The official website of Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) once again came under the cyber attack unleashed by the Chinese hackers.
According to the Mumbai newspaper DNA, Chinese hackers breached the
security of DRDO website and accessed thousands of top secret files.
As par the report, the top secret files related to Cabinet Committee on
Security have been uploaded on a server based in Guangdong.
The report claims that this is the biggest security breach in the...
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India makes an average of 13 requests per day to Google for personal web details
In signs of growing Internet snooping by the enforcement authorities,
India made an average of 13 requests a day to Google for access to
personal web details of web users during 2012.
In terms of the number of requests for web user details during 2012,
India is next to only the US, which made 45 requests a day on an average
-- the highest for any country.
The US made a total of...
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Apple's loss becomes Google's gain
Google has retaken the role of superstar of the tech sector with a stunning stock rally as rival Apple flounders.
Google has hit fresh all-time highs in recent weeks, and closed Friday
at $831.52, capping a nearly tenfold rise from its public offering price
in 2004 of $85. The stock is up about 17 percent so far in 2013.
Part of the explanation comes from the rise of its Android
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New app allows people to watch transparent videos at work
A new app allows users to watch videos on a translucent browser that they can see in the background as they work.
The transparent browser can be placed behind any variety of other
programs — word processing documents, spreadsheets, other browsers —
that allow users to do their work, while watching videos of their
choosing in the background, the New York Daily News reported.
Greedy Glutton Software's app VideoGhost, which has been offered for free, can also work as a standard video player.
The...
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India’s tablet market grows to 3.11 million in 2012
Reinforcing the increasing popularity of smart devices in the Indian
market, new data has shown that India sold 3.11 million tablets in 2012.
Last year saw 72 vendors shipping tablets 3.11 million tablets within
India, according to CMR, with Samsung, Micromax and Apple emerging
market leaders. The dominant OS even for tablets was Android, followed
by iOS.
Selling like hot cakes. Reuters
“The...
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BlackBerry India MD Sunil Dutt resigns
BlackBerry, which was earlier called Research In Motion, announced that its India managing director Sunil Dutt has resigned. He leaves the company with immediate effect. Varghese Thomas, corporate communications director at BlackBerry
India, told TOI, "In the interim, Rick Costanzo, executive vice
president for global sales, will take over the leadership of the team in
India as (the company) starts the search for a new sales lead as soon
as possible." Dutt's resignation comes at a time...
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A better Google News experience on tablets
There’s something special about reading news on your tablet. Indeed, swiping through Google News on your tablet is a comfortable and effective way to find more articles from great publications that satisfy your needs and tickle your serendipitous interests. Starting today, Google News feels
even more natural and fluid on tablet devices. For example:
You
can find new articles, news sources,...
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Facebook’s News Feed revamp: 5 things you must know
This is what the new News Feed looks like. Screengrab via Facebook.
Facebook has launched a new design for the News Feed. The design
which aims to give a more unified experience to Facebook users across
tablets, mobiles, desktops and PC’s will divide your feed into content
based and give greater prominence to photos, links etc.
Here are five things you need to know about the News Feed.
Content...
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Free national roaming likely before October: Sibal
Telecom Minister Kapil Sibal said the government will try to start national free roaming for customers before October this year.
"Trai has floated a consultation paper on it (national free roaming).
So when Trai's recommendations come and after that, we will try to start
free roaming before October," Sibal told reporters on the sidelines of
the launch of National Internet Registry (NIR) here. In December, Telecom Regulatory Authority of India ( Trai) had floated a pre-consultation paper...
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Google’s Foray Into Home Delivery Is a Sideshow in the Real War With Amazon
Google has done little in the past few months to disguise its
ambition to battle Amazon in shopping. But the search leader’s latest
reported plans to get out in the street and start delivering products
directly is a sideshow to the real contest between the two companies.
Or to put it another way: Google doesn’t really need to be on the ground to win.
The Amazon-Google retail rivalry has been...
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Now, 'air-write' emails to your loved ones via new smartphone tech
Now, a new technology has been developed that would allow users to
draw letters in the air with their hand to write messages and emails.
Computer scientists at Germany's Karlsruhe Institute of Technology have
created an innovative 'air-writing' glove system that replace the
'thumb-typing' texts or emails on keyboards or touch screen smartphones.
The glove, created by Christoph Amma and colleagues, is equipped
with accelerometers and gyroscopes that detect hand movements, the
Discovery News...
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India to address problem of skill shortage: Pramani
India has to address the problem of skill shortage to return to an economic growth rate of 8-9%, said Bhaskar Pramanik, chairman of Microsoft India.
During the previous wave of growth, the skill needed was
available but in the next wave of growth, when it happens in the next
couple of years, India may see a shortage of skilled people, Pramanik
said.
He was speaking on the sidelines of an event to launch
Microsoft’s upgraded version of its ‘Office’ suite of products called
Office 365 for...
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India third largest 'spam spewing nation' in world
India has ranked third on the list of the countries distributing spam
across the world, after US and China, a new report has claimed.
While the US was the single highest-ranking country in the study,
Asia topped the list of continents with 36.6 per cent of the world's
spam accounted for.
In the latter half of 2012, India had been leading the way but
has now fallen back to third, with China leapfrogging into second place
after a spell in the lower half of the list, statistics from SophosLabs...
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Microsoft launches Office 365 for businesses in India
Software giant Microsoft today launched its Office 365 for businesses in India, which will provide seamless sharing of data across PCs and mobiles using cloud computing technology.
"Office 365 unlocks social and mobility scenarios that will allow businesses and individuals to take full advantage of cloud computing. It gives them the freedom to do things, when, where and how they want," Microsoft India Chairman Bhaskar Pramanik said.
Since the solutions are cloud-based, users can access their...
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Google brings Business Photos to India
Summary: The program allows customers to walk through, explore, and take a closer look at a business premise, giving Indian businesses the ability to provide virtual tours inside the offices through interactive 360-degree imagery.
Google has officially launched its Business Photos initiative in India, allowing consumers to see inside a company's premise without actually stepping...
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Evernote hacked: 50 million passwords reset
Online note-taking service Evernote Corp. says it has been hacked and is resetting all its 50 million users' passwords as a precaution.
The Redwood City, California-based company said in a post published yesterday that an attacker had been able to access sensitive customer information and that every user would have their account reset "in an abundance of caution."Evernote says the attacker was able...
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Indian women turn to smartphones to 'pin creeps'
With virtual bodyguards, panic buttons and maps to pinpoint
harassment blackspots, women in urban India are turning towards
smartphones for protection after the notorious gang-rape in New Delhi.
Interest in safety apps and websites has surged since the fatal
December attack, in which a 23-year-old student was gangraped by drunken
men in a bus while she was on her way home from a cinema in the Indian
capital, reports the Herald Sun.
Following the incident, four businesswomen set up Safecity.in,...
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55% of developers currently making games for mobile devices
Smartphones and tablets are currently the most
popular devices for game developers to release games on. It shouldn’t be
surprising given how many people own smartphones and/or tablets, and
want mobile games to play in order to pass the time. The Game Developers
Conference polled over 2,500 North American game developers and asked
them which platforms they’re currently developing their games...
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Now, new service that delivers your 'snail mail' like email
An Austin-based startup Outbox has no made it easy to digitize all of your physical mails and deliver them to you electronically. The firm Outbox has turned the traditional mail you receive in your mailbox into a digital format you can read on your phones, tablets and PCs.According to Mashable, once you sign up for Outbox, the company will visit your mailbox three times a week and collect your mail on your behalf.Once it gets your mail, it then sorts it, scans it, and sends you digital versions...
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Facebook to showcase new look for newsfeed on March 7
Facebook Inc will unveil a new look for its popular 'newsfeed' next week, the latest move by the Web company to revamp key elements of its 1 billion member social network.Facebook will showcase the newsfeed makeover at a media event on March 7 at its Menlo Park, California headquarters, the company said in an emailed invitation to reporters on Friday.The event will be Facebook's second high-profile...
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Google releases Hindi input app for Android smartphones
Google has just released a new app called Google Hindi input app
which allows users to type in Hindi on their Android smartphones.
The Hindi Input app will let users type messages, update their social networks or compose emails in Hindi their Droid.
Word of caution though… the app only works if your phone supports
Hindi reading. For instance, if you can read नमस्ते as is correctly on
your...
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Samsung launches 8-inch Note 510 tablet
Samsung on Friday announced the launch of the Galaxy Note 510, its new 8-inch tablet
, and its first ultra-high definition (UHD) television, the 85S9, in
India. The new devices and appliances, launched as part of the Samsung
Forum, will become available over the coming months. The Galaxy
Note 510 will bring the popular features of Samsung's Note range of
phablets to a larger screen. So,...