The Indian government may have arrested three suspects for complicity in at least one email sent in connection with the blasts at the Delhi High Court that took place a couple of days back. However, experts who track cybercrimes in the country say that while India has very stringent laws in place to tackle cybercrime, implementation of them is the government's Achilles' heel.

Laws have teeth but govt does not bite

Business Standard

It was a wake-up call for India to ensure that the country&rsquo;s communications system was secure and could not be used against it by enemies. So, Chinese equipment came under scrutiny, BlackBerry services came under attack and expatriates heading or manning key telecom firms were put under scanner.

Rising to the occasion

In an effort to generate additional streams of revenue, public sector telecoms entity BSNL is digitising its land records.

BSNL to digitise land records

AT&amp;T Inc said its proposed $39 billion acquisition of T-Mobile USA Inc is good for mobile- phone customers and that the US lawsuit seeking to block the deal&rdquo;fails to come to grips&quot; with its benefits.

AT&T calls T-Mobile deal good for public

India&rsquo;s second-largest information technology (IT) services provider, Infosys, said its strategy of having focused local leaders to head operations in Europe is helping the company grow faster in the region.

Infosys' Europe strategy picks up steam

Researchers warn against random downloads, advise using security software.

Malware declares war on Android OS

Amazon is in talks with publishers for launching a Netflix like service for digital books, where customers would pay an annual fee to access a library, says a media report.

Amazon in talks to launch digital-book library

Press Trust of India

Hyderabad-based Institute for Development and Research in Banking Technology (IDRBT), set up by the Reserve Bank of India, has signed a memorandum of understanding with ISACA, a worldwide network of professionals working in the area of information security, for joint activities in different aspects of information.

IDRBT, ISACA sign MoU for joint activities

Branded devices with bundled data services have become a hard sell for telecom operators to push data usage for the 3G services. While Bharti Airtel and Reliance Communications have launched branded tablets, Vodafone Essar has launched a branded phone with an integrated Facebook button, called the Vodafone Blue.

Telcos packaging devices to drive data growth

CloudSense, a US based cloud integrator company has announced a new partnership agreement with Pune's Persistent Systems, an outsourced product development services company for Independent Software Vendors (ISVs) and enterprises.

CloudSense partners with Persistent Systems

Chad Hurley and Steve Chen have some experience with turning a small web site into internet gold. In 2006 they sold their scrappy start-up YouTube to Google for $1.65 billion.

YouTube founders focus on link sharing

When Facebook Inc set out to build two new data centres, engineers couldn&rsquo;t find the server computers they wanted from Dell Inc or Hewlett-Packard Co . They decided to build their own.

Dell loses orders, as Facebook servers gain

Microblogging site Twitter on Monday announced it had touched a user base of 100 million. The site, started five years ago, sees more than half of its user base logging in every day, according to an official blog. And, 40 per cent of its active users &ldquo;simply sign in to listen to what's happening in the world&rdquo;.

Twitter's global user base touches 100 mn

Amit Sawant, a 28-year-old engineering student from Belgaum, recently bought a desktop. It was not a branded one. He had it assembled by a local dealer. &ldquo;I am an avid gamer and the graphic cards that are typically bundled with a branded personal computer (PC) are not suitable for high-end games. Those that offer these high-end graphic cards are too expensive. Besides, in a branded PC, if I change or upgrade the components---the processor or the motherboard--- I lose the warranty.

Desktops won't die so soon

With the mobile handset industry witnessing fast growth, IT major Dell plans to introduce more models in the coming months, a top official of the company said here today.

Dell plans to launch more smartphones in coming months

Bangalore-based IT services firm Sonata Software is also joining the bandwagon of leadership transitions in the IT world. Much like Wipro and Infosys, this mid-tier company recently announced its plans for a transition as well. As part of the new plan, the firm announced that Sanjay Viswanathan, former Reed Elsevier chief outsourcing and offshoring officer will join Sonata as its new chief executive officer, Managing Director and Member of the Board. Viswanathan, who has also served as vice-president of Genpact, brings in expertise in the IT / BPO business. B Ramaswamy who was the vice-chairman and managing director and who served the company for 24 years was announced as the chief mentor.

BS People: Sanjay Viswanathan

Company said to be in advanced talks to buy a US firm for $500-600 million.

Infy stock up amid US buyout buzz

Ex-company secy levels charges against Kanorias.

Viom appoints KPMG to probe fund diversion allegations

Google Inc&rsquo;s share of online searches in the US slipped in August, compared to July, while rivals Yahoo! Inc and Microsoft Corp gained, according to research firm ComScore Inc.

Google sees dip in market share

Last December, Google's video sharing site, YouTube, began selectively working with a few original content creators, urging them to upload content on a revenue-sharing basis. These creators included large media houses like Yash Raj Films, Zee TV, and Sony Entertainment TV, with which Google has shared partnerships for long. With the venture yielding favourable results, YouTube on Tuesday formally launched its YouTube Partner Programme (YPP) in the country.

Partner scheme from YouTube

The US-based IT firm CSC today said it acquired Applabs Technologies, a city-based software testing company.

US IT firm CSC buys AppLabs

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