of half a kilometre have come in the bazaar now, nothing short of a revolution for the people in this backward constituency. Scores of village youths, including girls, can be seen
Maharashtra Director General of Police D Sivanandan today said that the quality of police force should be improved rather than increasing their quantity. "I want to upgrade the image of the Maharashtra police force. It is not the quantity alone but the quality which also matters while expecting better output from the police," Sivanandan told reporters here after inaugur
Focussed on the small and medium enterprises (SMEs), search engine giant Google today said it has set up a call centre in Hyderabad to expand its reach for offering advertising solutions across the country. Google, which offers online advertising solutions under `AdWords`, already has a call centre in Delhi. "The idea is to help them (SMEs) learn how to manage
Britain has launched an initiative to warn security-conscious internet users about a new scam which plays on their knowledge and fear of cybercrime to empty their bank accounts. Rogue anti-virus, AV scams, fake malware and scareware are all terms to describe the highly organised criminal operation identified this week by Get Safe Online, a joint initiative between the Government,
A global conflict between the United States and China is already underway in the virtual world of cyberspace, a noted American think-tank has said. "Ability to redirect vast amounts of data constitutes a threat, not only to national security but also to private companies and individuals as their information, too, has now been put at risk," said Dean Cheng, Research Fell
