Shedding its image of a brick-and-mortar organisation, the Life Insurance Corporation of India (LIC) is all set venture into the digital era. The corporation is close to signing a Rs 1100 crore Electronic Data Management System (EDMS) contract with a consortium-led by global IT major Hewlett-Packard (HP) that will transfer it to the paperless world [...]
January, 2007 Archive
TCS to set up largest offshore centre in Karnataka
India’s top IT firm Tata Consultancy Services (TCS) is planning to set up an offshore development centre in South Karnataka. The company will invest nearly Rs 1,000 crore to set up the centre, which will house close to 2,000 people, sources close to the development told HT. This would be one of the largest centres [...]
Why we need hackers
Life would be easier if we didn’t have to patch our operating systems and apps. Patrick Gray explores the real reasons why updating is important. It would be easier if hackers, who say they’re acting in the public interest by releasing information on the vulnerabilities they find, would just get real jobs and stop pointing [...]
INDIA POISED ANTHEM
Shankar Mahadevan sets your pulse racing with his India Poised anthem. Lyrics by Gulzar and set to music by India ‘s hottest musical team of Ehsaan and Loy. Listen to this track  Download this track Source :- India Poised
Infosys, Wipro to be big players at meet
IT bellwethers Infosys and Wipro are participating in the World Economic Forum (WEF) at Davos in Switzerland in a big way to showcase India’s technology prowess and its expertise in handling socio-economic issues to global leaders. In separate statements here, both the Bangalore-based tech firms said their head honchos — Nandan M. Nilekani of Infosys [...]
Cognizant founder raises $225 mn fund
Kumar Mahadeva, founder of US based software services company Cognizant Technologies, has raised a $225-million fund to invest in Indian companies. Kumar has teamed up with Ramanan Raghavendran, who had earlier raised a fund called Connect Capital, to raise this fund under Kubera Partners on the London Stock Exchange (LSE). Mr Raghavendran is an experienced [...]
Wipro, TCS, likely to enter Dakshina Kannada, Udupi
Wipro, Tata Consultancy Services (TCS) and Suzlon are planning expand their network to Dakshina Kannada and Udupi districts “in a big way” as per assurances given by the companies to Minister for Industries Katta Subramanya Naidu at an investors’ meeting, here on Monday. According to Mr. Naidu Wipro had assured to set up an information [...]
Free TrustedID Search Engine Checks for Theft of Personal Data
TrustedID, a leading provider of solutions to prevent identity theft, launched a free global service that allows consumers to search a secure database to check if their personal information has been stolen or compromised. The new service, dubbed StolenID Search, contains more than 2 million compromised credit card and Social Security numbers. The company wants [...]
Computer virus delays driver licensing for a time
A computer virus caused driver licensing delays at state motor vehicle agencies and service centers, but was fixed by 2 p.m., a spokesman said Tuesday. The virus was first detected last week in computerized driver license testing and also impaired digital driver license processing at some agencies, said Mike Horan, spokesman for the state Motor [...]
Hacking monitoring site hacked
Hackers from West Asia pulled off a coup when they defaced the homepage of zone-h.org, a website known for archiving and monitoring the hacking activity. The defacement did not appear to be politically motivated, but the Saudi Arabian hackers left a message with a four-letter word pointing out that the security of the website was [...]