Wednesday, June 30, 2010
China bans online love for soldiers
Beijing:
China's military officers have added matchmaking to their duties, after the government banned troops from online dating overs fears that lonely hearts might let sensitivities information slip, state media said on Monday.
Police to register complaints in 24 hrs
Home minister RR Patil announces 'Turant (Tatkal) 24'; online FIR launch soon
Surendra Gangan
The state home department wants the police to register the complaints that to them within 24 hours. Home minister RR Patil announced on Monday that his department is launching 'Turant' (Tatkal)24' under which any case that comes to the police case that comes to the police will be registered in less than 24 hours. After a review of functioning of the police machinery on Monday, Patil said, "The first information reports (FIRs) need to be registered immediately and the non-cognizable offences and petty cases will have to be compulsory registered within 24 hours. We will soon issue a circular announcing the decision."
NINTH GRADER DEVELOPS 26/11 GAME
Shivam Gupta's game, Terror Attack - Project Fateh, was recently released by UTV Indiagames
Aalap Deboor
The terrorist attack on Mumbai's hotels in November, 2008 disturbed 14-year-old technology enthusiast Shivam Gupta just as much as it did anyone else. In his residence in Patna, Shivam began sketching a story on the event. "I'd found the plot for my way of asking people to stand up against terrorism," he says.
INDIA'S FIRST GAY BOOKSTORE OPENS IN CITY
Naomi Canton
India's first online store selling gay literature has opened. Based in Malad, the store is called www.queerink.com and has been started by Fiji-Indian Shobhna Kumar, a self-professed lesbian.
Googles changes China access after Beijing objects
Joe Mcdonald
BEIJING:
Google Inc said on Tuesday it will stop automatically rerouting users of its China search site to its Hong Kong site after Beijing said the company would lose its mainland Internet licence if the tactic continued.
Google shut down its China-based search engine on March 22 to avoid cooperating with the Chinese government's Internet filtering and has rerouted users to its unfiltered site in Hong Kong. But Google said regulators told the company its Internet license, which expires on Wednesday, would no be renewed if that continues. "They made it clear to us that they did not think the redirect was acceptable," said Jessica Powell, spokeswoman, Google. She declined to say what reasons the government gave for its objections. On a company blog, Google's chief legal officer, David Drummond said that Chinese authorities told the company "if we continue redirecting users our Internet Content Provider license will not be renewed."
Google still operates a music download service and several other features on Google.cn that are not affected by filtering regulations and Powell said it wants those services to continue. Instead of automatically being switched to Google.hk, visitors to Google.cn now see a tab that says in Chinese "We have moved to google.com.hk." Users can click on that tab to move to the site in Hong Kong, which is a Chinese territory but has Western-style civil liberties and no Internet filtering.
A foreign ministry spokesman, Qin Gang, said he had not seen Google's announcement and could not comment on it. "I would like to stress that the Chinese government encourages foreign enterprises to operate in China according to law."
Rerouting Chinese users to end: Google
Beijing: google has announced a 'New approach' in its ongoing battle with China over censorship until now, the firm automatically redirected Chinese users to its unfiltered search site in Hong Kong to get round censorship issues.
'Photos from model's laptop were deleted'
Mumbai:
The Khar police have found that at least 15 photographs from ex-model Viveka Babajee's laptop had been deleted.
The police are not sure when the photographs were deleted. Forensic experts scrutinising the contents of Viveka's laptop discovered that 15 to 20 photographs had been deleted. The police are not certain who deleted the photographs. They are also verifying her mobile phone records but have not found anything significant.
The police are not sure when the photographs were deleted. Forensic experts scrutinising the contents of Viveka's laptop discovered that 15 to 20 photographs had been deleted. The police are not certain who deleted the photographs. They are also verifying her mobile phone records but have not found anything significant.
Now, insure in peace
When most of us think about insurance, it is with a sense of dread. How do you choose the best policy when you can't wrap your head around the terms and conditions? Usually, the solution is to simply let your agent make the decision for you. but one website wants to simplify the process - and place the onus of choosing the best insurance policy in your own hands.
The website - www.myinsuranceclub.com - compares the features and benefits of plans. For instance, if you are looking to buy a life insurance policy, the website shows you a list of choices based on your age, the amount you wish to be covered for and the type of plan that you prefer.
"We do not provide rocket science analysis of policies"says Deepak Yeomanry CEO of the company "We compare policies on the basic of ten basic parameters If you want to actually buy a policy, we put you in touch with the agent."
According to Yohannan what distinguishes the provides a completely tree service for customers, and therefore provides an unbiased view of what's.available in the market.
"I don't need to sell the product that fives me a better commission,'' he says. The website provides details on health, travel, auto, home, corporate insurance apart from life insurance.
For more info, log on to www.myinsuranceclub.com
Search for hospital beds online
Neha Bhayana
MUMBAI:
When someone suffers a heart attack or when a patient under treatment for an ailment such as malaria develops complications, the patient's family members often end up calling various hospitals before they find one with a bed available.
A new website, indiahospitalbeds.org, aims to make the hospital bed hunt less harrowing by providing information on availability of hospital beds at the click of a mouse. The website could reduce the wait to get through a hospital boardline, at a time when any delay could endanger a patient's life.
Tuesday, June 29, 2010
Try keeping it neat
Today we're going to deal with reader queries, that much neglected part of this column. Although, you guys have been fairly quiet recently, so either my columns have been so all encompassing that you don't feel the need to ask any further questions, or you're feeling shy. Either way, I'd like more email, so please keep writing in!
Today's question is from fifteen-year-old Sneha, who says:
"I want some advice for my blog htt;//www.oneinamillionsneha.blogspot.com/. I want some ideas for the posts and even want to add some nice effects. Please suggest sites for adding any widgets,"
Software to sense depressed blogs
Viveka Babaji's tragic death has left many shocked. People who met her just a week before she committed suicide, still cannot believe she might have been depressed. But is there really a way to track depression? Researchers have now developed a software programme that can detect depression in blogs and online texts. The software is capable of identifying language that can identifying language that can indicate a writer's psychological state, which could serve as a screening tool.
Customer support: opportunity, not cost
June 28, 2010
By driving customer satisfaction and engagement consciously and consistently at Yahoo! we can drive up revenues and reduce costs. The next step: creating customer delight.
I'm one of the most watched scandals on YouTube: Swami
June 28, 2010
Nithyananda says footage of him with actor affected him socially bur not spiritually
Bangalore:
Freed from the confines of prison, where he spent days on charges of rape, self-styled godman Nithyananda says the purported video footage of him with an actor had not affected him spiritually, but socially.
Pledge to plant
June 28, 2010
Website starts plant a tree campaign, sends reminder emails so that couch potatoes don't their green date
You Tube adds vuvuzela button to best clips
June 29, 2010
Clicking on key creates noise that sounds like a swarm of insects
London: Video sharing website You Tube has installed a vuvuzela button, which plays the distinctive buzzing soundtrack over its videos. The button is in the shape of a football on the bottom right hand corner below the screen. It allows vuvuzela fans to overlay its sound on videos of political events, animal capers and music videos, that often sound hilarious. However, many technology blogs have condemned the video sharing website's popularising move, which almost fades out the original sound of the clips, The Telegraph reported.
Saturday, June 26, 2010
Transfer cheating case to Cyber Crime Cell: HC
June 26, 2010
Operators issue a message on the cellphone and before the subscribers gets a fresh SIM card, it is issued to the perpetrator based on false documents.
MUMBAI:
Taking a serious note of cyber crimes, the Bombay High Court has asked the state government to consider transferring to the Cyber Crime Cell from Amboli police station the investigation of a cheating complaint lodged by a senior citizen.
Pakistan bans 17 websites
June 26, 2010
Islamabad: The Pakistan government on Friday directed authorities to totally block 17 lesser known websites with blasphemous and anti-Islamic content, even as it asked for monitoring seven other major portals, including Google, Yahoo, Amazon and Youtube for sacrilegious materials. The instructions were issued to the Pakistan telecommunication authority after an interministerial committee met. The committee said that blocking of e-information needed by students should be avoided.
Victim of cellphone, web fraud moves HC
Mayura Janwalkar
On November 30 last year, septuagenarian Cavas Majai was shocked to find his SIM card blocked as someone had reported it lost, and acquired a new one on his behalf. But that was bit all.Two day later, he received a bank statement showing two withdrawals of Rs 1 lakh each.
Friday, June 25, 2010
Mukesh's bet? Wireless boom redux
June 14, 2010
Aims at masses with broadband, sees subscribers jumping from 8 million to 130 million in four years
Says 3G-HSPA is an older, inefficient technology & each rival covers just 40% of population
Among services that it sees within the realm of 4G are high-speed wireless gaming, high quality video conferencing, cheap video-on-demand
Says it has paid just 6 US cents (Rs 2.90) per user per megahertz for acquiring spectrum compared with 32 cents paid on an average by the 3G winners
Barbara's Spanish Woes
The actor's followers on her micro-blogging account are apparently decreasing because of her habit of posting most messages in Spanish
Message lewd but not yet clear for the youth
On Tuesday, a rarely-used section of the IT Act, 2000, was invoked to arrest a law student who was allegedly sending lewd SMSes. Are youngsters misusing technology?
Criminals use 3g as bait to swindle cellphone users
Scams on the rise as crooks gain access to pvt databases
Information leak
Personal and confidential details are now shared by hundreds of BPOs and direct sales agencies (DSA)
Though it is illegal, the database are easily available in the open market for a price
Typical database include phone numbers, bank account details, credit card details, mailing address residential address, and also income source and gross annual income
Divyesh Singh
Follow your Facebook friends from Twitter
Sydney:
Now you can follow your Facebook friends directly from Twitter, all thanks to the micro-blogging site's latest applications.
Twitter has declared that it is launching major upgrades to its Facebook and Linked In applications, bringing added functionality and integration between Twitter and two of the world's largest social networks. The new application for Facebook is now available in the US.
YouTube case: round one goes to Google
New York: Google Inc won a landmark victory over media companies as a Manhattan federal judge threw out Viacom Inc's $1 billion lawsuit accusing the Internet company of allowing copyrighted videos on its You Tube service without permission. However, Viacom said it plans to appeal to the US Second Circuit Court of Appeals.
Facebook founder aims for 1 bn users
June 25, 2010
Mark Sweney
letters@hindustantimes.com
Facebook CEO mark Zuckerberg in Cannes on Wednesday.
CANNES:
Facebook's global dominance is almost complete with just Russia, Japan, China and Japan yet to be converted and the social networking giant aiming to reach one billion users, founder mark Zuckerberg revealed on Wednesday.
Lahore court orders ban on Google, MSN, Yahoo
Nine other sites, including Hotmail, YouTube, Bing and Amazon, to be banned for publishing and promoting blasphemous material
Islamabad:
A Pakistani court has reportedly ordered a ban on nine leading websites, including Google and Hotmail, for allegedly posting blasphemous material though officials on Wednesday said they had not received any instruction to block the sites.
Media reports said the Bahawalpur bench of the Lahore high court on Tuesday directed the Pakistan telecommunication authority to immediately block nine websites, including Google, Yahoo, MSN, Hotmail, You Tube, Bing and Amazon, for publishing and blasphemous material.
Actress 'pregnant' after email is hacked
Actress Meghna Naidu on Tuesday registered a complaint with the Cyber Crime Investigation Cell (CCIC) of the Mumbai crime branch, after an anonymous person allegedly hacked into her email account and maligned her during chat conversations with her friends on email.
Google edge for small companies
Search giant small 30 million small business in India for it Google Places listings
Gaurav Dutta & Sachin P Mampatta.
Culture Curry Served Online
Websites creates awareness about country's hidden crafts while promoting local artisans
Sneha Mahale
Looking for rare handicrafts and products that include a slice of Indian history? Started in June, www.aporv.com could help serve your purpose.
Texting: New form of dating violence
WASHINGTON:
The text messages to the 22-year-old Virginia woman arrived the day and night, sometimes 20 or 30 at once. Her ex-boyfriend wanted her back. He would not be refused. He texted and called 758 times. In New York, a 17-year-old trying to break up with her boyfriend got fewer messages, but they were menacing.
Online bookers in keen contest
June 23, 2010
Mumbai:
Queues are out of vogue for many in cities who have Internet connections. And firms that made it possible are also now fanning into small towns, determined to making online bookings for plays, concerts sporting events or movies a pervasive phenomenon. Kyazoonga.com, Bookmyshow.com, both of which started in 2007, and regional players such as Ticketnew.com are seeing opportunity everywhere. Kyazoonga.com, bagged the exclusive rights for online sales for the ICC Cricket world Cup.
Thursday, June 24, 2010
WikiLeaks hacker breaks cover
June 23, 2010
BRUSSELS:
The elusive founder of WikiLeaks, who is at the centre of a potential US national security sensation, has surfaced from almost a month in hiding to tell the Guardian he does not fear for his safety but is on permanent alert.
Netizens of city unite to beat strike blues
June 23, 2010
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Priya Ramakrishnan
When the real world ties itself up in knots, some choose to untangle it through the Web. This is what happened on Tuesday when social networking site Twitter became ground zero for office goers to form carpools and hitch rides to overcome the auto and taxi strike. The website was buzzing through the day with updates on offers of lifts, along with information about bus numbers and routes.
Law student held for sending lewd SMSes
June 23, 2010
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Cops make arrest under rarely used section of IT Act
Dayanand Kamath
Dayanand Kamath
Before sending a lewd joke to someone you know, pause to think. You can get arrested.
Post info on missing minors online: CIC
Post info on missing minors online: CIC
June 23, 2010
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Mayank Aggarwal.
NEW DELHI
In a decision that could have far-reaching consequences for police establishments in metros, the central Information commission (CIC) directed Delhi Police on Tuesday to post information regarding missing or kidnapped minors on their website.
Najma Khan had sought information from police regarding boys and girls aged up to 18 years who went missing or were kidnapped between September 2004 and August 2007.
Now, Al web agents to give tips on how to join the army
June 23, 2010
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These online persons can answer just about everything from opening a bank account to booking a flight
Sydney:
Artificially intelligent agents are deftly handling several routine customer relations jobs over the web.
Boys kills best friend after argument on Facebook
Boys kills best friend after argument on Facebook
June 23, 2010
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18-year-old Salum was stabbled to death in UK for using derogatory terms
London:
Online booking for 5,500 ST buses
June 18, 2010
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Ninad Siddhaye
For thousands of passengers going to Konkan for Maharashtra's biggest festival, Ganeshotsav, there is something to cheer about.
Twitter gag on Bollywood!
Certain film-makers press panic button against the micro-blogging site; ban actors from tweeting about their forthcoming movies
SOUMYADIPTA BANERJEE
SOUMYADIPTA BANERJEE
No Twitter ban for Imran, Deepika
It was reported yesterday that filmaker Kunal Kohli, currently overseeing his next project, Break ke Baad in Mauritius, has forbidden lead actors Deepika Padukone and Imran Khan from talking about the film on social networking websites.
And today, Kohli and Imran tweeted in response to the report, denying any such diktat, from the filmmaker's part. Imran wrote: "For the record @KunalKholi has NOT put any restrictions whatsoever on either me or @deeepikaPadukone regarding Twitter. Just a tabloid story."
Kholi also added: "Guys, I have NOT told my actors to not tweet about BKB, I've just said that we, as a team, will talk about BKB after the release of IHLS."
Kholi had said earlier that he didn't approve of stars giving out information on micro-blogging sites.
"I've asked Deepika and Imran to desist from tweeting for three weeks until Imran's new film I Hate Luv Story is released. I don't want any overlapping in the public's subconscious about the two films. Once Imran's other film is out, he and Deepika are free to tweet to their heart's content," Kholi said.
Kholi also added: "Guys, I have NOT told my actors to not tweet about BKB, I've just said that we, as a team, will talk about BKB after the release of IHLS."
Kholi had said earlier that he didn't approve of stars giving out information on micro-blogging sites.
"I've asked Deepika and Imran to desist from tweeting for three weeks until Imran's new film I Hate Luv Story is released. I don't want any overlapping in the public's subconscious about the two films. Once Imran's other film is out, he and Deepika are free to tweet to their heart's content," Kholi said.
Indians world's no. 1 spammers
June 18, 2010
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Anirudh Bhattacharyya
NEW YORK:
That email offer for a bulk discount on Viagra or for millions from a Nigerian benefactor clogging up your inbox may actually have emanated pretty close to home.
Top cop's office staff caught on CCTV after credit card theft
Police are investigating how he accessed the PIN, a secret number known only to the victim
Tuesday, June 22, 2010
Reflections in the Facebook mirror
Reflections in the Facebook mirror
June 20, 2010
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How you describe yourself on Facebook may reveal more than you intend
Aimee Lee Ball
How many times in life must we engage in self-description? Let us count the ways: There's the anxiety of college applications. The ignominy of Match.com dating. The embroidery of a CV sent to prospective employers. And, of course, there is Facebook.
Home computers not always a help for kids
Affects kids' Studies
June 20, 2010
Indo-Asian News Service
letters@hindustantimes.com
Washington: While education activists worldwide seek to bridge the " digital divide" by ensuring universal access to home computers, students are found to post lower scores once these technologies arrive at home, says a study.
Facebook 'risky' for adopted children
June 22, 2010
Kids can become distressed due to unwanted contact from birth relatives
London: Social networking sites like Facebook can be risky for adopted children since birth relatives can easily track them down even when the kids are not ready for a reunion, charities have warned.
Twitter bans Sherlyn Chopra
"Is there no freedom of expression? My images are sensual, not suggestive. I'm an Indian and I shall not do anything that goes against my ethos
Sherlyn Chopra
Indian game developer ibibo hits the jackpot
June 19, 2010
While global social game developers such as Zynga face a downturn, the Indian website is going great guns
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