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New law will let govt snoop on your PC

Fri, 30 Jan 2009 05:02:06 GMT

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Clip Source: timesofindia.indiatimes.com

NEW DELHI: Your email or the personal contents of your computer could soon be under the government’s scrutiny without your

knowledge.

With Parliament on Tuesday passing a bill which stipulates life imprisonment for those indulging in cyber terrorism and giving the government endless power to “intercept or monitor any information through any computer resource,” experts fear that “unauthorised interceptions could soon become common”.

Windows 7 Beta is out!

Sun, 25 Jan 2009 08:27:27 GMT

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Clip Source: www.crunchgear.com

Windows 7 Beta downloads end February 10th

Cyber law in India

Fri, 09 Jan 2009 06:44:15 GMT

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Clip Source: timesofindia.indiatimes.com

NEW DELHI: Your email or the personal contents of your computer could soon be under the government’s scrutiny without your

knowledge.

New law will let govt snoop on your PC

For those indulging in cyber terrorism, the new legislation provides for stiff penalty of life imprisonment. The bill also says that dishonestly receiving stolen computer resource, identity theft, cheating by personation by using computer resource and violation of privacy will result in imprisonment upto three years apart from fine between Rs 1 lakh to Rs 10 lakh.

Net telephony freed, call rates set to plunge further

Tue, 19 Aug 2008 04:15:48 GMT

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Clip Source: economictimes.indiatimes.com

NEW DELHI: Consumers will soon be able to make STD calls as cheap as 10-40 paise and possibly make free local calls from their computers. Telecom regulator TRAI on Monday removed all curbs on internet telephony in the country, allowing internet service providers (ISPs) to terminate internet telephony calls on phones, including mobiles.

10 tibetan killed!

Sat, 15 Mar 2008 07:59:29 GMT

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Clip Source: news.bbc.co.uk

Chinese authorities in Tibet have given rioters until Monday to surrender, state media report, after unrest that officials say has left 10 people dead.

China sets Tibet protest deadline

China unleashes guns and tear gas on Tibetan

Sat, 15 Mar 2008 07:53:20 GMT

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Clip Source: www.telegraph.co.uk

China unleashes guns and tear gas as Tibet protests turn violent

Skype Blocked in UAE

Wed, 12 Mar 2008 07:13:21 GMT

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clipper's remarks: skype is intelligent

Clip Source: www.ameinfo.com

Despite the ban, the application works, because once installed, Skype is almost impossible to block. It uses encrypted tunnels, file transfers and instant messaging sessions, all of which are undetectable without filtering. AP Connections CTO Art Reisman set up a computer lab experiment to try and detect Skype traffic whizzing between two PCs. His analysis, according to an interview with Zdnet: 'When examining the stream I failed to see any human discernible call set up, so without prior knowledge of a call being made I could never be certain if what I was seeing was a Skype call.'

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