Rediff's Wave Rider Retires!

After steering the Rediff mothership for close to 29 years, Ajit Balakrishnan, founder, chairman and CEO, did what few businessmen in this country do -- R-E-T-I-R-E. On August 2, 2024, we were......

EXPOSED: America's murky underground market for kids

Reuters recently uncovered the disturbing process of ‘re-homing’ of adopted children rampant in the United States of America, putting to immense risk the lives and future of countless......

TAKE OFF anti-social content, court tells Facebook, Google

Setting a deadline for 22 social networking websites including Facebook, Google, Yahoo and Microsoft to remove all "anti-religious" or "anti-social" content, a Delhi court on Saturday directed the......

Indian-origin techie killed in shootout between rival Mexican gangs

A 29-year-old California-based Indian-origin woman techie, who travelled to Mexico to celebrate her birthday, was one of the two foreign tourists killed in a shootout between two drug gangs in the......

Indian Net firms to take on Microsoft-Yahoo!

With IT giant Microsoft bidding $44.6 billion to acquire internet major Yahoo! to take on growing competition from Google in the fast-growing online advertisement market, the domestic players in......

Obama to promote sharing of cyber security threat info

Obama will sign an executive order aimed at encouraging and promoting sharing of cyber security threat information within the private sector and between the private sector and government. Amid......

Microsoft joins other tech giants in fighting online snooping

Following steps taken by Twitter, Yahoo, Facebook and Google, technology giant Microsoft has also initiated measures to fortify encryption of customer data on its networks and services in a move......

Can the government muzzle websites?

Kapil Sibal, information technology and telecommunication minister, told reporters on Wednesday the government intended to create new rules to disable offensive content from Internet sites.......

Rumours of Jackie Chan's death float in Twitterverse

Get your lowdown on what's happening in the world of Hollywood, right here! Rumours that Jackie Chan has died have set the Twitterverse into overdrive, but the action star is alive and kicking,......

Unprecedented demand for IPL broadcast rights

The IPL broadcast rights -- internet, TV and mobile -- are expected to fetch the BCCI a massive sum of around Rs. 20,000 crore-plus. IMAGE: Mumbai Indians celebrate winning IPL-10. Photograph:......

Will IPL media rights cross a massive Rs. 20,000 crore?

'The IPL is one of the biggest cricketing property globally. That the best companies in the global market have shown interest is a testimony to the value that it brings in for the investors.'......