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Fact Box: India far behind in cyber security compared to US and China

Despite being world-known as an Information Technology superpower, India, lags far behind when it comes to official cyber security workforce which comprises a mere 556 experts deployed in...

June 23, 2013

International IT forum honors 'UIDAI' with 21st Century Achievement Award

The International Data Group (IDG) Computerworld Honours Program, Computerworld Honors Laureate has honored Government of India initiative UIDAI with 21st Century Achievement Award 2013 under the category ‘Economic Development’.  The award has been conferred in...

June 21, 2013

Tianhe-2: World’s fastest Supercomputer developed by China

China achieved a big breakthrough in the field of supercomputers as it successfully developed fastest supercomputer in the world, named, Tianhe-2. About Tianhe-2: Supercomputer developed by China’s National University...

June 19, 2013

British government warns airlines not to fly Snowden to the U.K.

The U.K. government has warned air carriers not to fly the U.S. National Security Agency whistleblower Edward Snowden to Britain as he is “highly likely to be refused...

June 18, 2013

Fact Box: H.265 / High Efficiency Video Coding (HEVC) standard

HVEC to replace the MPEG-4 standard New H.265 or High Efficiency Video Coding (HEVC) standard will be the successor to the MPEG-4 standard and will be used for delivering...

June 16, 2013

The US Congress was well informed on PRISM: Obama administration

As per senior Obama administration officials, including the Directors of the FBI and of national intelligence, members of Congress were well informed about the surveillance program that included...

June 16, 2013

Prism scandal: India among top 5 most monitored nations

As per reports in the UK newspaper, The Guardian, India is among the top 5 countries most extensively monitored by the NationalSecurity Agency (NSA), a US government agency tasked with foreign...

June 16, 2013

Google acquires Waze Mapping Service for $1.03 billion

In a major acquisition Google has bought online mapping service ‘Waze’ for a deal of $1.03 billion. How will it help Google? Waze will allow Google to gain technology that...

June 15, 2013

Project Monitoring Group to be set up to expedite infra projects

Prime Minister Manmohan Singh has directed for the creation of a Project Monitoring Group who will monitor the implementation and fast tracking of all the 215 infrastructure projects of...

June 15, 2013

Telegram service by BSNL to end from July 15, 2013

The telegram service provided by the BSNL will be discontinued from July 15, 2013. The BSNL Board has already approved for the end of the service and it has...

June 15, 2013

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