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After BlackBerry, Google Call Phone and Skype may be banned – Govt., to put mails, VOIP under security scan

Manoj Govindassamy — Sun, 05 Sep 2010 11:52:22 +0000

After getting hold of RIM under its net, now the government is interested in tracking down the VOIP calls of some of the major providers like Skype and Google (provision for calling US phone numbers from gmail just released). Its been decided by Ministry of Home Affairs of India, to seek access to data which is being stored on Google based Gmail services in addition with the Skype's Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP) technology.... having s security platform to tap and decrypt all the messages and calls.. Related posts:BlackBerry MAY be banned in India!! Gtalk, Skype and other VOIP services will no more work in India ? Free calls to US and Canada: Google launching calling facility through gtalk

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CAT IIM website in trouble, again! Beware of malwares, viruses during online registration, tests!

Manoj Govindassamy — Sat, 04 Sep 2010 10:43:11 +0000

The official CAT exam information website for IIMs - http://www.cat.. has been spreading malwares (kind of viruses which infects your computer systems) along with other test related info....The problem was duly detected by all most all web browsers, which alerted the users with some danger messages & precautionary messages before visiting the official information site for CAT IIM 2010 : This web page at http://www.cat.. has been reported as an attack page and has been blocked based on your security preferences.. Related posts:ZapakShop.com – Games, accessories, gadgets and more – online shopping Who is buying BharatStudent.com ? Reliance BIGAdda, MingleBox, Ibibo in race ? Northgate Technologies in trouble Google announces “First click free” for online news readers

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Gold & Silver prices on the upbeat – festive buying begins – why not invest & profit ?

Manoj Govindassamy — Mon, 30 Aug 2010 12:46:22 +0000

Similarly, Silver prices was 28% price up. Major broking houses and investment bankers have predicted the gold prices for this festive season and everybody agree on prices shooting up further. ... Its just not gold, the other auspicious metal - silver is also seeing continued interest... base metal in lots of industrial productions.. With the advent of gold traded funds and gold units in the stock exchanges, and banks selling gold in online & easy formats, gold buying demat account one can buy gold in units via the stock exchanges or the gold exchange trade funds.. Related posts:India Live Gold and Silver Prices – Today’s buying and selling Gold Rates Get GOLD rates instantly through SMS – Today’s 22 carat and 23 carat gold prices Gold: The new golden investment option

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Facebook is the top social networking site in India, topples orkut

Natraj Muthukrishnan — Thu, 26 Aug 2010 02:07:24 +0000

Inspite of the umpteen number of controversies surrounding it, FB continues to spiral its way to the top. ... However, in July 2010, FB received 20.87 million unique visitors from India versus about 19.87 million unique visitors from India for orkut, thus becoming the top social networking site in the country...Here is what alexa has to say about top sites in India.. Related posts:Jobs through social networking sites: LinkedIn, Facebook, Orkut … Orkut outranks Facebook in India: comScore survey Infoscians .. be careful what you scribble on social networking sites – Infosys social media policy!

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Jobs in Indian Railways: 2 lakh posts to be filled thru railway recruitment board exam soon

Natraj Muthukrishnan — Wed, 25 Aug 2010 21:44:01 +0000

After a multi-crore job scam derailed its recruitment process, the railways is now preparing to launch a massive recruitment drive to fill around two lakh vacancies, including around 90,000 safety-related posts. Related posts:Indian Railway Budget 2010 – 2011 : Complete summary, the Good and the Bad Tamilnadu Schools – S.S.L.C Examination Time Table March/April 2010, model question papers, blueprint Clerical posts and Probationary Officers in SBI: Jobs coming calling

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Free calls to US and Canada: Google launching calling facility through gtalk

Natraj Muthukrishnan — Wed, 25 Aug 2010 21:35:10 +0000

making a call through its service works like a normal phone in that a user could click on the "call phone" option in their chat buddy list in Gmail and type in the number or enter a contact's name. Calls that cost money will be charged from an online account that users can top up with a credit card. Related posts:Gtalk, Skype and other VOIP services will no more work in India ? After BlackBerry, Google Call Phone and Skype may be banned – Govt., to put mails, VOIP under security scan Facebook beats Google to become the most visited site in US

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The man who sold “Bay Of Bengal” to Indian Oil Corporation – Big time fraud in real estate

Manoj Govindassamy — Tue, 24 Aug 2010 17:25:32 +0000

.He was so clever that he could sell lands on the shores of Chennai which are literally part of "Bay of Bengal", to one of the hefty oil companies - Indian Oil Corporation (IOC). ... In fact, the water surface was sold to the company at least 3 years back and the management didn't take pains to verify the bought lands nor they tried to care about it... Related posts:Uninor expands to Mumbai, Goa, Kolkata, Gujarat, West Bengal – “Ab Mera Number Hai” Changes in the real estate market in India BusinessWeek sold to Bloomberg

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Retail invetors can apply for more IPO shares now – Retail Cap to be raised to 2 lakh

Manoj Govindassamy — Sun, 22 Aug 2010 12:52:17 +0000

Retail investors who have the capacity and appetite to apply for securities worth above 1 lakh were constrained from doing so because of the Rs 1 lakh-limit nor do they make an application under the HNI category because the allocation there is limited to 15% of the total offer as against 35% for the retail category. ... Since 35% of any public issue is to be allocated to retail investors, in a large-sized public issue,for example, an issue size of ... I am glad SEBI researching on IPO and other market data and proposing new definition for we retail investors. If there are to become rule, I am sure, our stock market would see more participation from "Aam Admi" ... Related posts:Are you a TCS/NTPC/Jet Airways .. IPO scam hit retail investor ? Here is the compensation for you ! SEBI simplifies IPO process – New Companies to list in 12 days – Benefits Get PAN card: Made mandatory for share trading

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Buying desktop in India: Dell and not HP is the leader!

Natraj Muthukrishnan — Fri, 20 Aug 2010 22:46:40 +0000

Surprise is the order these days! After IBM became the second largest IT company in India , it is time for a change in the hardware business in India. Dell toppled HP as the No.1 in the PC market in the country which was undisputed No.1 for the past five years.Dell’s momentum picked upever since [...] Related posts:Dell invites distributors for mobile phones in India All-in-one desktop PC, a life style product – Dell, Acer and Lenovo Dell Smartphones soon in India – Can it survive ?

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Jobs for Engineering graduates in IT sector: Are we ready?

Natraj Muthukrishnan — Wed, 18 Aug 2010 22:13:56 +0000

In a country where becoming an engineer is a household dream in all the houses and where engineering college open up daily, it has become a case of quantity doing the talking over quality. Yes, we produce engineers from every corner of the country but are they employable? A recent survey suggests that only one [...] Related posts:IT jobs come knocking the door in colleges Manager Jobs at Yahoo, Executives openings in Standard Chartered, Freelance jobs and other hiring news Campus Placements Aaj Kal – Chennai Engineering Colleges defying Nasscom rules

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