MUMBAI: IT major Accenture has bagged a contract from the Unique Identification Authority of India (UIDAI) to provide multimodal biometric identification solutions to the latter's Aadhaar program. Aadhaar is aimed at providing a unique number to each Indian resident thus … Continue reading
LONDON: The personal details of 100 million users of social networking website Facebook are now available for download after they were leaked online. Ron Bowles, an online security consultant, used a code to scan Facebook profiles, collected data not hidden … Continue reading
Not so tiny after all: Tinychat, a simple text, video and audio communication platform, is growing by leaps and bounds. First launched in February 2009 as a simple way to create Web-based chat rooms, Tinychat today is a full-blown chat … Continue reading
Is there any happier place on the internet than Make? Don’t answer that. Just watch this video. What you’re looking at is a self-proclaimed “svelt and neatly pocketable” option for playing old-skool ROMs on-the-go (ah, I remember the days … Continue reading
LONDON: The average mobile phone carries 18 times more potentially harmful germs than a flush handle in a men's toilet, tests have revealed. One of the phones in the test had such high levels of bacteria that it could have … Continue reading
WASHINGTON: Apple has unveiled the "Magic Trackpad," a touchpad which allows a user to operate a desktop computer with finger gestures, eliminating the need for a mouse. The Magic Trackpad costs $69 in the online Apple Store. The battery-powered device, … Continue reading
HYDERABAD: L'affaire Satyam is poised to take a dramatic turn. In a clear indication that he is all set to retract his confession and deny all the charges, former Satyam chairman B Ramalinga Raju has said that his letter of … Continue reading
NEW DELHI/KOLKATA: The Intelligence Bureau has asked the telecom department to stop Nokia’s popular messaging services in India until they can be monitored, another sign of the growing discomfort of the country’s spooks with similar offerings they view as suspect … Continue reading