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Kerala: Visually challenged teachers log on
Within a short span of time, these teachers from schools in the district have learned the basics of computer. The training programme is being conducted as part of the information, communication and technology (ICT) programme of the IT@School project and Insight, a project of the Kerala State IT Mission. “Though we felt a little difficulty when we started to learn the basics of computer, gradually we learned the simple methods to operate it and now we can browse the Net by the help of search engines such as Google and Yahoo,” M. Krishnan, a teacher of Government Higher Secondary School, Meenangadi, and president the Kerala Federation of Blind district unit, told The Hindu on Thursday.
India is tenth in spam generation list: Report
Indian banks faced more than 1,000 unique phishing attacks between July 2007 and June 2008.
The underground economy report prepared by Symantec Corporation for the specified period provides information about the growing underground economy globally. While it says, the value of the total advertised goods on the underground economy servers were more than $276 million globally during this period, it points out that 6 per cent of the total compromised computers across the world, were found in India during September 2008.
Source code theft: techie’s laptop seized
The first ever case of source code theft reported in Hyderabad was cracked by police on Thursday with the arrest of a software engineer K.S. Venkata Ravi Kumar.
A laptop containing several software products, including the three he had allegedly stolen from Tecra Systems he earlier worked with, was seized from him. Proposals and quotes of the company being sent to its clients, confidential documents and billing details were also found in the laptop, Hyderabad Detective Department DCP R.S. Praveen Kumar told reporters.
Kumar did his MCA and took up his first job as IT professional in Tecra Systems which had offices in Hyderabad, and Michigan in the U.S. He was sent to work in the company’s U.S. office in 2005.
By virtue of his seniority, Kumar had access to the company’s administrator software and servers. Taking advantage of this, he copied the company’s source code of three products on his laptop in 2007. Later, he quit and joined iNEK Technologies which also has offices in Hyderabad and the U.S.
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The first ever case of source code theft reported in Hyderabad was cracked by police on Thursday with the arrest of a software engineer K.S. Venkata Ravi Kumar.
A laptop containing several software products, including the three he had allegedly stolen from Tecra Systems he earlier worked with, was seized from him. Proposals and quotes of the company being sent to its clients, confidential documents and billing details were also found in the laptop, Hyderabad Detective Department DCP R.S. Praveen Kumar told reporters.
Kumar did his MCA and took up his first job as IT professional in Tecra Systems which had offices in Hyderabad, and Michigan in the U.S. He was sent to work in the company’s U.S. office in 2005.
By virtue of his seniority, Kumar had access to the company’s administrator software and servers. Taking advantage of this, he copied the company’s source code of three products on his laptop in 2007. Later, he quit and joined iNEK Technologies which also has offices in Hyderabad and the U.S.
DPS MMS scandal: SC stays proceedings against eBay, its chief
Bajaj in his petition stated that Section 67 of the Act does not define the term obscenity and thus liability cannot be fixed on him for merely listing of the 2.37-minute video clip even if it was obscene. "Even assuming that the video clip is obscene, mere 'listing' cannot be obscene for the purpose of Section 67 of the Act merely because the video clip may be obscene," he said while seeking quashing of all the proceedings against him.
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The Supreme Court today stayed the proceedings against auction portal eBay India Pvt Ltd and its chief Avinash Bajaj for allegedly permitting sale of an MMS clip showing two school students from a Delhi school indulging in a sexual act.
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Bajaj in his petition stated that Section 67 of the Act does not define the term obscenity and thus liability cannot be fixed on him for merely listing of the 2.37-minute video clip even if it was obscene. "Even assuming that the video clip is obscene, mere 'listing' cannot be obscene for the purpose of Section 67 of the Act merely because the video clip may be obscene," he said while seeking quashing of all the proceedings against him.
Cyber Crime Police cannot investigate email scams
Strange as it may seem, the Cyber Crime Police Station cannot investigate complaints of people who are being cheated by email scams. It can only investigate cases involving hacking, source code tampering and generation of obscene content.
Director-General of Police (Corps of Detectives) Ajai Kumar Singh said the local police have to register and investigate cases of cheating and other offences.
“Unless there is hacking, source code tampering and creation of obscene content, cases do not come under our purview,” Mr. Singh said. “Mere use of Internet as a mode for crime cannot be a cause for referring it to us,” he added.
Living in a virtual world - IndianExpress.Com
The world has just opened up for Moushumi Chatterjee, a 43-year-old housewife in south Kolkata’s Tollygunje. Ever since her family got an Internet connection last month, Chatterjee has spent much of her spare time trying to get a hang of the bewildering virtual world. “My children spend a lot of time on social networking websites. I decided to familiarise myself with the Net to keep a tab on what they were up to. But now, I am discovering new things every day,” she says.
ISO puts standard for Microsoft's OOXML document formats on hold
In another setback to software giant Microsoft, it will have to wait for "several months" before the International Organisation for Standardisation (ISO) can take a final decision on whether its Office Open XML (OOXML) file format will be an international standard or not.
ISO, which was expected to take this decision shortly, had given participating countries two months' to appeal against its February decision to make OOXML an international standard. In response, four national standards body members — Brazil, India, South Africa and Venezuela — did so.
"…the appeals are currently being considered by the ISO secretary-general and the IEC general secretary who, within a period of 30 days (to the end of June), and following whatever consultations they judge appropriate, are required to submit the appeals, with their comments, to the ISO Technical Management Board and the IEC Standardisation Management Board," an ISO statement reads. The two management boards will then decide whether the appeals should be further processed or not. If they decide in favour of proceeding, the chairmen of the two boards are required to establish a conciliation panel, which will attempt to resolve the appeals. The process could take several months.
High-security number plates for new vehicles from November - IndianExpress.Com
Almost six years after the Ministry of Shipping, Road Transport and Highways notified the introduction of High Security Registration Number Plates (HSRNP)—touted as one of the best anti-theft systems for vehicles—the ambitious plan will finally set take off in six months.
Starting this November, all new vehicles in the country will have to come equipped with these sophisticated number plates, while in-use vehicles will have to replace their current plates with HSRNPs within two years, said a senior official from the Ministry. It is believed that the measure will help keep a check on vehicle thefts and will allow authorities to track stolen vehicles.
The HSRNP scheme had been on hold with the tender process in several states drawn into litigation over the selection of vendors. All these cases were finally referred to the apex court, which recently directed the Centre to take a decision on implementing the scheme within six months. “We will be writing to all states very shortly to implement the HSRNP scheme,” said a Ministry official.
IIT Bombay, Microsoft at loggerheads over standards
The Indian Institute of Technology (IIT), Bombay, has taken strong objection to the fact that despite a "No" to OOXML by a majority of the Bureau of Indian Standards (BIS) members, the software giant "continued to make representations to the top Indian leadership (read Ministry of Consumer Affairs), pressuring them to change the Indian vote".
The BIS represented India as a participating member of the ISO. Its LITD 15 committee — of which IIT-Bombay was a part — was responsible for examining OOXML and deciding on a "No" regarding India's position at the ISO.
India's negative vote could make it difficult for Microsoft to get government business since governments worldwide, including India, are wary of holding digital data in proprietary formats.
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The Indian Institute of Technology (IIT), Bombay, has taken strong objection to the fact that despite a "No" to OOXML by a majority of the Bureau of Indian Standards (BIS) members, the software giant "continued to make representations to the top Indian leadership (read Ministry of Consumer Affairs), pressuring them to change the Indian vote".
The BIS represented India as a participating member of the ISO. Its LITD 15 committee — of which IIT-Bombay was a part — was responsible for examining OOXML and deciding on a "No" regarding India's position at the ISO.
India's negative vote could make it difficult for Microsoft to get government business since governments worldwide, including India, are wary of holding digital data in proprietary formats.
AP: NREGS software bags Stockholm Challenge Award
The software developed by Tata Consultancy Services in coordination with Rural Development Department for the implementation of the National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme has bagged International Stockholm Challenge Award for 2008.
It was presented to K. Raju, Principal Secretary, Rural Development, at a function in Stockholm on May 22, according to an official release here on Friday.
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The software developed by Tata Consultancy Services in coordination with Rural Development Department for the implementation of the National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme has bagged International Stockholm Challenge Award for 2008.
It was presented to K. Raju, Principal Secretary, Rural Development, at a function in Stockholm on May 22, according to an official release here on Friday.
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The software was developed two years ago soon after NREGS was launched in the State.
As many as 95 lakh individuals from 59 lakh families benefited from the scheme during the last two year
Are software payments royalty or business profit, ask foreign cos
Do payments made for IT software take the character of ‘royalties’ or lead to business profits for software companies? Treating such payments as royalties could imply more revenues for the taxman here. However, revenues may not be guaranteed for the tax department if they are treated as business profits, due to ‘permanent establishment’ issues for multinational software companies.
With the taxability of payments made for software remaining a controversial issue in terms of income-tax liability, the Finance Ministry is now under pressure from foreign companies to bring clarity on the “characterisation” of such payments so as to avoid litigation and remove uncertainty in the business environment.
‘Take a view’
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Do payments made for IT software take the character of ‘royalties’ or lead to business profits for software companies? Treating such payments as royalties could imply more revenues for the taxman here. However, revenues may not be guaranteed for the tax department if they are treated as business profits, due to ‘permanent establishment’ issues for multinational software companies.
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Multinational software firms operating in India include Microsoft, Adobe, Oracle and SAP. Making a clamour for clarity and certainty in the tax treatment on software payments is AMCHAM, a body representing the interests of US companies in India.
“We have urged the Finance Ministry to put down in a circular on how payments made for software should be characterised. They could treat it as royalties or as payments leading to business profits. But they should take some view on this. It should not be left to the interpretation of assessing officers. Absence of clarity is only leading to a plethora of litigation and uncertainty in business environment,” Mr Sanjiv K. Chaudhary, Chairman, Taxation Committee, AMCHAM, told Business Line.
The high-profile Microsoft case, involving about Rs 700 crore (including interest) for the financial years 1998-99 to 2003-04, is an example of differing interpretations on the “characterisation” of payments made for software.
While the revenue department at the initial assessment levels has taken a stance that such payments are “royalties” and should attract tax in India, the software major does not hold this view and has gone on appeal.
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