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E-shot in the
terrorist’s arm
 Radhakrishna
Rao
THE
rapid growth of the Internet over the last decade while providing
boost to connectivity and communications in its varying
manifestations has also contributed in a big way to the spread of
crime. Because the security aspect of the computer network active in
the cyberspace is far from foolproof, hackers can easily get hold of
data to perpetrate fraud. The potential growth areas of cyber crime
include virus-writing, hacking and auction fraud.
Ultra-hacker
nexus
Bernhard
Warner
COUNTER-terrorism
agents are confronting a new threat — teams of computer hackers
aiming to maximise the death toll in terror attacks by paralysing
the emergency rescue services.
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Mantriji let’s throw this Webcam out. After CDs and audio tapes, who knows live Web cast of bribery may be next.
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Of
telephonic nikaah and deserted wives
Jannatul
M. Shirin
BABLI
Rehman got married six years ago to a Bangladeshi man living in
Canada. It was a wedding conducted on the telephone, witnessed by
friends and relatives. But over the past six years, Rehman and her
husband have not met even once.
Pilot-singer
attains cyberdom
Peeyush
Agnihotri
MANN
brothers are cyberophiles. While Harbhajan has an album that starts
with a group of girls logging on to his Website and ends with a
dine-out party, Gursewak is creating e-ripples after being hosted on
the Net.
Technology
in cricket! Why not?
Sachin
Tendulkar’s dubious dismissal during the first cricket Test at Gabba
has led to a fresh debate on introduction of technology for ruling leg
before decisions. Former India all rounder Ravi Shastri called for third
umpires to be given the power to adjudicate on leg before decision with
the aid of eye-in-the-sky video replays.
Learning
to click ‘t’ before crossing it
Arvinder Kaur
WHEN
Jayamani from Keshampet, a hamlet in Andhra Pradesh and her 14 Mandal
Samakhya co-workers set out to learn the language of computers, it
seemed like an almost impossible task. Could these unschooled women,
untouched by literacy, pull it off?
Actress Tara Sharma gives computer lessons to the underprivileged children from Vatsalya Foundation in Mumbai as NIIT donated computers to such children to help them bridge the digital divide.
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India
pushes up global cellphone sales
RIDING
on the robust growth in Asia-Pacific region, thanks to Indian
performance, worldwide mobile phone sales totalled 132.8 million units
in the third quarter, a 22 per cent increase from the same period last
year, according to Gartner.
Snoopy
cellphones
Jamie Doward
TECHNOLGOY
that lets companies find out if employees are really where they claim to
be sparks concerns over civil liberties. Picture the scene. You are
supposed to be attending a sales conference in Crewe when you are woken
from your slumbers by the ringtone from your company-issued mobile
phone.
Giant
strides before big leap
CHINA'S
Information Technology industry output will be over $ 280 billion this
year, the third highest in the world, and would triple by 2010 to become
the world’s largest, a senior Chinese official claimed here. Besides strong output,
China is also emerging as a leader in technology, thanks to the
growth of domestic companies, Xu Qing, Vice-Director of the National
Development and Reform Committee’s high-tech division, said.
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